| Latin Name | Observation Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Lucilia coeruleiviridis | Oct 08, 2026 | Natore, Bangladesh |
Scientific Name:
In the scientific world, this green fly is known as Lucilia coeruleiviridis. In English, they are generally called 'green bottle fly'. French entomologist Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart first discovered this species in 1855.
Family and Genus:
According to classification, this insect belongs to the family Calliphoridae of the order Diptera. It is a species of the genus Lucilia. In the past, in the scientific community, it was also known as Phaenecia coeruleiviridis.
Origin and Habitat:
They are mainly part of the Nearctic region, which includes Greenland and North America north of tropical Mexico. Especially in the southern and southeastern regions of the United States, they are seen in the largest amounts during spring and fall. They remain quite active even in mild winter weather.
Food:
These flies mainly survive by eating decomposing dead animals and organic waste materials. Adult flies prefer warm weather and are very much attracted to raw meat or decaying components.
Reproduction:
The female fly lays eggs around natural body openings or wounds of dead decaying animals with the help of her egg-laying organ. A single female fly is capable of laying upwards of two thousand eggs in her entire life. After the eggs hatch, the larvae or maggots grow by taking nutrition from the decaying source and transform into pupae after passing through three stages or instars.
Benefits:
They play an important role in keeping the environment clean by rapidly decomposing dead bodies and organic waste in nature. In addition, since their larvae can clean wounds by eating dead tissue, they have importance in medical treatments like maggot therapy. These flies are also very important indicator species in determining the time of death or PMI in forensic entomology.
Harmful Aspects:
By roaming in various dirty and decaying places, they can easily spread pathogens when landing on uncovered food or open wounds on the body. They act as mechanical vectors of harmful germs for human health and the environment.
I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.
(All posts are written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.)
| Camera Used | Samsung SM-G973F |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | F2.4 |
| ISO speed | ISO |
| Focal length | 26mm |
| Flash | No |
| Editing app | Lightroom |
| Photography | (Lucilia coeruleiviridis) |
| Photographer |  @mshbd |
| Location | Natore, Bangladesh |
| Link to original community |
|---|
| https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407074822 |
| Latitude | Longitude | Map Link |
|---|---|---|
| 24.3360 | 89.1130 | https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/24.3360/89.1130 |