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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia » Bronze Bottle Fly (Lucilia cuprina)
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Which fly is this? - Lucilia cuprina - male
Copyright © 2019 Kala King

Which fly is this? - Lucilia cuprina - Male
Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA
October 7, 2018
Found on stepping stone on side of house. Will add 1 additional view. species and gender?

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Which fly is this? - Lucilia cuprina - male Which fly is this? view 2 - Lucilia cuprina
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Contributed by Kala King on 13 May, 2019 - 11:41am
Last updated 12 June, 2019 - 7:44pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Even Dankowicz, 12 June, 2019 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

Male Lucilia
Male Lucilia
… John F. Carr, 13 May, 2019 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know if you've seen t
I don't know if you've seen this, but this page describes how I tell apart more distinctive Nearctic Lucilia:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1567937
… Even Dankowicz, 12 June, 2019 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
No, I had not seen that but have it bookmarked(faved) now. Thank you for pointing it out. I have to confess I have to look up several of the technical anatomical terms. I wonder how difficult it would be to make the first occurrence of them be a link to their definition. For layman, like myself. I appreciate the time you take to provide fly identities here and on iNaturalist.
Kala
… Kala King, 12 June, 2019 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you
… Kala King, 13 May, 2019 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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