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Fly ID Request - Cochliomyia macellaria
Copyright © 2006 Thomas of Baltimore City

Fly ID Request - Cochliomyia macellaria
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
November 9, 2006
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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 21 November, 2006 - 10:17pm
Last updated 29 November, 2006 - 5:09pm

Secondary screwworm.
This is an adult of the secondary screwworm, genus Cochliomyia if memory serves (family Calliphoridae, the blow flies). Nice shot showing the stripes on an otherwise metallic green thorax that helps ID this species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 November, 2006 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

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