The Sarcophaga aurifrons, commonly known as the Grey Flesh Fly or the Grey-striped Fly, is a large fly that is grey in colour and has three grey longitudinal stripes on the thorax. They have a relatively small head with red eyes.
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT 
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT 
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT 
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT 
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT 
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Division zoology: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Scizophora
- Informal: Calyptratae
- Superfamily: Oestroidea
- Family: Sarcophagidae
- Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
- Genus: Sarcophaga
- Subgenus: infrageneric Taylorimyia
- Species: Sarcophaga aurifrons
Footnote & References
- Sarcophaga (Taylorimyia) aurifrons, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:723b146d-2fad-4afd-9a81-ea39a3c6cef7#overview
- Grey Flesh Fly – Sarcophaga aurifrons, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_muscoid/GreyFleshFly.htm