Secondary Screwworm - Cochliomyia macellaria, Meadowwood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia - 8189649853
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Summary[edit] Description: English: Secondary Screwworm - Cochliomyia macellaria, Meadowwood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia. As detailed by Wikipedia, the maggots eat dead flesh, and are sometimes used by forensic scientists to determine the post mortem interval and also whether the deceased had drugs or mind-altering chemicals in their blood when they died. Date: 17 October 2012, 17:01:04. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8189649853/. Author: Judy Gallagher.
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- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
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- Pterygota (winged insects)
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- Diptera (flies)
- Brachycera
- Cyclorrhapha
- Schizophora
- Calyptratae
- Oestroidea
- Calliphoridae (blow flies)
- Cochliomyia (Screwworm Flies)
- Cochliomyia macellaria (Secondary screwworm)
- Panarthropoda
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