Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Calliphoridae (Blow flies)

Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)

Goldfliege Common Green Bottle Fly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Lucilia barberi Townsend, 1908 | Lucilia capensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Lucilia flavipennis Macquart, 1843 | Lucilia frontalis Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 | Lucilia giraulti Townsend, 1908 | Lucilia lagyra Walker, 1849 | Lucilia latifrons Schiner, 1861 | Lucilia pruniosa Meigen, 1838 | Lucilia sayi Jaennicke, 1867 | Musca lagyra Walker, 1849 | Musca nobilis Meigen, 1826 | Musca tegularia Wiedemann, 1830 | Phaenicia concinna Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 |

  • Lucilia sericata, female 11152
    Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)  Goldfliege  Common Green Bottle Fly 
    Lucilia sericata, female, det. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-10-25 12:40:24
    Image number: 11152
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-10-25 12:40:24
    det. eklans
  • Lucilia sericata, female 11153
    Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)  Goldfliege  Common Green Bottle Fly 
    Lucilia sericata, female, det. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-10-25 12:40:43
    Image number: 11153
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-10-25 12:40:43
    det. eklans
  • Lucilia sericata, female 11159
    Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)  Goldfliege  Common Green Bottle Fly 
    Lucilia sericata, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-11-01 12:03:53
    Image number: 11159
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-11-01 12:03:53
  • Lucilia sericata, male 4515
    Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)  Goldfliege  Common Green Bottle Fly 
    Lucilia sericata, male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia; 2011-03-23 11:45:26
    Image number: 4515
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia
    2011-03-23 11:45:26
  • Lucilia sericata, male 4516
    Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)  Goldfliege  Common Green Bottle Fly 
    Lucilia sericata, male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia; 2011-03-17 13:31:27
    Image number: 4516
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia
    2011-03-17 13:31:27
  • Lucilia sericata, female 4518
    Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)  Goldfliege  Common Green Bottle Fly 
    Lucilia sericata, female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia; 2011-03-13 14:28:56
    Image number: 4518
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Jandia
    2011-03-13 14:28:56

Further vernacular names:
Sheep-strike Greenbottle
Classification:
Lucilia sericata belongs to the subfamily Luciliinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Falk, Steven (2016) British blow flies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae), draft key to British Calliphoridae and Rhinophoridae, March 2016, 1-86.
  3. William H. Robinson: Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 472 pp., ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-511-11138-9
  4. Beate Träger, Wolf-Rüdiger Große.(1987). Zur Biologie von Lucilia sericata Meig. (Diptera, Calliphoridae) und deren Nutzung als Bestäuber von Kulturpflanzen. Hercynia 24/2. S. 153-165. ISSN 0018-0637.