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Metallea species feeding on Leptospermum flowers.
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BLOWFLY FACTS |
Identification
This blowfly is greyish with brown patterned abdomen. They have prominent bristles on the thorax and abdomen.
Size
12mm
Food
feeds on nectar
Breeding
Most species of blowflies lay their eggs on carrion or dung, but some species lay their eggs on living animals. The maggots feed on the dung.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Diptera | | Family: | Calliphoridae | | Genus: | Metallea | | Species: | sp | | Common Name: | Blowfly |
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