Sarcophaga carnaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sarcophagidae |
Subfamily: | Sarcophaginae |
Genus: | Sarcophaga |
Species: | S. carnaria
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Binomial name | |
Sarcophaga carnaria | |
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Sarcophaga carnaria is a European(globalized) species of flesh fly within the common flesh fly genus, Sarcophaga.[1]
Only males can be identified with certainty, and then only by examining genitalia.[1]
Larvae mostly feed on earthworms. Adults are attracted to rotting meat and faeces.[1]
European, from the U.K. and southern Europe, east to the Altai Mountains and north to the Kola Peninsula.[1]