Tag: Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui),

Unintentionally continuing with the green pollinator theme… This eye-catching insect is the Common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata), a blowfly. What looks like a brilliant red “crash helmet” is actually her pair of massive, wrap-around compound eyes, which cover nearly the entire upper surface of her head! On this bright, sunny afternoon, her eyes gleamed…