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flesh fly
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flesh fly
n.
Any of various dipterous flies of the family Sarcophagidae whose larvae are parasitic in living animal tissue or feed on carrion.


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There are now about ten different kinds, including blue bottles, marble grey and even the flesh flies.
During the summer months we are confronted by a plague of flies which lay eggs on sheep; the green bottle fly, blue bottle, common blow fly, and a deluge of other flesh flies.
 
 
 
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