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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae » Calliphora » Blue Blow Fly (Calliphora vicina)
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Blow fly - Calliphora vicina - female
Copyright © 2010 Natalie McNear

Blow fly - Calliphora vicina - Female
Marin County, California, USA
May 7, 2010
Size: 11 mm body length
One of many Calliphorid flies found on a flowering tree in my yard. Distinguished by the yellow-orange setae on the hind part of the bucca - compare with C. terraenovae, which has primarily dark hairs in that region:

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Contributed by Natalie McNear on 7 May, 2010 - 8:59pm
Last updated 2 June, 2012 - 7:38pm

Calliphora vicina
Moved from Blue Bottle Fly. This appears to me to be Calliphora vicina. C. vomitoria would have a dense brush of yellow setae on the cheek, which doesn't appear to be the case here. It also doesn't have such an orange head.
… Brad Barnd, 2 June, 2012 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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