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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae » Bellardia » Bellardia vulgaris
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Fly - Bellardia vulgaris - male
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Fly - Bellardia vulgaris - Male
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 30, 2008
Size: 8 mm

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 September, 2008 - 6:58pm
Last updated 4 October, 2019 - 6:56am

Moved
Moved from Bellardia.
… John F. Carr, 4 October, 2019 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Oestroidea.
… John F. Carr, 26 September, 2013 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Calyptratae.
… John F. Carr, 18 September, 2012 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

Calliphoridae ??
I would guess calliphoridae but I am not sure
… Norm Woodley, 15 April, 2009 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
from Terry Whitworth:
"Color confusing, could be Calliphora or a muscid"

(amazing how many specialists one can puzzle with such a fine pic, isn't it, John? =v=)
… v belov, 27 May, 2009 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

 
Possibly Bellardia
Possible Bellardia.
… John F. Carr, 24 September, 2013 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
Bellardia vulgaris male. lower calypter is too pale for bayeri and the strong dusting of the abdomen of vulgaris is well captured in this photo.
… John Sherkosky, 4 October, 2019 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 27 March, 2009 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Moving -
to Diptera for now...
… Ken Schneider, 16 October, 2008 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

Not sure -
but I wonder if this will turn out to be a tachinid fly...

If an expert agrees on the family, you'll be happy to know we also have a link to a key to the genera here. :)
… Ken Schneider, 30 September, 2008 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Saved by geometry
If this is one I won't have to key it. Step 1 in the key requires looking underneath ("prosternum setose, sometimes sparsely so"). I don't have a picture from that angle.
… John F. Carr, 4 October, 2008 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

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