Editing Calliphoridae (section)

===Food sources===
Adult blowflies are occasional [[pollinator]]s, being attracted to [[Carrion flower|flowers]] with strong [[odor]]s resembling [[Decomposition|rotting]] meat, such as the [[American pawpaw]] or [[dead horse arum]]. Little doubt remains that these flies use nectar as a source of [[carbohydrate]]s to fuel flight, but just how and when this happens is unknown. One study showed the visual stimulus a blowfly receives from its [[compound eye]]s is responsible for causing its legs to extend from its flight position and allow it to land on any surface.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Goodman |first=Lesley J. |year=1964 |title=The landing responses of insects. II. The electrical response of the compound eye of the fly, ''Lucilia sericata'', upon stimluation by moving objects and slow changes of light intensity |journal=[[Journal of Experimental Biology]] |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=403–415 |doi=10.1242/jeb.41.2.403 |url=http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/41/2/403.pdf}}</ref>

Larvae of most species are scavengers of carrion and dung, and most likely constitute the majority of the maggots found in such material, although they are not uncommonly found in close association with other dipterous larvae from the families [[Sarcophagidae]] and [[Muscidae]], and many other [[acalyptrate muscoid]] flies.{{cn|date=August 2022}}