Bluebottle Collection

Bluebottle maggots
Numerous bluebottle fly maggots or larvae feeding on carrion

EAA Acro Sport I G-BLCI Bluebottle (msn P-10A). Date: circa 1990

Calliphora, bluebottle
A bluebottle laying eggs on carrion

Cornflower, Cyanus segetum
Bluebottle or cornflower, Cyanus segetum (Centaurea cyanus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Common Bluebottle butterfly feeds on a damp sand (Graphium sarpedon). Tioman Island, typical; Malaysia; June

Calliphora, bluebottle
A bluebottle laying eggs on carrion

Blowfly larvae
Mature maggots or larvae of the bluebottle blowfly (Calliphora)

Calliphora vicina, blowfly or bluebottle
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the smaller units making up the compound eye of a blowfly

Calliphora vicina, blowfly or bluebottle
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a blowfly proboscis (x 85). This specialised mouth-part is used to squirt digestive enzymes onto the food

Calliphora vomitoria, bluebottle laying eggs on carrion
Bluebottles or blow flies lay eggs and feed on rotten meat. Upon emerging from the pupa, adult female blowflies are capable of mating and laying eggs in under 5 days

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