A Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2014).

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A Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2014).

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Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/10/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 516630 - Psn: 78)

Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/10/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/2/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 544965 - Psn: 88)

Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/2/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/27/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 387132 - Psn: 200)

Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/27/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/27/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/27/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/27/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Description

BugGuide: "Calliphora vicina (Blue Blowfly) and Calliphora vomitoria (Blue Bottle Fly) may be distinguished from each other by the presence of yellow-orange jowls with black hair in C. vicina and black jowls with predominantly reddish hair in C. vomitoria" (Wall and Shearer, 1997).

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A Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2014). View Record Details Media by Steve Scholnick.

Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/10/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/2/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

Blue Blowfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/27/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.