Greenbottle fly feeding on salmon carcass (pic)

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Greenbottle fly feeding on salmon carcass (pic) Jul 21, 2013 9:55:57 GMT -8

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Post by ecooper on Jul 21, 2013 9:55:57 GMT -8

Every Friday I post photos of a different species of fly on my blog (I title them “Flydays”; corny, I know). This past week’s post was about Lucilia sericata, the common greenbottle (http://wp.me/p2wM8r-uT); which is easily my favourite fly. Greenbottles are blow flies—feeding and laying their eggs on dung and carrion. So I attracted this specimen (and a number of other species) by putting the remains of a sockeye salmon out on my deck. I’d filleted the fish for dinner and kept the skeleton specifically to attract some flies.

Is it weird that I have a favourite fly?

Cheers,
EC

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admin Administrator Posts: 1,474	Greenbottle fly feeding on salmon carcass (pic) Jul 21, 2013 10:03:47 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by admin on Jul 21, 2013 10:03:47 GMT -8 You're' making me hungry for sushi.
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nomad Moderator Posts: 2,223 Country: U.K.	Greenbottle fly feeding on salmon carcass (pic) Jul 23, 2013 10:43:45 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nomad on Jul 23, 2013 10:43:45 GMT -8 Wow. Awesome picture. Peter

Greenbottle fly feeding on salmon carcass (pic)

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