Also spelled blow-flies, the Calliphoridae family includes carrion flies, cluster flies, greenbottle and bluebottle flies, in the Diptera order of insects.
The blow fly prefers temperate to tropical areas.
Blow flies are often shiny with metallic-like blue, green or black bodies and are slightly larger than a housefly.
They have the ability to smell dead animal matter as far as a mile away.
Also spelled blow-flies, the Calliphoridae family includes carrion flies, cluster flies, greenbottle and bluebottle flies, in the Diptera order of insects.