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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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Moments later, a flesh fly replaces it and I can see how the flat-bottomed pads at the end of its six legs glue to the human skin and hairs like the suckers on the toes of tropical frogs.
 
 
 
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