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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia » Common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)
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Fly - Lucilia sericata
Copyright © 2007 Sharon Warner

Fly - Lucilia sericata
Springfield, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
August 21, 2007
Blowfly found on Garlic Chives in my garden. He seems to have a few small friends, too.

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Contributed by Sharon Warner on 29 December, 2007 - 6:02pm
Last updated 10 December, 2017 - 11:07am

Moved
Moved from Lucilia.
… John F. Carr, 10 December, 2017 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

Nice fly, nice photos
Oh, and quite a diner you have there!
… Ron Hemberger, 29 December, 2007 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

 
The Garlic Chives
were just a whole world of insects, Ron. Wasps, flys (big and small), ambush bugs, spiders, etc. This was my first year paying any attention to insects and I was quite suprised at what we don't usually see. I was hooked.
… Sharon Warner, 29 December, 2007 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

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