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This Blowfly has brightly coloured head and clear metallic blue body.
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Blowfly feeding on nectar
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Blowfly showing white spots on body.
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INSECT FACTS |
Identification
This Snail Parasite Blowfly has a bright orange yellow head with brownish eyes. The body is metallic green and blue with white spots. I'm not sure how widely used the common name is.
Other Names
Blowfly, Bluebottle
Size
12mm
Habitat
Woodland, forest, gardens. Often seen feeding on flowers of native plants.
Food
feeds on nectar
Breeding
The common name suggests that it lays eggs on snails and the maggots are parasitic. (Most species of blowflies lay their eggs on carrion or dung, but some species lay their eggs on living animals.)
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Diptera | | Family: | Calliphoridae | | Genus: | Amenia | | Species: | imperialis | | Common Name: | Snail Parasite Blowfly |
Relatives in same Genus
Blowfly (A. unknown species)
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