Lucilia sp. (genus)

A blowfly at Monash, ACT

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Identification history

	Lucilia sp. (genus)	4 Feb 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Lucilia cuprina	3 Feb 2019	jackQ

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jgl wrote:

4 Feb 2019

I can't suggest Lucilia sp. because "The species you've suggested may already exist as Luzula sp.."...?!

jgl wrote:

4 Feb 2019

From Wallman, 2001, p. 435:

"Frontoclypeal membrane (Fig. 1) light brown; metasternal area (Fig. 3) hairy; outer surface of fore femora (Fig. 3) and proximal half of under surface of mid femora (Fig. 3) metallic blue to black (ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA)................................. Lucilia sericata (Meigen)

Frontoclypeal membrane dark brown to blackish; metasternal area bare; outer surface of fore femora and proximal half of undersurface of mid femora metallic green (ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA)............................................................ Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann)"

You just can't see these things in these photos.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.090958 -35.408908
Altitude 601.3m
Places Monash, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
3 Feb 2019 05:31 PM Recorded on
jackQ Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Blow flies (Calliphoridae) jackQ Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Lucilia sp. (genus) Scientific name
A blowfly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 767m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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