Blue Bottle Fly - Calliphora vomitoria
Larger that the Green Bottle Fly and found common in many continents which include Europe, Americas and Africa, also a species of blow fly. Adults will tend to feed on nectar and females will deposit their eggs on rotten corpses and this is why they make important forensic insects as their eggs and the timing of oviposition can be used to help estimate time of death. The name Bluebottle is an old name that is shared with the Portuguese Man-O-War and certain blue flowers.
Blue Bottle Fly - Calliphora vomitoria
Larger that the Green Bottle Fly and found common in many continents which include Europe, Americas and Africa, also a species of blow fly. Adults will tend to feed on nectar and females will deposit their eggs on rotten corpses and this is why they make important forensic insects as their eggs and the timing of oviposition can be used to help estimate time of death. The name Bluebottle is an old name that is shared with the Portuguese Man-O-War and certain blue flowers.