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Sarcophaga carnaria
lateral and dorsal aspects
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sarcophagidae
Subfamily:	Sarcophaginae
Genus:	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

Sarcophaga carnaria is a European species of flesh fly within the common flesh fly genus, Sarcophaga.

Identification

Only males can be identified with certainty, and then only by examining genitalia.

Biology

Larvae mostly feed on earthworms. Adults are attracted to rotting meat and faeces.

Distribution

European, from the U.K. and southern Europe, east to the Altai Mountains and north to the Kola Peninsula.

References

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

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