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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia » Common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)
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Lucilia? - Lucilia sericata
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Lucilia? - Lucilia sericata
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
April 23, 2007
Size: 10mm

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 23 April, 2007 - 8:01pm
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 6:03pm

Moved
Moved from Blow Flies.
… v belov, 28 June, 2009 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Lucilia (note spelling)
Looks like yet another fly where eyes touching = male, eyes more separated = female. See:

We apparently have no mating pairs and few females, most not labeled.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 April, 2007 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
What a size difference!
(I'll correct the spelling, too) I posted a much smaller one after this one, so perhaps that was a male.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 23 April, 2007 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't think that's typical.
Most I see are about the same size, but I haven't been looking deeply into their eyes.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 April, 2007 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

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