Blowfly Emerging From Pupa
by Perennou Nuridsany
Title
Blowfly Emerging From Pupa
Artist
Perennou Nuridsany
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Photograph - Photograph
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Blowfly metamorphosis. Macrophotograph of an adult blowfly Calliphora erythrocephala emerging from a pupa. The pupal case can be seen at bottom. The head of the fly reveals a large compound eye and a proboscis (yellow, in the neck region). The legs are folded against the body. Blowfly metamorphosis begins with eggs laid on a food source, such as rotting vegetation, dung piles, exposed food and corpses. Eggs hatch into the larval maggot within a day, and the maggots pupate in 3-4 days; from pupa to emergence of the adult fly takes 3-5 days. The adult, also known as a bluebottle fly, lives some 2 months and is considered a domestic pest.
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June 25th, 2018
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