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Blackbottle
Protophormia terraenovae
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Black Blow FlyPhormia regina
Common European Greenbottle FlyLucilia sericata
Blue BlowflyCalliphora vicina
Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum
Eudasyphora cyanicolor
Shiny Blue Bottle FlyCynomya cadaverina
Bird BlowflyProtocalliphora azurea
- Protophormia atriceps
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,133 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 3,690 |
| Canada | 1,619 |
| Nova Scotia | 497 |
| Russia | 299 |
| Manitoba | 158 |
| British Columbia | 147 |
| Alberta | 114 |
| Yukon | 109 |
| Wyoming | 106 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Flies · Diptera |
| Family | Blow Flies · Calliphoridae |
| Genus | Protophormia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Blackbottle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.