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Cadaver Fly

Calliphora croceipalpis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 0, June 1, July 3, August 2, September 4, October 3, November 2, December 2.
South Africa18
Western Cape15
Eastern Cape3

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
GenusBluebottle Flies · Calliphora

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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