Green bottle on a mint plant .

Posted on August 31, 2013 By Michael Griffiths

Sunrise: 06.17 am Sunset: 08.01

Possessing a gold coloured thorax, surely means that this green bottle has reached the rank of Centurion.

The lowly green bottle is a blow fly common to most areas of the world; its maggots are used to clean infected wounds.

Category: Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve Tags: Canon 500D DSLR camera., Canon EFS 60 mm f2.8 macro lens, Green Bottle Fly., Insects, Kidderminster, Macro photography, nature, Nature Photography., Photography, Stourport on Severn, Wild Plants, Wilden Marsh, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve, wildlife photography, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

3 Comments on “Green bottle on a mint plant .”

Sarah Longes - Mirador Design
August 31, 2013

Pretty flies with useful larvae! That’s what we like 🙂

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- mike585
  August 31, 2013
  
  Like most living things, they have a good side and a bad side, Sarah. The bad thing about blue and greenbottles, is that they have very dirty feet.
  
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  - Sarah Longes - Mirador Design
    August 31, 2013
    
    Yes, not the most welcome of guests at a BBQ!
    
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