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Common green bottle fly

Lucilia sericata

Description:

Small green bottle or blow fly

Habitat:

Semi rural

1 Species ID Suggestions

Wilson W
Wilson W 10 years ago
Common green bottle fly
Lucilia sericata Common green bottle fly


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4 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Thanks Wilson!

Wilson W
Wilson W 10 years ago

Look at this, this nearly the same, Karen!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/365...

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

I was unsure too Dragoon as this appeared to have fewer abdominal segments than Lucilia sericata but it's hard to tell from this photo & it flew before I managed a dorsal shot.

Dragoon
Dragoon 10 years ago

Perhaps Lucilia sericata? It most seems to present the features of Sericata, but I'd prefer your opinion on the matter, as some of the disquinishing features between Lucilia species is from the shape of the abdomen and color, which can seems hard to distuinquish with this photo.

KarenL
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KarenL

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Jul 28, 2013
Submitted on Aug 6, 2013

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