Lucilia eximia

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Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann, 1819)

The blowfly is a dump fly in the Americas which breeds for example in garbage and carcasses. Several cases have been recorded of it causing myiasis in domestic animals like dogs (e.g. Muñoz-García et al., 2016) and it is apparently attracted to wounds.

Synonyms:
Phaenicia eximia