Common Green Bottle Fly

Description:

It is 10–14 mm long, slightly larger than a housefly, and has brilliant, metallic, blue-green or golden coloration with black markings. It has short, sparse black bristles (setae) and three cross-grooves on the thorax. The wings are clear with light brown veins, and the legs and antennae are black.

Habitat:

The bloom is of a silver and gold groundcover, Ajania pacifica. It has bright golden-yellow button-like flowers that adorn the plant in late fall. There are two other small all black flies and the nose of an American Snout butterfly in the photo.

Notes:

The maggots (larvae) of the fly are used for maggot therapy.