Lucilia sericata: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Genus: Lucilia
Species: Lucilia sericata
Scientific Name: Lucilia sericata

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Common green bottle fly

The common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. Its body is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) in length – slightly larger than a house fly – and has brilliant, metallic, blue-green or golden coloration with black markings. It has short, sparse, black bristles (setae) and three cross-grooves on the thorax. The wings are clear with light brown veins, and the legs and antennae are black. The larvae of the fly may be used for maggot therapy, are commonly used in forensic entomology, and can be the cause of myiasis in livestock and pets. The common green bottle fly emerges in the spring for mating.

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Lucilia sericata in languages:

Arabic: ذباب الزجاجة الخضراء الأوروبي الشائع
Chinese: 絲光銅綠蠅
Czech: bzučivka zelená
Danish: Grøn spyflue
Dutch: groene vleesvlieg
English: Common European Greenbottle Fly
English: Sheep-strike Greenbottle Fly
English: Sheep Blow Fly
English: European Green Blow Fly
English: Common Greenbottle
English: European Green Blowfly
French: Lucilie soyeuse
German: Goldfliege
Hebrew: בוהקן ירוק
Hungarian: Selymes döglégy
Italian: Mosca verde
Japanese: ヒロズキンバエ
Korean: 구리금파리
Modern Greek: Κοινή χρυσοπράσινη κρεατόμυγα
Polish: Padlinówka skórnica
Russian: Муха мясная зеленая
Slovak: bzučivka zelená
Ukrainian: Трупниця звичайна

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Parent Taxon

Lucilia

Lucilia sericata: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Common green bottle fly

Lucilia sericata in languages:

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Lucilia sericata: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Common green bottle fly

Lucilia sericata in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

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