Hairy-maggot Blowfly
Female, ventral
Small Hairy-maggot Blowfly
S5, Female, dorsal
| Hairy-maggot Blowfly Female, ventral | | Small Hairy-maggot Blowfly S5, Female, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Blow Fly (Calliphoridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Small Hairy-maggot Blowfly (Chrysomya varipes) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S4, Female, dorsal🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Blow Fly | ||||
Thank you Santiago (Sanpa) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere Under 6mm long. They have a distinctive orange face, with orange plumose antennae, separating them from their larger cousins. Unlike many flies, these can't be easily differentiated by their eye speparation. The males of this species have very hairy front tibia, which is missing on the females we've found so far. | |||||
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