Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Calliphoridae)


Male

Females

Length: 8.5-14mm;
Wingspan: 20-28mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? (Winter) ? All Year
(Earliest: 1.4)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Meadows
Food:
(Larva)

Dead Mammalia, Aves
Food:
(Adult)

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen

Taraxacum campylodes Nectar, Pollen

Phallus impudicus
Parasitoids:
Phygadeuon leucostigmus Larva
Predators:
Mellinus arvensis

Nature Spot: Calliphora vomitoria


Pictures © 2003, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

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