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A dorsal closeup of the fly. Blue bottle flies have the complete cycle of egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Development usually takes around 2 weeks. [16] Larvae are protein-rich and can theoretically be used as feed. A female blue bottle fly lays her eggs where she feeds, usually in decaying meat, garbage, or feces.
Cynomya cadaverina, also known as the shiny blue bottle fly, is a member of the family Calliphoridae, which includes blow flies as well as bottle flies. In recent years, this family has become a forensically important facet in many medicocriminal investigations in the growing field of forensic entomology .
The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blowflies, blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) [5] are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, are known as gentles . [ 6 ]
The egg is the first stage in the life cycle of a fly. The female extends structures called telescoping segments on her abdomen to lay eggs. [4] C. livida eggs are identified as being less than 1.35 millimetres (0.053 in) in length, without pronounced flanges or longitudinal ridges, and with the arms of the flanges straight or slightly diverging.
Calliphora vicina is known as a blue bottle fly because of the metallic blue-gray coloration of its thorax and abdomen. It is distinguished from the commonly known C. vomitoria by its bright orange cheeks. The blue bottle fly is approximately 10–11 mm in length. The sclerites at the base of the coxa are yellow or orange.
Calliphora latifrons is a species of blue bottle fly. This fly adheres to a particular environment and ecosystem that has limited geographic distributions in North America. Undisturbed, this environment fosters C. latifrons unique life cycle that somewhat differs from related blow flies.
As do most blow flies, or members of the family Calliphoridae, C. mortuorum has a life cycle that includes an egg stage, three larval instars, and a pupal form before becoming an adult, or imago. [3] Insects with this kind of life cycle have holometabolous development, meaning that the larval stage looks completely different from the adult. [4]
Protophormia terraenovae is commonly called northern blowfly, blue-bottle fly or blue-assed fly (blue-arsed fly in British English).It is distinguished by its deep blue coloration and large size and is an important species throughout the Northern Hemisphere.