Flesh fly
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Sarcophagidae are a family of flies commonly known as flesh flies. They differ from most flies in that they are ovoviviparous, opportunistically depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs
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Wing venation of Sarcophagidae
Sarcophaga nodosa feeding on decaying flesh
Sarcophagid showing basally plumose arista
Wohlfahrtia magnifica
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Wohlfahrtia magnifica is the spotted flesh fly, sometimes called the screwworm fly, though species of flies from other families go by this name. It is a species of fly belonging to the family Sarcopha
Flesh fly
…Wohlfahrtia). Flesh flies can carry leprosy bacilli and can transmit intestinal pseudomyiasis to people who eat their larvae. Flesh flies, particularly Wohlfahrtia magnifica, can also cause myiasis in animals, mostly to sheep, and can give them blood poisoning, or asymptomatic leprosy infections. Generally, only males of…
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A female