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Species Lucilia mexicana

Blue-green blowfly - Lucilia mexicana Blue-green blowfly - Lucilia mexicana Green Blow Fly Close Ups (wings) - Lucilia mexicana - female Green Blow Fly Close Ups (face) - Lucilia mexicana - female cf. mexicana #2 - Lucilia mexicana cf. mexicana #2 - Lucilia mexicana cf. mexicana #3 - Lucilia mexicana Neomyia cornicina? - Lucilia mexicana - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Calliphoridae (Blow Flies)
Genus Lucilia
Species mexicana (Lucilia mexicana)
Explanation of Names
Lucilia mexicana Macquart 1843
Range
sw. US (CA to OK-TX) to Brazil(1)(2)