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<font color="#800000">'''''Calliphora vicina'''''</font> Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | <font color="#800000">'''''Calliphora vicina'''''</font> Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | ||
| − | This is a common and widely distributed species of blowfly, especially in temperate regions. It infests dried fish and attacks stored animal products. ''C. vicina'' also breeds in animal carcasses and has been occasionally reported as a cause of myiasis. Because of its common occurrence in houses is | + | This is a common and widely distributed species of blowfly, especially in temperate regions. It infests dried fish and attacks stored animal products. ''C. vicina'' also breeds in animal carcasses and has been occasionally reported as a cause of myiasis. Because of its common occurrence in houses, it is further an important disease vector. |
The adults are around 10 mm long, with a greyish and metallic blue colouration. The metallic blue colour is more prominent on the abdomen. The sides of the head are orange-brown. | The adults are around 10 mm long, with a greyish and metallic blue colouration. The metallic blue colour is more prominent on the abdomen. The sides of the head are orange-brown. | ||
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Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
This is a common and widely distributed species of blowfly, especially in temperate regions. It infests dried fish and attacks stored animal products. C. vicina also breeds in animal carcasses and has been occasionally reported as a cause of myiasis. Because of its common occurrence in houses, it is further an important disease vector.
The adults are around 10 mm long, with a greyish and metallic blue colouration. The metallic blue colour is more prominent on the abdomen. The sides of the head are orange-brown.
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wing
head of larva
larva, prosterior spiracle
