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Lucilia sericata
metallic green fly with red eyes
urban backyard
The common green bottle fly is a blow fly that is important to forensic entomologists. The fly's development can be used to determine time of death of a corpse. It also has medical applications, larvae are used to debride wounds and the saliva helps in tissue regeneration.
Spotted on Apr 5, 2012
Submitted on Apr 9, 2012
