Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Calliphoridae)


Male

Female

Length: 5.5-11.5mm
Egg Larva Pupa Imago
? ? ? May - October
(Earliest: 7.6)

Habitat:
Meadows

Spruce Forest

Beech Forest
Food:
(Larva)

Dead Animals
Food:
(Adult)

Dung

Dead Animal Juices

Leucanthemum vulgare Nectar, Pollen

Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen

Angelica sylvestris Nectar, Pollen

Phallus impudicus

The Piedpiper: Lucilia caesar (Greenbottle)
Insektenbox: Goldfliege


Pictures © 2003, 2006, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

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