Common green bottle flies (Lucilia sericata) searching body of northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) for places to lay eggs. Maggots will h

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Common green bottle flies (Lucilia sericata) searching body of northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) for places to lay eggs. Maggots will hatch from eggs and devour the decomposing shrew body. A few fly eggs (white in color) are visible in the mouth.

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Keywords: blarina, bottle, brevicauda, common, cycle, decomposition, energy, fly, green, lucilia, maggot, northern, recycling, sericata, short-tailed, shrew