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SpeciesLucilia sericata - Common Green Bottle Fly

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Classification
KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
SubphylumHexapoda (Hexapods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderDiptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
SuperfamilyOestroidea
FamilyCalliphoridae (Blow Flies)
GenusLucilia
Speciessericata (Common Green Bottle Fly)
Other Common Names
Sheep Blow Fly
Explanation of Names
Lucilia sericata (Meigen 1826)
Identification
Males are distinguished by the combination of
Pale basicosta (brown to black in about half of the species)
3 pairs postsutural acrostichal bristles (see figure; only 2 pairs in about half of the species; if 1 pair seeNeomyia cornicina)
Frons about 1/10 head width (broader inL. cuprina and narrower inL. thatuna; this only works for males)
Range
holarctic & neotropical; in the New World, so. Canada to Argentina(1)
Food
Larvae feed on carrion. Adults take nectar and have been used as pollinators of onions, cabbages and also other Brassicaceae,
Life Cycle
Remarks
Larvae are used in forensics to determine the age of a corpse, and in medicine to clean up wounds (they feed on partially decomposed tissue, leaving the healthy one alone)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Anderson & Kaufman 2011)(2)
Contributed byChuck Entz on 25 May, 2006 - 6:54am
Additional contributions byBeatriz Moisset,Bbarnd,Vox Sciurorum,ceiseman,v belov
Last updated 29 May, 2024 - 10:01am

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