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Blue Bottle Fly

Calliphora vomitoria

Description:

Blue Bottle fly cleaning itself on a rose leaf at the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens, Berkeley, California. The blue bottle fly or bottlebee (Calliphora vomitoria) is a common blow-fly found in most areas of the world and is the type species for the genus Calliphora. Wikipedia

Habitat:

UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens, Berkeley, California.

1 Species ID Suggestions

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago
Blue Bottle Fly
Calliphora vomitoria Blue bottle fly


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1 Comment

misako
misako 12 years ago

Thank you for the ID LarsKorb!

misako
Spotted by
misako

Berkeley, California, USA

Spotted on Sep 24, 2011
Submitted on Feb 3, 2012

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