Yellow-faced blowfly
The yellow-faced blowfly is a shiny blue-green fly with a bright yellow face. It likes cold places, like the north and high hills. Its young help clean up nature by eating dead animals.
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Fun facts
It is a cold-loving fly, and in England it is found mostly high up in the hills.
Its eggs are bigger than those of most other blowflies.
The adults sip pollen from flowers from May to September.
Scientists study how fast its young grow, because it helps them learn how long something has been lying in nature.
Most asked questions about Yellow-faced blowfly
?What does the yellow-faced blowfly eat?
The adults eat pollen. The larvae eat dead animals and help clean up nature.
?Is the yellow-faced blowfly dangerous?
No. It does not bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cynomya mortuorum
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1761
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Calliphoridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Calliphoridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Cynomya mortuorum (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Pudding4brains. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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