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-Common Name: Flesh Fly
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Anthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- No Taxon: Calyptratae
- Superfamily: Oestroidea
- Family- Sarcophagidae (Flesh Fly)

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- Scavengers
- Looks like a BIG house fly
- Gray, checkerboard pattern on abdomen
- Three black stripes on thorax
- Reddish brown tip at the end of the abdomen
- Red Eyes

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- Two Wings
- Sticky Legs
- Fly backwards
- Flies can carry diseases
- No teeth but a tongue called proboscis
- Most nutrients come from liquids

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- Decaying Feces
- Organic Waste
- Blow Fly Larvae
- Grasshopper Nymphs

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- Spring Mating
- Four Stages: Egg,( In Adult Fly) Larvae, Pupa, Adult
- Complete Life cycle takes 23 days
1) Females deposit larvae into manure or decomposing flesh. They do not lay eggs
2) >25 larvae hatch at one time and can hatch within 24 hours
3) Flesh Fly Larvae feed for about four days
4) Larvae pupate
5) Emerge into adults in 12-15 days

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- Horse Flies and Deer Flies bite
- Sand Flies bite
- Black Flies Bite

*Picture below is not a Flesh Fly*

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- Found Worldwide
- They like warm tropical areas
- Flesh Flies are not found in homes
- They can infest meat processing and packing facilities

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Flesh Flies are attracted to...
- Garbage
- Pet Feces
- Occurrence of Dead Animals
- Compost Bins

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- Flesh Flies are one of the first insects to arrive at dead carcass
- They are attracted to the body decaying due to microbial fermentation
- Similar to blow flies in biology and habits
- Development of larvae in a carcass can help determine time of death

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- Larvae can get inside animal wounds a burrow deep down
- Humans can get infections by consuming contaminated food with flesh fly larvae

Diseases transmitted by flesh flies include:

Diarrhea

Dysentery

Myiasis

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- Flesh flies can help scientist determine the time of death of a body with their life cycles. They are one of the first insects to show up at a dead corpse. Flesh flies also do not lay eggs. They just give birth to the larvae.

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- During a home being remodeled, a mummified body of a baby was found.
- The Child had died in 1848 because after an autopsy, the Dr. found a flesh fly.
- The flies exploited the body in 1848 and that mites had laid their eggs on the dried body in 1849.
- The police agreed that the death occurred before 1855.