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Brown Blowfly

Calliphora ochracea

Description:

A medium sized fly with reddish brown eyes with yellow hairs on the eye facets. The short rounded abdomen was the same colour as the eyes. Thorax was blue green.

Habitat:

Grassy paddock in a suburban area.

Notes:

These are said to be a rarer species of the blowfly that are prevalent in coastal and elevated areas.
Blowfly live on carrion.
Family: Calliphoridae https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:...

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Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 13, 2019
Submitted on Oct 13, 2019

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