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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae » Cynomya » Shiny Blue Bottle Fly (Cynomya cadaverina)
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Blow Fly with Caterpillar Prey - Cynomya cadaverina
Copyright © 2005 Bruce Marlin

Blow Fly with Caterpillar Prey - Cynomya cadaverina
DuPage County, Illinois, USA
May 20, 2005
Size: 8mm
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 6 August, 2005 - 11:18pm
Last updated 7 November, 2013 - 9:42am

Moved
Moved from Blue blowfly.
… Bruce Marlin, 7 November, 2013 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Cynomya cadaverina
This looks like Cynomya cadaverina to me. Again, might be worth having Dr. Whitworth recheck this identification, as it looks like something might have gotten mixed up.
… Ben Coulter, 4 November, 2013 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Inclined to agree
I don't see the presutural intra-alar, and the general habitus seems more like C. cadaverina. The calypters seem dark, but that may just be a photographic artifact.
… Brad Barnd, 4 November, 2013 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blow Flies.

At long last, a home! Thank you.
… Bruce Marlin, 9 December, 2010 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

Calliphora vicina -- det. T.L. Whitworth
… v belov, 8 December, 2010 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

Fly.
Fly is definitely a blow fly in the family Calliphoridae. Not sure of the genus, though. Update: Leaning toward Cynomyopsis cadaverina, based on tapered abdomen (quite metallic, too), overall appearance. Calliphora tend to be more robust.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 August, 2005 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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