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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae
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large gray and green fly
Copyright © 2019 Larry Reis

large gray and green fly
Lake Meyer Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
April 2, 2019
Size: ~9 mm
This large fly was feeding on sap from a tree wound. It has strongly converging wing veins ending at the wing tip, but I'm not sure if it a blow fly, flesh fly or parasitic fly. My guess would be a blow fly, since the abdomen is a glossy light green, but I have a tough time telling flies apart.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 3 April, 2019 - 9:26am
Last updated 19 December, 2019 - 5:43pm

Moved
Moved from Oestroidea.
… John F. Carr, 19 December, 2019 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Calliphorinae
Thank you very much for narrowing this neat fly down to the subfamily Calliphorinae, John!That will help me learn a lot more about the flies in my area that are out in early spring.
… Larry Reis, 19 December, 2019 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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