Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Calliphoridae)


Male

Female

Length: 5.5-11.5mm;
Wingspan: 12-20mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? May - October
(Earliest: 17.5)

Biotopes:
Meadows

Spruce Forest

Beech Forest

Wet Meadows
Food:
(Larva)

Dead Mammalia, Aves
Food:
(Adult)

Dung

Dead Mammalia, Aves Juices

Leucanthemum vulgare Nectar, Pollen

Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen

Angelica sylvestris Nectar, Pollen

Phallus impudicus
Predators:
Mellinus arvensis

Nature Spot: Lucilia caesar
The Piedpiper: Lucilia caesar (Greenbottle)
Insektenbox: Goldfliege


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

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