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Oriental Latrine Fly

Chrysomya megacephala

Photo by Richard Ong
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Parasitic fungi (Ophiocordyceps cf. dipterigena - Ophiocordycipitaceae) growing out from the sides of the thorax of the female fly

Notes:

Diptera; Calliphoridae; Chrysomyinae; Chrysomyini

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