maggots

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Photo by Scott Frazier

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Dipteran (fly) larvae of Brachyceran flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies that were consuming an animal carcass (see http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15912008 ).

Habitat:

Found under the carcass of a blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas) near a compost heap in a large semi-urban yard & garden near a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest.