What is the oriental blue fly?
Chrysomya megacephala is a species of the Chrysomya genus. (1)
Chrysomya megacephala is also known as the oriental blue fly, or oriental latrine fly. (1)
What does it look like?
Adult flies reflect a metallic blue-green color on their thorax and abdomen and have yellow gena, or cheeks. (1)
(picture of female here)
(picture of male here)
What does it do?
may cause myiasis (1)
What does the oriental blue fly eat?
Where are they located?
North America, USA, California, Texas, Louisiana, Hawaii (1)
South America, Central America, New Zealand, Africa (1)
Resources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomya_megacephala
