Calliphora augur
Appearance
Calliphora augur | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Calliphoridae |
Genus: | Calliphora |
Species: | C. augur
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Binomial name | |
Calliphora augur (Fabricius, 1775)
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Calliphora augur, known as the lesser brown blowfly or bluebodied blowfly, is a species of blow-fly that is native to Australia. It is similar to the eastern goldenhaired blowfly (common brown blowfly) but slightly smaller, and its abdomen has a central dark blue patch.
It is a common visitor to houses and is also noted as a perpetrator of flystrike on sheep. It lays living maggots (Viviparous), unlike most blow-fly species which lay eggs.
References
[edit]Media related to Calliphora augur at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Calliphora augur at Wikispecies
- Department of Primary Industries : Sheep blowflies of Victoria
- CSIRO: Calliphora augur (Fabricius)