Calliphoridae (family)
Unidentified blowfly at Macquarie, ACT
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| Calliphoridae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 26 Sep 2016 | |
| Unverified | JanetRussell | 25 Sep 2016 |
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5 comments
26 Sep 2016
Is this to family because the photo is not clear enough to take if to genus/species Kim?
28 Sep 2016
I guess you probably already knew it was a blowfly! I don't know enough about them to be sure about the species yet. Some closer shots from different angles would help - then I could try and match your insect against specimens in an authoritative collection. There are at least 15 species of Calliphora (the typical blowfly genus) in the ACT, although only a few are blue. Then again, it may not belong to that genus.
28 Sep 2016
This is the only photo I have unfortunately. I have a couple of photos of others taken in the garden and they look like the Brisbane flies. I assumed that the one I put on was the same.
This is where I lost the plot: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_tachinids/index.html
What confused me these flies were always on flowers such as Ozothamnus and Platysace and on this case I think its a Plantain. I have just read that blowflies use nectar as a dietary supplement so now I understand.
This is where I lost the plot: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_tachinids/index.html
What confused me these flies were always on flowers such as Ozothamnus and Platysace and on this case I think its a Plantain. I have just read that blowflies use nectar as a dietary supplement so now I understand.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.067795-35.251015
- Places Macquarie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Jan 2011 10:58 AM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- JanetRussell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calliphoridae (family) Calliphoridae (family) Blow flies (Calliphoridae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Calliphoridae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified blowfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1092.3m Recorded at altitude
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