Calliphora
Unidentified blowfly at Jerrabomberra, ACT
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| Calliphora | jgl | 30 Aug 2019 | |
| Unverified | Mike | 30 Aug 2019 |
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30 Aug 2019
There's a few Calliphora sp. that manage to hang around throughout the winter; you'll generally only notice them around kangaroo carcases. I've no idea if these individuals live for more than a year, or if population's emergence times are spread right through early spring to late autumn. I know from collection work I've done, that the larger ones can reanimate after a few hours in a -20 freezer, so they'll probably have no trouble surviving a Canberra winter...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.121840-35.384665
- Altitude 740.1m
- Maps Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Aug 2019 03:59 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calliphora sp. (genus) Blow flies (Calliphoridae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Calliphora Scientific name
- Unidentified blowfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1098.8m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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