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Protophormia terraenovae
spotted in river cávado shore,there are several diferent flys in the photos,i'am going to load tree to se if they are diferent species or diferent stages of the same species.Great blue metalic colour. Protophormia terraenovae is commonly called northern blowfly, blue-bottle fly or blue-assed fly (blue-arsed fly in British English). It is distinguished by its deep blue coloration and large size and is an important species throughout the northern hemisphere. This fly is notable for its economic impact as a myiasis pest of livestock and its antibiotic benefits in maggot therapy. Also of interest is P. terraenovae’s importance in forensic investigations: because of their temperature-dependent development and their prominent presence on corpses, the larvae of this species are useful in minimum post-mortem interval (mPMI) determination. http://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j&...
Spotted on May 23, 2012
Submitted on May 27, 2012
10 Comments
Thanks IgCostaNut,we are moving arround in every directions:) and to the most unexpected locals:) i put my self in big trouble:) so now, to not disapoint my fans i have to move :)today was a medium day of spotting,nothing real good,a couple of nice shoots for futur spottings but any one good enougth to my 1000 one :)
thanks again my friend for your kind words :)
These flies are so beautiful! Great series! make that next spotting upload a real good one!
So true!
i was amazed when i read that,well we are allways learning,that's one of the beauty of life :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protophormi...
The above wiki link that you provided does provide amazing facts about how these flies are useful in Forensics and wound treatment!!
Forensics entomology is something new I am reading about ,but simply amazing to know how these flies can help determine how long the body has been dead!!
@Thanks Collen for the id it was precious to me i never saw this fly and blue insects are very rae :)
@Emma unfortuntly there are very few snakes in the area :( it was a very good option :)
another issue,please go to the link i put for this fly and you will be amazed with the medical "aplications" mof this fly,tommorow i'll trancribe the info to the spotting,i think is a good info:)
Might be the same fly I spotted. Check this one. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113....
We haven't seen a snake from your wheat meadow yet!! I am sure there must be one!!
:) could be, but i want something more "dangerous" :) lets se what we find until there
Wow ,these are gorgeous!!Thanks for sharing!! This could have been your 1000th spotting if only.........