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Shiny Blue Bottle Fly (Cynomya cadaverina)
Photo#27182
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
.
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Bruce Marlin
, 7 November, 2013 - 9:42am
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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.
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Ben Coulter
, 4 November, 2013 - 4:42pm
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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.
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Brad Barnd
, 4 November, 2013 - 10:07pm
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Moved
Moved from
Blow Flies
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At long last, a home! Thank you.
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Bruce Marlin
, 9 December, 2010 - 8:53am
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Calliphora vicina -- det. T.L. Whitworth
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v belov
, 8 December, 2010 - 11:08pm
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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.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 8 August, 2005 - 3:49pm
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