Calliphora augur
Lesser brown or Blue-bodied blowfly at Wamboin, NSW
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| Calliphora augur | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Dec 2025 | |
| Unverified | davidmcdonald | 16 Dec 2025 |
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About four caught in European Wasp trap, along with other flying insects. Black, rough triangle on abdomen, pointing to the rear, not the black horizontal bars in EU Wasp. Not the narrow 'wasp waste' of the EU Wasp.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.366028-35.251003
- Places Wamboin, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 15 Dec 2025 06:45 PM Recorded on
- davidmcdonald Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- davidmcdonald NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Calliphora augur Blow flies (Calliphoridae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Calliphora augur Scientific name
- Lesser brown or Blue-bodied blowfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 696.64m Recorded at altitude
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