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Snail Parasite Blowfly

Amenia imperialis

Description:

This Snail Parasite Blowfly has a bright orange yellow head with brownish eyes. The body is metallic green and blue with white spots. Size: 12mm

Habitat:

Woodland, forest, gardens. Often seen feeding on flowers of native plants.

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14 Comments

syzygy
syzygy 3 years ago

Green bottle fly in a yellow mask...(:

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks OnengDyah

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 10 years ago

Pretty fly..:)

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

Thanks mac, i've been trying to work that one out for a while!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Yes Alice, it is the same fly, good spot

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

I have a similar spotting to this but i still am not sure of the ID.Do you think they are the same? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/189...

changjuchow
changjuchow 11 years ago

cool fly

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Nice series and spotting - what a colorful little blowfly!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

wow

misako
misako 12 years ago

cool!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Well I never imagined I would ever by favoriting a Blow fly!

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

Wow what a fly :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Wow the colors amazing!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Estupendo que gran imagen se ven de lo mejor bien

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

Carnarvon Park, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Mar 20, 2012
Submitted on Apr 4, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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