#3924 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Orange-bearded Bluebottle Fly

🇳🇱 Roodbaardbromvlieg ·Calliphora vomitoria

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Meppel, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The bluebottle fly or bottlebee ( Calliphora vomitoria ) is a common blow fly found in most areas of the world and is the type species for the genus Calliphora . Its larva, used as fishing bait, is called a maggot , while its pupa, also widely used for bait, is called a caster . Similar species include the greenbottle fly, a close relative that can be distinguished by its bright green metallic colouring. Bluebottle fly adults feed on nectar, while...

base stats

NL sightings 29iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,156iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).