Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) - Disease Vector

The common green bottle fly is a blowfly characterized by its striking metallic blue-green or golden coloration, marked with black. These blowflies are typically inhabiting outdoor environments and feeding on decaying plant and animal matter. Their compound eyes are large and dark red, and their bodies are covered with short, sparse black bristles. Here, a common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata), a carrier of bacteria and known to carry pathogens like Salmonella and Escherichia coli, is resting on a plant leaf and extracting a greyish-orange liquid in a garden in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on September 5, 2025