Chrysomyia rufifacies is a much more beautiful insect than its common name would suggest.

(the common name is Hairy Maggot Blow Fly)

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Behold, Rango Pango!

That's the Māori name for this elegant native New Zealand blowfly. The fly is mostly black with a big shiny blue abdomen.

This rango pango landed on a student during our weekend field trip up in the North Canterbury mountains. She (the student) was kind enough to stay still while I photographed it.

Unlike most blowflies, rango pango maggots can grow up on rotting plant material as well as animal carcasses. The adult flies are pollinators of many plants.

This is the third observation on iNat of this species from the North Canterbury Southern Alps.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/304190384

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In many flies, males and females can be sexed by looking at the size of the compound eyes, with those of the male being larger. These two blow flies show the difference.

See, this is why you follow me. Practical life skills, like sexing blow flies. #insects #calliphoridae #entomology #diptera #flies

Lucilia sp.

Another pic snapped back in Aug. 2023, Loire Antlantique, France.

Pentax K-3iii + PENTAX-D FA MACRO 100mm F2.8 WR + ring light. Processed in Lightroom.

Published under CC0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/101430615@N03/53209165822/

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Portrait of a blow fly, Lucilia cuprina.

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For Friday Flyday, here's a brightly colored Australian blow fly, Amenia chrysame, photographed in the Yarra Ranges National Park.

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Stomorhina lunata ist irgendwie eine Mischung aus "Darth Vader" und "Du hast die Augen schön". Hier ein ♂️ mit seinen orangenen Flecken. Ursprünglich eher eine Mittelmeerart.

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i found this common green bottle fly dead on my desk. she was too beautiful not to photograph her.

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