Wildlife: Critters Big and Small Volume #4, 1 by TheHackster

TheHackster wrote:
I have photographed another green bottle fly. This one is likely a green bottle fly named Lucilia sericata. There are MANY species of green bottle flies - some are so similar that it takes a microscope to tell them apart..

This one, Lucilla sericata, is an important species to forensic entomologists (any CSI enthusiasts out there?). Like most Calliphorids (Its biological family is name Calliphoridae), this insect has been heavily studied and its life cycle and habits are well documented. Due to this, the stage of the insect’s development on a corpse is used to calculate a minimum period of colonization, so that it can used to aid in determining the time of death of the victim.

Neat huh.

Hack