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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Sarcophaginae » Sarcophaga
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Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga
Copyright © 2009 Jess Morton

Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga
Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 25, 2009
Is this a species of Sarcophaga? It's a spectacularly colored animal, at least to folks who can get past the idea it's an, ugh, fly.
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Contributed by Jess Morton on 27 June, 2009 - 1:23am
Last updated 9 July, 2009 - 3:25am

i agree
I'm pretty sure that the 3 racing stripes on top of the thorax make it a flesh fly. There are some colorful flies out there for sure.
… Andrew Williams, 27 June, 2009 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
Good call
Note also red tail-light. With its brilliant finish, this one should be in a car show.
… Ron Hemberger, 27 June, 2009 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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