Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bird Blowfly being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Protophormia terraenovae
- Eudasyphora cyanicolor
- Phormia regina
- Eudasyphora cyanella
- Muscina pascuorum
- Australophyra rostrata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Calliphoridae
- Genus
- Protocalliphora
- Species
- Protocalliphora azurea
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