The Green Bottle Fly is a brilliantly metallic green blow fly familiar around outdoor food and garbage. Its maggots are used in medical maggot therapy — applied to non-healing wounds to debride dead tissue and fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It is a widespread species with rapid generations, making it abundant in warm weather.
Best time to see a Green Bottle Fly
The best time to see a Green Bottle Fly is May–August, when about 64% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 7,392 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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