Common flesh fly
Sarcophaga carnaria
Flesh flies
(Sarcophagidae)
Notice the large feet.
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A big grey-black fly with square markings on its rear and a striped body. The large eyes are red-brown, the complete body is hairy and the feet are relatively large. Adult ♂ feeds on flower nectar while ♀ sucks on droppings or carrion. The larvae live in carrion, open wounds of mammals or in earthworms. ⇔ l. 13-15 mm
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2 LookAlikes (LA):
Housefly
Urban bluebottle blowfly
Common flesh fly
Dambordvlieg
Graue Fleischfliege
Mouche à damier
Mosca carnaria
Sarcophaga carnaria [L.]
Sarcophaga carnaria [L.]
Sarcophaga carnaria [L.]
Sarcophaga carnaria [L.]
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