---
title: "Australian Sheep Blow Fly"
description: "Lucilia cuprina — Insetos e aranhas. Lucilia cuprina, formerly named Phaenicia cuprina, the Australian sheep blowfly is a blow fly in the family Calliphoridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/australian-sheep-blow-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australian Sheep Blow Fly

> Lucilia cuprina — Insetos e aranhas. Lucilia cuprina, formerly named Phaenicia cuprina, the Australian sheep blowfly is a blow fly in the family Calliphoridae.

- Scientific name: *Lucilia cuprina*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `farm` (Quinta)
- iNaturalist observations: 8514
- Wikidata: [Q6697236](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6697236)
- iNaturalist taxon: [333264](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/333264)

## Names

- en: Australian Sheep Blow Fly
- es: Mosca de bronce de los borregos

## Countries with the most observations

US (3223), MX (179), BR (108), AU (60), VE (39), IL (24), MO (20), CN (19), PA (16), AR (11), CO (9), HK (8)

## Summary

Lucilia cuprina, formerly named Phaenicia cuprina, the Australian sheep blowfly is a blow fly in the family Calliphoridae. It causes the condition known as "fly strike" (myiasis). The female fly locates a sheep with ideal conditions, such as an open wound or a build-up of faeces or urine in the wool, in which she lays her eggs. The emerging larvae cause large lesions on the sheep, which may prove to be fatal.

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

## Photo

![Australian Sheep Blow Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-sheep-blow-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/333264

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-sheep-blow-fly?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).