Grey Flesh Fly
Female, Face
Ellura
Grey Flesh Fly
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Grey Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga aurifrons)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Flesh Fly (Sarcophagidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Grey Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga aurifrons)
This Photo:     Dorsal

Thank you Lorin Timaeus for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
~9mm long.
Lorin said "Close to the eyes there is a long bristle bent forwards (proclinate) in Females. Males do not have them. Eye distance is hard to judge in Sarcophaga, only slight differences between the genders."

Similar Species: Fleshfly-mimicking Bristle Fly (Exorista sp)

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 01-Apr-2014
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.