Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)
(Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLucilia sericata (Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly)
GenusLucilia (true greenbottles)
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lucilia sericata (Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly) :
1: Lucilia sericata (Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on fence rail
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enl - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 8: Female - head - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 9: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 11: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 13: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 14: Female - rear three-quarter view - enlargedImage 15: Female - rear three-quarter view - enlarged (2)Image 16: Female - thorax - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 17: Female - thorax - ventro-lateral view - close-up - magnified

Lucilia sericata (Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lucilia sericata (Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lucilia sericata (Sheep-strike Greenbottle, Sheep-maggot Fly)
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