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Family Calliphoridae - Blow Flies

Calliphorinae · Chrysomyinae · Melanomyinae · Lucilia

Subfamily Calliphorinae
hairy fly - Calliphora vicina What a face! - Calliphora vicina Fly sp. - Calliphora vicina Calliphorid? Calliphorid - Calliphora vicina Calliphora coloradensis - male Calliphora? Fly 1-1.5cm

Subfamily Chrysomyinae
BG1379 C3523 - Chrysomya megacephala - male Fly - Phormia regina Fly - Cochliomyia macellaria Syrphid fly ????? - Chrysomya rufifacies Red-eyed Fly - Chrysomya megacephala - male Eudasyphora? - Phormia regina - male Probably oriental latrine flies - Chrysomya megacephala - male wetlands blue bottle conopid - Cochliomyia macellaria

Subfamily Melanomyinae
Fly - Opsodexia grisea - female Tachinid - Opsodexia bicolor Blow Fly - Opsodexia grisea - male Fly - Opsodexia grisea - female Fly - Opsodexia grisea - male fly - Opsodexia bicolor - male fly - Opsodexia bicolor - male Gray and orange - Opsodexia bicolor - male

Genus Lucilia
Cool Colors - Nasty Fly - Lucilia Fly - Blue Bottle Blow - posterior left dorsal - Lucilia - female Lucilia - male Green Fly - Lucilia illustris Blow Fly - Lucilia sericata - Lucilia sericata Caliphoridae - Lucilia Bronze Fly - Lucilia Fly on boneset - Lucilia sericata - female


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