Species Detail - Lucilia sericata - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Calliphoridae (Blowflies) of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Lucilia sericata
N/A
NBNSYS0000030351
RecommendedWell-formed
Lucilia nobilis (Meigen, 1826), Musca nobilis Meigen, 1826, Musca sericata Meigen, 1826, Sheep-strike Greenbottle
N/A
luser
(Meigen, 1826)
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
9
6
5
01/07/1910
19/04/2020
1 April (recorded in 1989)
29 September (recorded in 2016)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Calliphoridae (Blowflies) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lucilia sericata, accessed 23 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/436/Species/92305