Tuesday 29 September 2009

Greenbottle Fly (Lucillia caesar)


Greenbottle Fly (Lucillia caesar), originally uploaded by Pipsissiwa.

Everyone is familiar with greenbottles and bluebottles, your standard summer flies that buzz around the living room windows. What we typically overlook is how beautiful these insects actually are. The metallic green colouring is amazingly in sunlight, and contrasts nicely with the deep red compound eyes.

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