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Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) by Jackdaw Nest
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Camera: Sony A6000
Lens: Canon nFD 100mm Macro
Camera: Sony A6000
Lens: Canon nFD 100mm Macro
Common Green Bottle Fly (a.k.a. Bottle Fly, Green Blow Fly, Blow Fly; Lucilia sericata) - 349 North Dyer Neck Road, Newcastle, Maine
(44.076584, -69.596212)
Common Green Bottle Fly (a.k.a. Bottle Fly, Green Blow Fly, Blow Fly; Lucilia sericata) - 349 North Dyer Neck Road, Newcastle, Maine
(44.076584, -69.596212)
Lucilia sericata on flower, Dülmen, Germany
Lucilia sericata on flower, Dülmen, Germany
モラウエッチア・セリカータ 2401 サボテン科 モラウェッチア属 c
Lucia sp. maybe L. cuprina
Family: Calliphoridae
Order: Diptera
We can see that this is in the family Calliphoridae:
1) The aristae are plumose throughout the length
2) The head is non-metallic (metallic would put it in Muscidae).
3) I think I can see two setae on the notopleuron (Calliphoridae have 2-3 setae on that sclerite).
A likely species ID is the common green bottle fly (Lucilia cuprina). Its body is 10–14 mm in length – a little larger than a house fly – and has metallic, blue-green or golden coloration.
ALA carries the following description: "The defining characteristic of L. sericata and the one most used when identifying the adult fly is the presence of three bristles on the dorsal mesothorax, located on the middle of the back of the fly. L. sericata is almost identical to its conspecific, L. cuprina, and identification between them requires microscopic examination of two main distinguishing characteristics. L. sericata is blue-black, as opposed to L. cuprina, which has a metallic green femoral joint in the first pair of legs. Also, when looking at the occipital setae, L. sericata has one to nine bristles on each side, while L. cuprina has three or less. Additionally, the eyes of L. sericata are smaller, with the frontal stripe also being thinner than the ones of L. cuprina."
Based on this description, I am leaning towards L. cuprina. The front femora are green distally.
Footnote: there is now corroboration of the ID of L. cuprina on iNaturalist:
inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/207893236
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Ballade autour de l'Arguenon, du côté de Tournemine (22)
Ballade autour de l'Arguenon, du côté de Tournemine (22)
