🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

Lots of fly species are from the Midwest. One of these is the blue bottle fly, a fly that we commonly find inhabiting our home.

The Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora vomitoria) is an oval-shaped insect with a distinctive metallic blue or green hue. Colonizing both urban and rural areas, it is commonly found near decaying matter. They play a crucial role in decomposition as they lay their eggs in rotting organic matter. Blue Bottle Flies are often used in forensic entomology to estimate time of death.

Adaptively, they have a strong sense of smell to locate carrion from a distance. Their larvae, or maggots, exhibit resistance to a wide range of temperatures, ensuring their development in various conditions.