Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Cocliomyia macellaria |
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Definition
Secondary Screw Worm
outdoor
warm weather |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Chrysoma megacephala |
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Definition
Oriental Latrine Fly
not easily scared away
urban areas |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Chrysoma ruficacies |
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Definition
Hairy Maggot Blow Fly
warm summer
fleshy spines
predaceous on other maggots |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Calliphora vicina |
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Definition
Bluebottle Fly
colder months
buzzes loudly
urban |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Calliphora vomitoria |
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Definition
Holarctic Blue Blow Fly
rual |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Cynomyopsis cadaverina |
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Definition
Shiny Bluebottle Fly
rual
rapid life cycle |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Lucilia illustris |
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Definition
Greenbottle Fly
"fresh" remains
rapid larval development
warm weather |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Phanicia coeruleiviridis |
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Definition
Greenbottle Fly
"fresh" remains
1st |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Phaenicia cuprina |
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Definition
Bronzebottle Fly
easily scared
rural & urban
enter homes |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Phaenicia eximia |
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Definition
Greenbottle Fly
early stages |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Phaenicia sericata |
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Definition
Sheep Blow Fly
urban
sunny outdoor |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Phormia regina |
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Definition
Black Blow Fly
wings held flat |
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Term
Diptera Calliphoridae
Protophormia terraenovae |
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Definition
Holarctic Blow Fly
folded wings |
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Term
Diptera Muscidae
Fannia canicularis |
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Definition
Lesser House Fly
rural
close association with humans
attracted to excrement
readily enters homes
summer months |
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Term
Diptera Muscidae
Hydrotaea leucostoma |
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Definition
Black Dump Fly
associated with later succession
common on feces |
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Term
Diptera Muscidae
Musca domestica |
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Definition
House Fly
attracted to excrement |
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Term
Diptera Muscidae
Synthesiomyia nudiseta |
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Definition
Muscid Fly
four longitudinal stripes
whitish glue secreted by larvae |
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Term
Diptera Phoridae
Megaselia scalaris |
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Definition
Scuttle Fly
flies like a town drunk
humpbacked |
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Term
Diptera Piophilidae
Piophilia casei |
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Definition
Cheese Skipper
Late in succession (3-days p-m) |
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Term
Diptera Psychodidae
Psychoda alternate |
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Definition
Moth Fly
hairy body and wings
kitchens |
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Term
Diptera Sarcophagidae
Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis |
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Definition
Red-tailed Flesh Fly
deposits living larvae
shortly after death |
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Term
Diptera Sepsidae
Sepsis sp. |
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Definition
Black Scavenger Fly
"flick" their wings
look like a wasp |
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Term
Diptera Stratiomyidae
Hermetia illucens |
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Definition
Black soldier Fly
wings are folded
wasp-like
flattened body |
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Term
Coleoptera Cleridae
Necrobia rufipes |
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Definition
Red-Legged Ham Beetles
rapid movement
low numbers
feeds on eggs and larvae |
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Term
Cleoptera Dermestidae
Dermestes ater |
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Definition
Skin Beetle
"play dead"
just after advanced decay; eat skin and hair |
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Term
Cleoptera Dermestidae
Dermestes maculates |
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Definition
Skin Beetle
feed on dried skin |
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Term
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Definition
insect excrement, esp. dry
long since death |
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Term
Cleoptera Histeridae
Hister sp. |
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Definition
Clown Beetle
"play dead"
feed on fly eggs and maggots |
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Term
Cleoptera Histeridae
Saprinus pennsylvanicus |
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Definition
Clown Beetle
predaceous
under the remains |
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Term
Cleoptera Scarabacidae
Trox suberosus |
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Definition
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Heterosilpha ramosa |
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Definition
Garden Carrion Beetle
larvae on later stages
predaceous
abdomen sticks out |
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Necrodes surinamensis |
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Definition
Surinam Carrion Beetle
predaceous
most dominant on large carcasses |
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Necrophila americana |
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Definition
American Carrion Beetle
yellow behind head
predaceous
early to advanced decomposition |
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Nicrophorus americanus |
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Definition
American Burying Beetle
Red markings on head
nocturnal
endangered species |
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Nicrophorus carolinus |
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Definition
Carolina Carrion Beetle
open areas; woodlands; sandy |
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Nicrophorus orbicollis |
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Definition
Sexton Beetle
predaceous
fresh and later
forested areas |
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Nicrophorus tormentosus |
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Definition
Gold-Necked Carrion Beetle
almost any habitat
most active in summer |
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Term
Cleoptera Silphidae
Oiceoptoma noveboracense |
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Definition
Carrion Beetle
Predaceous
fresh and decaying remains |
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Term
Coleptera Silphidae
Oiceoptoma rugulosum |
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Definition
Carrion Beetle
medium-sized carcasses
various stages |
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Term
Coleptera Silphidae
Thanatophilus lapponicus |
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Definition
Lapland Carrion Beetles
bumps
fresh and later decay
predaceous |
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Term
Coleptera Staphylinidae
Creophilus maxillosus |
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Definition
Hairy Rove Beetle
hours and months into decay
predaceous |
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