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Cluster Flies
Pollenia
The cluster flies or attic flies are the genus Pollenia in the blowfly family Calliphoridae. Unlike more familiar blow flies, such as the bluebottle genus Phormia, they do not present a health hazard because they do not lay eggs in human food. They are strictly parasitic on earthworms; the females lay their eggs near earthworm burrows, and the larvae then infest the worms. However, the flies are a nuisance; when the adults emerge in the late...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pollenia vagabunda
complexPollenia vagabunda
Tufted Clusterfly
speciesPollenia pediculata
Pollenia amentaria
complexPollenia amentaria
Common Cluster Fly
speciesPollenia rudis
Narrow-cheeked Clusterfly
speciesPollenia angustigena
Pollenia labialis
speciesPollenia labialis
Pollenia griseotomentosa
speciesPollenia griseotomentosa
Pollenia atramentaria
speciesPollenia atramentaria
Pollenia uniseta
speciesPollenia uniseta
Pollenia hungarica
speciesPollenia hungarica
Pollenia pernix
speciesPollenia pernix
Pollenia huangshanensis
speciesPollenia huangshanensis
Pollenia advena
speciesPollenia advena
Pollenia viatica
speciesPollenia viatica
Pollenia pectinata
speciesPollenia pectinata
Pollenia shaanxiensis
speciesPollenia shaanxiensis
Pollenia bicolor
speciesPollenia bicolor
Pollenia japonica
speciesPollenia japonica
Pollenia agilis
speciesPollenia agilis
Pollenia oreia
speciesPollenia oreia
Pollenia cuprea
speciesPollenia cuprea
Pollenia atricoma
speciesPollenia atricoma
Pollenia hispida
speciesPollenia hispida
Pollenia demissa
speciesPollenia demissa
Pollenia astrictifrons
speciesPollenia astrictifrons
Pollenia atrifemur
speciesPollenia atrifemur
Pollenia consanguinea
speciesPollenia consanguinea
Pollenia consectata
speciesPollenia consectata
Pollenia dyscheres
speciesPollenia dyscheres
Pollenia enetera
speciesPollenia enetera
Pollenia eurybregma
speciesPollenia eurybregma
Pollenia fulviantenna
speciesPollenia fulviantenna
Pollenia fumosa
speciesPollenia fumosa
Pollenia immanis
speciesPollenia immanis
Pollenia limpida
speciesPollenia limpida
Pollenia nigripalpis
speciesPollenia nigripalpis
Pollenia nigripes
speciesPollenia nigripes
Pollenia nigrisquama
speciesPollenia nigrisquama
Pollenia notialis
speciesPollenia notialis
Pollenia opalina
speciesPollenia opalina
Pollenia commensurata
speciesPollenia commensurata
Pollenia pulverea
speciesPollenia pulverea
Pollenia sandaraca
speciesPollenia sandaraca
Pollenia scalena
speciesPollenia scalena
Pollenia lativertex
speciesPollenia lativertex
Pollenia insularis
speciesPollenia insularis
Pollenia dysaethria
speciesPollenia dysaethria
Pollenia primaeva
speciesPollenia primaeva
Pollenia vespillo
speciesPollenia vespillo
Pollenia ponti
speciesPollenia ponti
Pollenia similis
speciesPollenia similis
Pollenia tenuiforceps
speciesPollenia tenuiforceps
Pollenia mayeri
speciesPollenia mayeri
Pollenia bulgarica
speciesPollenia bulgarica
Pollenia dasypoda
speciesPollenia dasypoda
Pollenia luteovillosa
speciesPollenia luteovillosa
Pollenia venturii
speciesPollenia venturii
Pollenia yuensis
speciesPollenia yuensis
Pollenia aerosa
speciesPollenia aerosa
Pollenia antipodea
speciesPollenia antipodea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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