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Flesh Flies and Satellite Flies
Flesh Flies and Satellite Flies
Sarcophagidae
Insecta
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
2-4 weeks
Size
Small
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Live Birth
Defense
Speed
Status
Common

About

Flesh flies and Satellite flies are a group of flies that live in the tropics, particularly in Africa. They have a special way of reproduction, depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs on carrion, dung, decaying material, or open wounds of mammals.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Sarcophagidae