#blowflies — Public Fediverse posts
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Behold, Rango Pango!
That's the Māori name for this elegant native New Zealand blowfly. The fly is mostly black with a big shiny blue abdomen.
This rango pango landed on a student during our weekend field trip up in the North Canterbury mountains. She (the student) was kind enough to stay still while I photographed it.
Unlike most blowflies, rango pango maggots can grow up on rotting plant material as well as animal carcasses. The adult flies are pollinators of many plants.
This is the third observation on iNat of this species from the North Canterbury Southern Alps.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/304190384
#flies #Diptera #NZ #Calliphora #Calliphoridae #blowflies #iNaturalist #insects
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#Blowflies are potential #vector for avian #influenza virus at #enzootic area in #Japan, Sci Rep.: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61026-1
Our observations suggest C. nigribarbis may acquire the HPAI virus from deceased wild #birds directly or from #fecal materials from infected birds, highlighting the need to add blowflies as a target of HPAI vector control.
