Calliphora vomitoria
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Calliphora vomitoria, known as the bluebottle fly, orange-bearded bluebottle, or bottlebee, is a species of blowfly, a species in the family Calliphoridae. Calliphora vomitoria is the type species of
Calliphora vomitoria Bluebottle fly 20100806a
Bluebottle fly 2
Lateral close-up of a male C. vomitoria
A dorsal closeup of the fly
Housefly
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The housefly is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. From its place of origin, perhaps in the Middle East, it has spread around the world as a commensal of humans. Adults are gray to black, with four d
Calliphora vomitoria
…Calliphora. It is common throughout many continents including Europe, Americas, and Africa. They are fairly large flies, nearly twice the size of the housefly, with a metallic blue abdomen and long orange setae on the gena. While adult flies feed on nectar, females deposit their eggs on rotting corpses, making…
Common house fly, Musca domestica
Housefly mouthparts, showing the pseudotracheae, semitubular grooves (dark parallel bands) used for sucking up liquid food
A housefly wing under 250x magnification
Houseflies mating