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Blue bottle fly

Calliphora vomitoria

Description:

Blue bottle fly adults feed on nectar, while the larvae feed on carcasses of dead animals. Adults are also pollinators to some flowers with strong odor.

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2 Comments

Seema Swami
Seema Swami 10 years ago

@Mark Ridgway Thanks.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Intense colour. Lovely shot.

Seema Swami
Spotted by
Seema Swami

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Sep 28, 2011
Submitted on Feb 11, 2014

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