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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia
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Genus Lucilia - Lucilia - female
Copyright © 2016 Richard Wolfert

Genus Lucilia - Lucilia - Female
East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
October 10, 2014
Found in house.
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Contributed by Richard Wolfert on 11 July, 2016 - 9:22pm
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 6:10am

Moved
Moved from Common Green Bottle Fly.
… Richard Wolfert, 11 July, 2016 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

 
If you're confident of the ID...
...don't let me change your mind. You could very well be right, and I honestly don't have a clue one way or the other. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 July, 2016 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Some details
I try to be very thorough with details and the placement of the hairs appeared to be significant. they matched with some of the extremely clear photos and I thought that was more than sufficient. I'll take any good advice.
… Richard Wolfert, 11 July, 2016 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

 
It might very well be sufficient.
I only know that some very similar critters have been left at genus by folks who know a lot more about flies than I do--and I tend to err on the side of caution.

But that's just me. The images are yours, so please use your own best judgement as to their placement.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 July, 2016 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Experts
I'll leave it to the experts. Someone will come along and, if this is determined to the species level, will make note of it.
… Richard Wolfert, 12 July, 2016 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

For those of us completely intimidated by Calyptrates...
...can you share the features that led to the species-level ID? It seems that most of the other specimens from NJ have been left at genus.

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 July, 2016 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

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