Sarcophaga carnaria
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| Sarcophaga carnaria | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sarcophagidae |
| Subfamily: | Sarcophaginae |
| Genus: | Sarcophaga |
| Subgenus: | Sarcophaga |
| Species: | S. carnaria |
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Sarcophaga carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Sarcophaga carnaria or the common flesh fly is a European species of flesh fly.
Only males can be identified with certainty, and then only by examining genitalia.
Larvae mostly feed on Earthworms. Adults are attracted to rotting meat and faeces.
European, from the U.K. and southern Europe, east to the Altai mountains and north to the Kola Peninsula.
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