biology: These blowflies are important pollinators of fruits (Dag & Gazit 2001), but in general they prefer to feed on necrophagous material (fish, cow and humans)Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera Martynov, 1923Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera Schiner, 1862 (true flies, Echte Fliegen)Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: Oestroidea TOWNSEND, 1931Family: Calliphoridae BRAUER & BERGENSTAMM, 1889 (blow flies or cluster flies, Schmeifliegen)Subfamily: Chrysomyinae SHANNON, 1923Tribus: Chrysomyini SHANNON, 1923Genus:
Chrysomya ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830possibly:
Chrysomya megacephala FABRICIUS, 1794 (Oriental Latrine Fly), some info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomya_megacephalaIndonesia, W-Java, 10 km S Tangerang: BSD (Kampung), 45m asl., 12.12.2010_______________________________________________100mm 2.8 macro (Canon), 1/60s, f/13, ISO200, built-in flash, hand-heldPhoto published in "Zricher Miroskopische Nachrichten", 2012....