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Blue-green Bottle Fly

Lucilia coeruleiviridis

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 10, February 11, March 17, April 33, May 64, June 30, July 22, August 26, September 44, October 17, November 11, December 10.
United States543
Canada293
Ontario267
New York108
District of Columbia85
Michigan76
Ohio47
Virginia46
Pennsylvania43
Maryland38

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyBlow Flies · Calliphoridae
GenusGreenbottle Flies · Lucilia

Sources

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