Sarcophaga carnaria is a European species of flesh fly within the common flesh fly genus, Sarcophaga.

[1] Only males can be identified with certainty, and then only by examining genitalia.

Adults are attracted to rotting meat and faeces.

[1] European, from the U.K. and southern Europe, east to the Altai Mountains and north to the Kola Peninsula.

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