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Conicera tibialis
coffin fly
Conicera tibialis, commonly known as the coffin fly, is a phorid fly species known for its unique association with buried human cadavers. Adult females possess the remarkable ability to burrow through soil to access coffins and lay eggs on or near corpses. The species has been documented completing multiple generations entirely underground without surfacing, and has been found on cadavers years after death, with one recorded case of activity 18 years postmortem.