Blowflies: The Calliphoridae are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, are known as gentles. Blowflies vs fly:Blow fly (synonym: blowfly) adults tend to have metallic coloration on their thorax (middle section) and abdomen, too (often bright blue-green), whereas flesh flies do not; flesh flies, instead, have black and gray longitudinal stripes on their thorax, and what is described as checkering on the abdomen. But sometimes they just are flies and lets just let them be flies and nothing more or nothing less.: .
Why they are important:
| Botflies | Blowflies |
|---|---|
| GOOD | BETTER |
| Looks like a bee | Looks like a shiny fly |
| Is a living parasite | Sits on rotting meat |