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elytra. According to bugguide.net, "Adults consume
C. cadaverina is common during the spring and feeds on decaying materials, ...
Calliphoridae (commonly known as blowflies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or ...
center. The Elytra is black with a yellow rear tip. Larvae and adults consume ...
Flat, black beetle with a pinkish-orange margin on the protonum. Larvae feed on ...
The Crow (below) is harassing a Buzzard above (see next spotting).
In a wildlife park but flying free and not ...
Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow
Approximately 20 mm long. The pronotum is pale yellow with a black splotch in ...
to Rafflesia and they emit a similar smell which attracts
hours. It mainly provided food for ants and
Calliphora sp. feed on carrion, open wounds ...
Red-eyed Sarcophagid fly.
without the help of mites, the carcass would soon be teeming with maggots of ...
taking pictures!) It is, however, strong enough to attract
All those little mites crawling all over this rainbow scarab beetle looks ...
other flies in which they deposit hatched ...
other flies in which they deposit hatched ...
The black soldier fly, or Hermetia illucens ...
"The black soldier fly, or Hermetia ...
carrion beetle and its resulting offspring ...
Carrion Flower or African
The Blue Bottle fly is slightly larger than ...