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title: "Common European Greenbottle Fly"
description: "Lucilia sericata — Insecten en spinnen. The common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-european-greenbottle-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common European Greenbottle Fly

> Lucilia sericata — Insecten en spinnen. The common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species.

- Scientific name: *Lucilia sericata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `farm` (Boerderij)
- iNaturalist observations: 56699
- Wikidata: [Q603128](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603128)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128824](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128824)

## Names

- en: Common European Greenbottle Fly
- de: Goldfliege
- es: Mosca verde metálica
- fr: Lucilie soyeuse

## Countries with the most observations

US (9680), CA (6826), GB (461), NZ (408), CL (335), MX (188), FR (180), AU (128), CN (114), ES (112), RU (112), IL (81)

## Summary

The common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. Its body is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) in length – slightly larger than a house fly – and has brilliant, metallic, blue-green or golden coloration with black markings. It has short, sparse, black bristles (setae) and three cross-grooves on the thorax. The wings are clear with light brown veins, and the legs and antennae are black. The larvae of the fly may be used for maggot therapy, are commonly used in forensic entomology, and can be the cause of myiasis in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_green_bottle_fly

## Photo

![Common European Greenbottle Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-european-greenbottle-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128824

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-european-greenbottle-fly?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).