| FLESH FLIES FAMILY: Sarcophagidae Flies in the family Sarcophagidae are the "Flesh Flies," so-called because many species lay their eggs in open wounds. Flesh flies are very common and are difficult to distinguish from the "house fly" in the family Muscidae. A rule of thumb: flesh flies usually have 3 black lines on their thorax; true house flies have 4. Although they are called flesh flies, not all of the flies in this family develop in wounds. Many are associated with carrion, and some are parasites of beetles and other insects. | |
Source : House Flies of Kentucky - University of Kentucky Entomology
Location : Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia.
