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Blue bottle fly

Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) is a species in the family Calliphoridae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the blue bottle fly

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue bottle fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue bottle fly as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Iceland
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the blue bottle fly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue bottle fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyCalliphoridae
  6. genusCalliphora
  7. SpeciesCalliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Blå spyfluga, Calliphora affinis, Calliphora fulvibarbis, Calliphora minimus, Calliphora pseudovomitoria, Calliphora rubrifrons, Calliphora vomitoria dunensis, Muisca vomitoria, Musca caerulea, Musca carnaria caerulea, Musca carnivora, Musca coerulea, Musca obscoena, Musca vomitoria, Musca vomitoria minimus, Volucella vomitoria

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • Holarctic blue blowflyEnglish
  • Orange-bearded bluebottleEnglish
  • Orange-bearded bluebottle flyEnglish
  • ذباب أزرق ذو اللحية البرتقاليةArabic
  • bzučivka rudohlaváCzech
  • Almindelig spyflueDanish
  • SchmeißfliegeGerman
  • øsreyð skinflugaFaroese
  • Mouche bleueFrench
  • cuileag mhòrScottish Gaelic
  • Moscone blu della carneItalian
  • ミヤマクロバエJapanese
  • 검정파리Korean
  • Сина мува месаркаMacedonian
  • Blauwe vleesvliegDutch
  • Plujka burczałoPolish
  • Черноголовая синяя мухаRussian
  • bzučivka červenohlaváSlovak
  • Наранџастобрада плава муваSerbian
  • rödskäggig spyflugaSwedish
  • Holoartrik Mavi SineğiTurkish
  • 反吐麗蠅Chinese
  • Gemeine SchmeissfliegeGerman
  • cuileagan mòraScottish Gaelic
  • Roodbaard-bromvliegDutch
  • RoodbaardbromvliegDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue bottle fly

Other species in the same genus Calliphora.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the blue bottle fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue bottle fly as introduced in 2 countries: Iceland and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the blue bottle fly?

The blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) belongs to the family Calliphoridae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-bottle-fly

MLA

“Blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-bottle-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_bottle_fly_2026,
  title = {Blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-bottle-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}