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Blow Flies

Calliphoridae

Blow flies are shiny, buzzing insects that help clean up nature by eating dead animals. They are often seen around garbage and can be found in many places!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Blow Fly has a robust body, often with a striking metallic sheen in shades of blue, green, or copper. Their large, reddish-brown compound eyes and bristly thorax make them easily distinguishable from other flies.

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Blow Flies
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Blow Flies

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Blow flies can help scientists figure out how long a crime victim has been deceased!

Blow flies help pollinate some plants, especially those with stinky flowers, like the corpse flower!

Some tiny blow fly larvae are used by doctors to clean wounds, eating only dead tissue!

Their amazing sense of smell is so good, it can detect a tiny bit of carrion from afar!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sniffer

Blow Flies can locate decaying matter from surprising distances quickly, helping them find food and egg-laying sites efficiently.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Transformation

Blow Flies have incredibly fast larval development, allowing maggots to grow and pupate in just a few days.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Flight

Blow Flies can perform agile maneuvers in flight, darting, hovering, and changing direction swiftly to avoid predators.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
12-30 mm
Größe
6-16 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-45 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
24 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip nectar and decaying liquids, while larvae feast on rotting organic matter and carrion.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat decaying organic matter; adults feed on liquids like nectar or decaying fluids.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Rotting fruit
  • Carrion
  • Feces
  • Exudates from wounds
  • Tree sap

Nahrungssuche

  • Scavenging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Robins eat adult flies for protein.

parasitizes

Domestic Sheep

Ovis aries

Some blow fly larvae cause 'sheep strike' by feeding on living tissue.

pollinates

Corpse Flower

Rafflesia arnoldii

Flies are attracted to its smell and carry pollen.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Greenbottle Fly

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch or bother flies, as they can carry germs.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Blow Flies?

12-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Blow Flies?

6-16 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Blow Flies?

15-45 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Blow Flies?

24 km/h

Was frisst Blow Flies?

Adults sip nectar and decaying liquids, while larvae feast on rotting organic matter and carrion.

Wo findet man Blow Flies normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Blow Flies?

Scavenging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Blow Flies?

6

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