« Learning jQuery | Main | Bee Fly »
Wednesday
30Sep2009

A Dark Greenbottle Fly?

DateWednesday, September 30, 2009 at 9:39PM

What I can only assume is an unusually dark greenbottle fly, possibly Lucilia sp. (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera), on a thistle (Cirsium sp.).  The only thing like it that I can find out on the web is Lucilia silvarum, but they appear to be much brighter and cleaner than the above specimen, so I won't claim this as an identification.

Photos taken beside the Aire and Calder Canal, near Rothwell in West Yorkshire, on 2009-08-03.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
in ,

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
All HTML will be escaped. Hyperlinks will be created for URLs automatically.