Bluebottle – Nature Journeys

Another Don’t Double Click Scenario

Bluebottle Fly (Calliphora vicina) — **Bluebottle Fly** (Calliphora vicina)

… but if you want to double click on the image, well … you have been warned …

They just love the sweet flowering spindle.

June 2019, rear garden, South Staffordshire, England. © Pete Hillman.

06/1906/19 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Insect Macro, Insects, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, True Flies, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Bluebottle, Calliphora vicina, Flies, Insect Macro, Insects, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 24 Comments

Feeding Time

Click and click again on the image to get that little bit closer …

Bluebottle Fly Calliphora vicina June 2019, rear garden, Staffordshire, England. © Pete Hillman.

06/1906/19 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Insect Macro, Insects, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Photography, True Flies, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Bluebottle, Calliphora, Calliphora vicina, Diptera, Flies, Insect Macro, Insects, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 6 Comments

Bad Hair Day

Photograph taken December 2016, front garden, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.

12/1612/16 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Insects, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, True Flies, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Bluebottle, Calliphoridae, Diptera, Fly, Insects, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, True Flies, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 6 Comments

It’s the end of October and I am amazed at the amount of insect life that is still flying around. I have seen butterflies, although not many now, but plenty of flies and hoverflies, and the odd bee. Oh, and loads of wasps. Here is a Bluebottle (Calliphoridae sp.) catching some sun. I am always taken by the metallic, shiny blue abdomen of these distinctive blowflies.

Photograph 0f Bluebottle (Calliphoridae sp.) taken October 2016, rear garden , Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.