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title: "Oriental Latrine Fly"
description: "Chrysomya megacephala — Insecten en spinnen. Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly or oriental blue fly, is a member of the family Calliphoridae (blowflies)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/oriental-latrine-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Latrine Fly

> Chrysomya megacephala — Insecten en spinnen. Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly or oriental blue fly, is a member of the family Calliphoridae (blowflies).

- Scientific name: *Chrysomya megacephala*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 12731
- Wikidata: [Q2967396](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2967396)
- iNaturalist taxon: [329781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/329781)

## Names

- en: Oriental Latrine Fly
- es: Mosca cabezona de las letrinas

## Countries with the most observations

US (1101), AR (293), MX (241), IN (184), CN (122), IL (115), AU (107), BR (79), ES (70), SG (59), MY (54), TW (54)

## Summary

Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly or oriental blue fly, is a member of the family Calliphoridae (blowflies). It is a warm-weather fly with a greenish-blue metallic box-like body. The fly infests corpses soon after death, making it important to forensic science. This fly is implicated in some public health issues; it can be the cause of myiasis, and also infects fish and livestock.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomya_megacephala

## Photo

![Oriental Latrine Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-latrine-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4792696

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-latrine-fly?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).