| Sarcophaga carnaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sarcophagidae |
| Subfamily: | Sarcophaginae |
| Genus: | Sarcophaga |
| Species: | S. carnaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarcophaga carnaria | |
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Sarcophaga carnaria is a European species of flesh fly within the common flesh fly genus, Sarcophaga . [1]
Only males can be identified with certainty, and then only by examining genitalia. [1]
Larvae mostly feed on earthworms. Adults are attracted to rotting meat and faeces. [1]
European, from the U.K. and southern Europe, east to the Altai Mountains and north to the Kola Peninsula. [1]
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