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Brown blowfly -  Calliphora stygia  Australia,Calliphora stygia,Geotagged,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Brown blowfly - Calliphora stygia

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  1. Ohh, cool find! Calliphora stygia or Calliphora hilli? Posted 2 years ago
    1. After checking I have gone with former Posted 2 years ago
      1. Good call. It seems to be more common than the other species. Posted 2 years ago

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''Calliphora stygia'', commonly known as the brown blowfly, or rango tumaro in Māori, is a species of blow-fly that is found in Australia and New Zealand. The brown blowfly has a grey thorax and yellow-brown abdomen.

This fly is typically one of the first and primary colonizers on corpses,...hieroglyph snipped......hieroglyph snipped... and are considered to be necrophagous and parasitic. It is able to colonize a body within hours after death, when it is considered to be in the "fresh".. more

Similar species: True Flies
Species identified by Calbost Niel
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By Calbost Niel

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Uploaded Oct 29, 2022. Captured Oct 29, 2022 13:35 in 102 Mount Irvine Rd, Mount Wilson NSW 2786, Australia.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/32.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO500
  • 105mm