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blowfly/bottle fly

Description:

unidentified blowfly/bottle fly

Habitat:

Spotted on orchid (Arachnis sp.) in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Blow Fly
Chrysomya megacephala Calliphoridae
Blow Fly
Chrysomya albiceps Chrysomya albiceps


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4 Comments

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

ok ..i visit this site and also i know that all flies have hairs on body but the length and density may differ but if u visit Calliphoridae on wikipedia you will see all features of this fly similar to Chrysoyma megacephala .Anyways can I know the image on the site suggests by you is taken by an entomologist or not.

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Take a look at this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-lake-digi... the hairs become visible when you use a good macro camera. All flies have hairs all over their bodies.

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Ok. That was just a suggestion subject to scrutiny.

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

Jolly , its not blue bottle fly pls check this fly has no hairs on its body and on legs.Moreover the color of eyes are also different here it is red and in that fly color of eyes is maroon and the markings on abdomen are black and here its metallic green.

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Oct 14, 2012
Submitted on Oct 14, 2012

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