Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Genus Calliphora Higher classification Calliphora | Phylum Arthropoda Family Calliphoridae Scientific name Calliphora augur Rank Species | |
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Similar Blow flies, Fly, Calliphora, Insect, Calliphora stygia | ||
Calliphora augur, known as the lesser brown blowfly or bluebodied blowfly, is a species of blow-fly that is native to Australia. It is similar to the eastern goldenhaired blowfly (common brown blowfly) but slightly smaller, and its abdomen has a central dark blue patch.
It is a common visitor to houses and is also noted as a perpetrator of flystrike on sheep. It lays living maggots (Viviparous), unlike most blow-fly species which lay eggs.
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