blue bottle fly
Shiny carrion insect
A blue bottle fly is a large fly with a metallic blue or blue-green abdomen, commonly found around carrion, garbage, and feces.
These flies are among the first insects to arrive at dead animals, making them useful in forensic investigations for estimating time of death.
Also called a bluebottle or blow fly.
- blowflyCarrion-breeding fly
- maggotImmature fly stage
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
- dead bodyDeceased person's remains
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
buzzing sound · iridescent · decay · corpse · flesh · larvae · swarm · fly larvae · pest · metallic · decomposition · garbage · garbage dump · rot · insect · summer heat · wings · compound eyes