Description
C. cadaverina is a fairly large species ranging anywhere from 9-14 millimeters long and has many characteristics that are common to its family, Calliphoridae. These characteristics include their metallic color, having bristles on their meron as well as having plumose arista. This species is known for having a shiny metallic blue abdomen for which it is named. It has a dark blue or black thorax and has distinctive darker blue stripes present on the dorsum behind its head. Along with these other characteristics, C. cadaverina also has white calypters, a bare stem vein and a parafacial with a ground color ranging from black to reddish brown with a yellow covering.
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