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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia
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Blow flies? - Lucilia
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

Blow flies? - Lucilia
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
November 20, 2005
Having a little chicken poo for breakfast, eww.
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Contributed by Machele White on 21 November, 2005 - 10:42am
Last updated 5 November, 2018 - 1:04pm

Moved
Moved from Hairy Maggot Blow Fly.
… Even Dankowicz, 5 November, 2018 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

multiple pairs of large acros
multiple pairs of large acrostichals are inconsistent with Chrysomyinae.

Compare something like
… Even Dankowicz, 5 November, 2018 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

Yes, greenbottles.
Yes, these are blow flies, but not at all sure they are Lucilia. Most likely another genus instead.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 November, 2005 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Eric. There are so many flies, should I frass these?
… Machele White, 21 November, 2005 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

 
No, please.
I am thinking this image may be of flies in the genus Chrysomya and NOT Lucilia. Update: Indeed, these appear to be adults of the "hairy maggot blow fly," Chrysomya rufifacies, an introduced species now not uncommon in Florida and other southern states. The blue posterior margins of each abdominal segment are quite diagnostic.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 December, 2005 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Diagnostic for
genus? or for species?
… A.W. Thomas, 19 May, 2008 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

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