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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Chrysomyinae » Phormia » Black Blow Fly (Phormia regina)
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Fly - Phormia regina
Copyright © 2008 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Fly - Phormia regina
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
May 11, 2008
Is the tan colored stuff a fungus?
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 11 May, 2008 - 12:47pm
Last updated 14 July, 2021 - 7:54pm

Moved
Moved from Phormia.
… Even Dankowicz, 14 July, 2021 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blow Flies.
… v belov, 9 December, 2010 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

Phormia sp. -- det. T.L. Whitworth
… v belov, 8 December, 2010 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 1 June, 2008 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Calliphoridae
Thanks John and Jane.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 1 June, 2008 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

ID
Calliphoridae.
… Andy Calderwood, 1 June, 2008 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Calliphoridae
Thanks for the ID.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 1 June, 2008 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Soil?
I would argue it is probably soil from when the fly emerged from its pupal case and struggled to the surface. Not a fungus, not pollen.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 May, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Soil
Thanks Eric.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 11 May, 2008 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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