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Anoxia Tolerance in Four Forensically Important Calliphorid Species

Forensic Sciences, 2022
Forensically important blow flies, Diptera: Calliphoridae, are among the first organisms to colonize carrion. After eggs hatch, the larvae of most blow fly species feed in an aggregation or “mass”.
Melissa Lein Authement, Leon G. Higley, William Wyatt Hoback   +2 more
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Phylogenomics and the evolution of larval feeding habits in the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
Phylogenomic data from anchored hybrid enrichment provide a new phylogeny of Calliphoridae that delimits the family and confirms division into eight monophyletic subfamilies. Fossil‐calibrated divergence times place the origin of Calliphoridae in the mid‐Eocene (ca. 41 Mya) along with other rapidly radiating families of oestroid Diptera. Reconstruction
Cristian F. Beza‐Beza, John Soghigian, Ezra Bailey, Nikolas P. Johnston, Brian K. Cassel, Keith M. Bayless, Jeffrey D. Wells, David K. Yeates, James F. Wallman, Liping Yan, Arianna Thomas‐Cabianca, Paul V. Hickner, Andrzej Grzywacz, Kelly A. Meiklejohn, Tatiana T. Torres, Maxwell J. Scott, Aram Mikaelyan, Dong Zhang, Pierfilippo Cerretti, Krzysztof Szpila, Thomas Pape, Brian M. Wiegmann   +21 more
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Advice on animal and public health risks of insects reared on former foodstuffs as raw material for animal feed

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract In the coming decades, there is expected to be a sharply increased demand for dietary proteins for humans and animals. As a result, there is an increasing focus on reared insects as a new source of protein. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the use of food chain residual flows such as former foodstuffs as
L.F.F. Kox, D.T.H.M. Sijm
wiley   +1 more source

Biological studies and Molecular identification of Blowfly, Calliphora vicina Rob-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the central of Erbil province [PDF]

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This research aimed to study the life cycle and duration of each biological stage of the blow fly Calliphora vicina. Adult specimens were collected from various locations in the Erbil provinces and reared on decaying chicken meat.
srwa khalil, Srwa hamad, nabeel mawlood
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At the edge of darkness: A framework for the evolution of visual systems in dim light

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 10, Page 2626-2636, October 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Light is an important biological cue for all living things. For animals, where many behaviours are driven by sensory input from the eyes, light is also a critical environmental feature shaping animal eye evolution, with the intensity of light (i.e.
Megan L. Porter
wiley   +1 more source

Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 4, Page 1635-1659, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Insect migrants are hugely abundant, with recent studies identifying the megadiverse order Diptera as the major component of many migratory assemblages. Despite this, their migratory behaviour has been widely overlooked in favour of more ‘charismatic’ migrant insects such as butterflies, dragonflies, and moths.
Will L. Hawkes, Myles H.M. Menz, Karl R. Wotton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The genome sequence of a bluebottle fly, Calliphora vicina (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Calliphora vicina (bluebottle blow fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Calliphoridae). The genome sequence is 706.5 megabases in span.
Olga Sivell
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Insects select flight speeds that coincide with low metabolic energy expenditureInsects select flight speeds that coincide with low metabolic energy expenditure [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science
Aerodynamic theory predicts a U-shaped relationship between mechanical power and airspeed. Empirical data from birds and bats support a similar U-shaped metabolic power–speed curve, reflecting the underlying muscle mechanics.
Peter Tickle, Emily J. Senior, Graham N. Askew   +2 more
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Assessing predation pressure of Vespa velutina on local fauna through DNA metabarcoding

Journal of Zoology, Volume 326, Issue 4, Page 329-338, August 2025.
This study investigates the predation pressure exerted by the invasive yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina) on native insect populations in Mallorca, using DNA metabarcoding to analyze their diet. Results reveal a diverse prey spectrum, including key insect groups such as Apidae (bees), Calliphoridae (blowflies), and Vespidae (wasps), with no ...
C. Herrera, M. Leza, J. A. Jurado‐Rivera   +2 more
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Tarsal and labellar taste hairs of the bluebottle, Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy:Location, sensitivity to salts, mechanism of stimulation [PDF]

, 1971
In both males and females of the bluebottle, Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (=C. erythrocephala Meigen), the labellar hairs are arranged in a systematic pattern, so that the hairs can be identified individually.
den Otter, Cornelis Johannes
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