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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia » Lucilia cluvia
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BG1372 C7738 - Lucilia cluvia - female
Copyright © 2008 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG1372 C7738 - Lucilia cluvia - Female
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
April 12, 2007
Size: body length 5.1 mm.
Looks like a blow fly. Is eye spacing useful for gender determination?
Placement would be appreciated.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 18 January, 2008 - 7:00pm
Last updated 10 December, 2017 - 9:11am

Female
This species has females with medium or small sized eye-gaps, compared to most of the other species in this genus. The kinked shape of the inner eye-lines verifies that this really is a female. (best seen in your face shot)
… Bob Biagi, 22 May, 2016 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lucilia.
… A.W. Thomas, 20 May, 2008 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

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cluvia using Whitworth's 2006 Key. Moved.
… A.W. Thomas, 20 May, 2008 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 5 February, 2008 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

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