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Blue bottle Fly

Calliphora vomitoria

Habitat:

Garden. This species is commonly encountered almost everywhere in the world.

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Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/133...
could this perhaps be the flesh fly? again no back side, flew away too quick

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

It does seem to have those whitish marks in as the flesh fly, but fatter. I have no image of the back, pity. But Ill see one again!

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

Might be a Flesh Fly: Sarcophaga pachtyli. Need to see the back side a bit better.

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Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Aug 23, 2012
Submitted on Aug 23, 2012

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