Large flesh fly

• French common name: Grosse mouche à viande
• Scientific name: Sarcophaga aldrichi Parker
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Insecta
• Order: Diptera
• Family: Sarcophagidae
• Partial list of synonyms:
  • Arachnidomyia aldrichi (Parker)

Distribution

• Canada

Canadian Forest Service Publications

Large flesh fly

Diet and feeding behaviour

• Parasitoid: Lives and grows on or whitin a living insect. Kills its host by consuming its tissues before pupation or metamorphosis into an adult.

Information on host(s)

Main host(s)

• N/A

Photos

Adult at rest

Thérèse Arcand