Greenbottle Fly

Family: Calliphoridae
Common species: Lucilia cuprina

General Information about Flies

• Bottle or Blow Flies (University of Missouri)
• Ecology of Callipphoridae by Katherine Smith
• The Blowflies, Greenbottle flies, Bluebottle flies

Practical Significance of Calliphoridae

• Fly control
• Calliphodidae in forensic studies
• "Take two maggots and call us in the morning" (maggot therapy)
• Maggot Surgeons
• Forensic Entomology Homepage
• Forensic Entomology