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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 dining on aphids? - Lucilia sericata
Copyright © 2007 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Fly dining on aphids? - Lucilia sericata
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, USA
October 4, 2007
BTW - Interesting trivia for those who don't know it - The compound eyes are made of many individual lenses, and the reason for the flattened parts on the eyes is that this allows for more lenses to fit in these areas, and therefore the eyes have improved resolution. I just read this on a website, but it seems credible to me.

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 4 November, 2007 - 2:03pm
Last updated 10 December, 2017 - 5:00pm

Moved
Moved from Lucilia.
… John F. Carr, 10 December, 2017 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

That is interesting re: eyes
Flat spots are very obvious on some Mexican cactus flies, depending on the light.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 November, 2007 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I'm constantly amazed by how much the camera sees than I do. I'm not sure I noticed the aphids, but in the full size photo you can see at least four differently shaped micro bugs: green pointed ellipsoid, Green and shaped like a stink bug, tiny white spider shaped, and white aphid. I'm not sure what hunts them. Ladybugs, of course, but probably some flies and wasps too.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 5 November, 2007 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

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