greenbottle fly

[ green-bot-l ]

/ ˈgrinˌbɒt l /

any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.

Also called green·bot·tle.

Origin of greenbottle fly

First recorded in 1860–65; green + bottle¹

The greenbottle's eggs, though these are of very rapid development, take twenty-four hours to yield their grubs.

The Life of the Fly |J. Henri Fabre
On the top of this, I place a few slabs of greenbottle eggs collected a moment ago from the snake in my earthen pan.

The Life of the Fly |J. Henri Fabre
Even in this imperfect case, it is obvious that the greenbottle grubs begin by liquefying their food.

The Life of the Fly |J. Henri Fabre
Nothing tells us that the grub of the greenbottle does not adopt this method of growing.

The Life of the Fly |J. Henri Fabre

Here swarm in common the grubs of the greenbottle, the flesh fly and the bluebottle.

The Life of the Fly |J. Henri Fabre

greenbottle

/ (ˈɡriːnˌbɒtəl) /

a common dipterous fly, Lucilia caesar, that has a dark greenish body with a metallic lustre and lays its eggs in carrion: family Calliphoridae