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Sarcophaga bullata, or the grey flesh fly, is a species of fly belonging to the family Sarcophagidae. It varies in size from small to large, 8 to 17 millimeters in length and is very similar in appearance and behavior to a closely related species, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis .
Sarcophagidae (from Ancient Greek σάρξ sárx 'flesh' and φαγεῖν phageîn 'to eat') [1] are a family of flies commonly known as flesh flies.They differ from most flies in that they are ovoviviparous, opportunistically depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs on carrion, dung, decaying material, or open wounds of mammals, hence their common name.
Caused by flies that usually lay their eggs in decaying animal or vegetable matter, but that can develop in a host if open wounds or sores are present: Lucilia spp. (green-bottle fly) [15] Cochliomyia spp. (screw-worm fly) [15] Phormia spp. (black-bottle fly) [16] Calliphora spp. (blue-bottle fly) [17] Sarcophaga spp. (flesh fly or sarcophagids)
Just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and is drawn "to the odor of a wound or natural opening on a live, warm-blooded animal." Texas warning of "maneater" screwworms that lay eggs in flesh ...
Sarcophaga pernix, also known as the red-tailed flesh fly, [3] is a fly in the Sarcophagidae family. This fly often breeds in carrion and feces, making it a possible vector for disease. [ 4 ] The larvae of this species can cause myiasis , [ 5 ] as well as accidental myiasis. [ 6 ]
The fly larvae have been observed inside the devoured thorax and abdomen of the beetle. The flesh fly (Sarcophaga helicobia) has been observed to prey on both the larval and adult stage of the June beetle. The digger wasp (Scolia dubia) attacks the larval stage of the beetle. The female will crawl into the larva burrow and lay her eggs on the grub.
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Nasonia vitripennis (or Mormoniella vitripennis, or Nasonia brevicornis) is one of four known species under the genus Nasonia - small parasitoid wasps that afflict the larvae of parasitic carrion flies such as blowflies and flesh flies, which themselves are parasitic toward nestling birds. It is the best known and most widely studied of the ...