Blow Flies
(Family Calliphoridae)

Updated March 8, 1999

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Greenbottle Fly, Phaenicia sericata

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
Greenbottle Fly, Phaenicia sericata

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
Bluebottle Fly, Calliphora sp.

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
Blue Blow Fly, Cynomyopsis cadaverina

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Blue Blow Fly, Cynomyopsis cadaverina

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Pig Carcass Infested with Blow Flies

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Blow Fly Maggots

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)
Blow Fly Maggots - A Closer View

(Leon Higley, UNL Entomology)