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Large False Greenbottle

Neomyia viridescens

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 66, February 49, March 76, April 120, May 173, June 189, July 202, August 174, September 128, October 95, November 52, December 41.
United States1,367
Alaska1,367
Austria33
Niederösterreich25
United Kingdom19
England19
France8
Germany7
Bretagne4
Ireland4

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
FamilyHouse Flies and Allies · Muscidae
GenusFalse Greenbottles · Neomyia

Sources

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