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Mosca negra, Black fly

Calliphora vomitoria

Photo by eulalia rubio
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Field Notes

Description:

Había cerca unos matorrales y se olía mal, seguramente sería el cadáver de algún animal. Esta mosca se alimenta de seres en descomposición. La entomología forense se utiliza en el esclarecimiento de crímenes, según el tamaño de las larvas de esta mosca se puede saber el momento de la muerte. There were about a bush and smelled bad, probably would be the body of an animal. This fly feeds on decaying beings. Forensic entomology is used in the investigation of crimes, according to the size of the larvae of this fly is to know the time of death.

Habitat:

En un solar sin urbanizar, Valencia (España).

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