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Bird Blowfly

Protocalliphora azurea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 71, February 52, March 82, April 129, May 186, June 203, July 217, August 187, September 137, October 102, November 56, December 44.
United States1,466
Alaska1,466
United Kingdom34
England32
Russia13
Germany11
Austria10
Niederösterreich9
Hungary7
France6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyBlow Flies · Calliphoridae
GenusBird Blow Flies · Protocalliphora

Sources

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Practise Bird Blowfly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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