Blow Fly - Lucilia cuprina

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Christine Young

Lion

Very beautiful, for a parasite. Posted 4 years ago
1. Calbost Niel
  
  Lion
  
  I lived in the bush. I helped with a caesarean on a cow. A few weeks later the cow got gangrene. It then got fly strike and the maggots cleaned the wound. A useful parasite sometimes. Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Oh, wow! That is so awesome...not for the cow, of course, except that I'm assuming it all ended well? Medically useful insects are endlessly fascinating. Posted 4 years ago

The Australian Sheep Blow Fly

The species "Lucilia cuprina" is more commonly known as the Australian sheep blowfly. It belongs to the blow-fly family Calliphoridae, and while some authorities combine the blow flies and the flesh flies together into the Metopiidae family, distinguishable characteristics allow for the separation.

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Similar species: True Flies

Species identified by Calbost Niel