Biology:Sarcophaga carnaria

Sarcophaga carnaria
	lateral and dorsal aspects
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sarcophagidae
Subfamily:	Sarcophaginae
Genus:	Sarcophaga
Subgenus:	Sarcophaga
Species:	S. carnaria
Binomial name
	Sarcophaga carnaria; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Musca carnaria Linnaeus, 1758,; Sarcophaga schulzi Müller, 1922; Sarcophaga vulgaris Rohdendorf, 1937; Sarcophaga dolosa Lehrer, 1967;

Short description: Species of fly

Sarcophaga carnaria is a European(globalized) species of flesh fly within the common flesh fly genus, Sarcophaga.^[1]

Identification

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 United Kingdom and southern Europe, east to the Altai mountains and north to the Kola Peninsula.^[1] thumb|left|Video

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Pape, Thomas (1987). The Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (Print). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 19. Leiden: E..J Brill. pp. 1–203. ISBN 90-04-08184-4.

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