Calliphoridae (family)

Unidentified blowfly at Macquarie, ACT

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Identification history

	Calliphoridae (family)	26 Sep 2016	michaelb
	Unidentified	25 Sep 2016	JanetRussell

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5 comments

KimPullen wrote:

26 Sep 2016

Appears to be a Blowfly, family Calliphoridae.

JanetRussell wrote:

26 Sep 2016

Thanks Kim - I have been living under a misapprehension for years.

JanetRussell wrote:

26 Sep 2016

Is this to family because the photo is not clear enough to take if to genus/species Kim?

KimPullen wrote:

28 Sep 2016

I guess you probably already knew it was a blowfly! I don't know enough about them to be sure about the species yet. Some closer shots from different angles would help - then I could try and match your insect against specimens in an authoritative collection. There are at least 15 species of Calliphora (the typical blowfly genus) in the ACT, although only a few are blue. Then again, it may not belong to that genus.

JanetRussell wrote:

28 Sep 2016

This is the only photo I have unfortunately. I have a couple of photos of others taken in the garden and they look like the Brisbane flies. I assumed that the one I put on was the same.
This is where I lost the plot: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_tachinids/index.html
What confused me these flies were always on flowers such as Ozothamnus and Platysace and on this case I think its a Plantain. I have just read that blowflies use nectar as a dietary supplement so now I understand.

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