Common green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata

The Greenbottle fly has a near-worldwide distribution, it's larvae are born from eggs laid in carrion on which they feed, passing through a series of developmental stages or instars. The timing of stages in this life cycle provide a means of determining the time of death of the host, making them an important species for forensic entomologists

Arthropoda Blow Blowfly Calliphorid Calliphoridae Close Up Diptera Entomology Forensic Hexapod Hexapoda Insecta Macro

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