Eye of the Fly ( $120 )

37. 2 flies (Chrysomya varipes) caught in a water droplet on a Lotus Leaf. The common name is the ‘small hairy maggot blowfly’“and these flies are among an assortment of common blowfly species that breed in carrion (dead animal tissue) in eastern Australia. Their reproductive habits mean that they frequently occur in the bodies of victims of murder and suspicious death. Dr James Wallman of the ICB is a forensic entomologist whose research includes flies like these.