Lesser Brown Blowfly
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The Lesser Brown Blowfly (Calliphora augur), also known as the Bluebodied Blowfly, is a species of blowfly that is native to Australia. It is similar to the Eastern Goldenhaired Blowfly (Common Brown Blowfly) but slightly smaller and its abdomen has a central dark blue patch.
It is a common visitor to houses and is also noted as a perpetrator of flystrike on sheep. It lays living maggots unlike most blowfly species which lay eggs.
