Blue-striped Blowfly - Calliphora augur

Family Calliphoridae

This page contains pictures and information about Blue-striped Blowflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 10mm

This blowfly is also known as Bluebodied Blowfly or Lesser Brown Blowfly.



This blowfly look similar to the Eastern Golden Haired Blowfly but with steel-blue area at the top of abdomen.






Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p781.
2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p375.
3. Calliphora augur - Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO 2005