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Flesh Fly

Sarcophaga

Description:

Sarcophaga is a genus of true flies, the type of the flesh-fly family (Sarcophagidae). This genus occurs essentially worldwide. These flies are generally well-sized and of a greyish color; like many of their relatives, the typical patterns are lengthwise darker stripes on the thorax and dark and light square dots on the abdomen. Wikipedia

Habitat:

Urban house vegetable garden.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 12 years ago
Flesh Fly
Sarcophaga Sarcophaga


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2 Comments

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 12 years ago

Yes, I could only ID yours because I had just researched mine! Fly vibes! :-)

misako
misako 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID Bernadette S--I saw your fly next to mine and realized they were the same!

misako
Spotted by
misako

Oakland, California, USA

Spotted on Sep 29, 2011
Submitted on Feb 18, 2012

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