Calliphora augur

Calliphora augur
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Calliphoridae
Genus:	Calliphora
Species:	C. augur
Binomial name
Calliphora augur Fabricius, 1775

Calliphora augur, known as the lesser brown blowfly or bluebodied blowfly, is a species of blow-fly that is native to Australia. It is similar to the eastern goldenhaired blowfly (common brown blowfly) but slightly smaller, and its abdomen has a central dark blue patch.

It is a common visitor to houses and is also noted as a perpetrator of flystrike on sheep. It lays living maggots (Viviparous), unlike most blow-fly species which lay eggs.

Illustrative view from above showing the blue patch on the abdomen

References

• Department of Primary Industries : Sheep blowflies of Victoria
• CSIRO: Calliphora augur (Fabricius)