Common Green Bottle Fly

Description:

"The common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a common blow-fly found in most areas of the world, and the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. 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 black bristle-like hair and three cross-grooves on the thorax. The wings are clear with light brown veins, and the legs and antennae are black." (wiki)

Habitat:

spotted in my desert garden

Notes:

Flies! They appear in the thousands after we have rain here, which we did a couple of weeks before I took this photo. But this is one of the prettier, less pesky, ones. :-)