Calliphora vicina
European bluebottle at Crooked Corner, NSW
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| Calliphora vicina | MichaelMulvaney | 1 Feb 2022 | |
| Unverified | Milly | 1 Feb 2022 |
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User's notes
Found inside house and contained. When I took it outside and turned the capture glass on its side expecting it to take off straight away, it didn't, but just moved up to the top edge of the glass and stayed there! Such a bonus for getting pics! I watched it for a while, and it didn't fly off until a good ten minutes later!
2 comments
1 Feb 2022
The last image reminds me of a line in a Stephen Foster song "a victim of the blue tail fly"
Location information
- Coordinates 149.345441-34.209059
- Places Crooked Corner, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2022 09:39 AM Recorded on
- Milly Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Milly Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calliphora vicina Blow flies (Calliphoridae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Calliphora vicina Scientific name
- European bluebottle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 2275.9m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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