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I have below 2 images of the same greenbottle fly taken when the fly was feeding on some rotten meat. Can anyone please identify to the species level? I was thinking Lucilia sericata but two people doubted that it was such.

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Your doubting friends were right !

This is Chrysomyia albiceps, you can nicely see the white posterior spiracle. Be on the lookout for Ch. megacephala (dark spiracle, male with large eyes with strongly enlarged upper facets).


Theo

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Whoa!
Thanks for the correct ID. A question though, Is this Chrysomyia albiceps, commonly called a green bottle fly? If not, what is its common name? Thanks

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In its broad sense green bottle is any large calyptrate fly that is green iridescent. So green bottle can mean any Lucilia, Chrysomya, Neomyia, Pyrellia etc. In its stricter sense it is only used for Calliphorid genera.

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Thanks

Muhammad