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Flesh Fly
Sarcophagidae
35.1784, -80.8486
Field Notes
Description:
maybe 11 mm; distinct large orange compound eyes; fuzzy thorax and abdomen; black & white longitudinal stripes on thorax
Habitat:
edge of the woods on a Willow Oak leaf
Notes:
named because sometimes lay eggs in open flesh wound; scavengers of small carrion, such as dead insects and snails or smaller vertebrates; adults & larvae also known to eat decaying vegetable matter and excrement, and they may be found around compost piles and pit latrines
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