In Britain, they include the common bluebottle and greenbottle, and they are the forensic entomologist's raw material.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lords of the flies: the insect detectives] Reference

December 04, 2005 3: 34 PM bibliobibuli said ... savante - yes i was looking forward to hearing who the nominees were greenbottle - nothing wrong with that!.    From Wordnik.com.  [And the Bad Sex Award Goes to ...] Reference

Large greenbottle flies hum thickly in the hot shade of the canebreak where their bodies lie, and the blood from their torn wounds has leaked into the stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Convict and Other Stories] Reference

March 19, 2006 10: 08 PM bibliobibuli said ... lydia - getting rid of old stuff is very liberating and i think a sort of subconscious metaphor greenbottle - you too?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unstuffy Duffy] Reference

January 25, 2006 5: 57 PM bibliobibuli said ... greenbottle - it sounds like you have the starting point for a great short story in that entry - if not an entire novel! if you're not going to use it, i will!!!!!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monumental Matisse] Reference

Which made it very odd that the disheveled clockmaker continued to stare at Cheyne, his droopy face still lifted in expectation of an answer to his question as two greenbottle flies chased each other above his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Song of Time]

Another man who writes astonishingly gobsmackingly well from a woman's POV is Caryll Phillips in "Cambridge" ... sham - i do wish hairy men would make more effort to go for chest and back waxes ... greenbottle - you'll be happy to know that i wear flat shoes 'cos i'm unbalanced enough!.    From Wordnik.com.  [What She Knows About Men] Reference

To accomplish this we erected poles, like the poles of a wigwam, and suspended the meat from them, cut in thin strips, and in the center, between the poles, made a small, smoky fire to keep the greenbottle flies away, that they might not "blow" the venison, as well as to aid nature in the drying process.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference

I care not, greenbottle. i wanted only to preserve the quote for myself. and to pass on the message about how much fun this book is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belief in Your Words] Reference

Oh I think that's a bit unfair greenbottle.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Clutch of Bogus Memoirs] Reference

October 24, 2005 11: 11 PM bibliobibuli said ... visitor - i may just ask to borrow that DVD after reading the book greenbottle - yes, irresposnible for sure ... and poor woman widowed at 33 and not expecting to meet anyone else in her life who can equal Thompson ... this is almost fiction in itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Hunter] Reference

February 05, 2006 6: 31 PM bibliobibuli said ... square smiley - that's a very powerful opening ... i love descriptive passages too if they're well written ... often reread them several times when they give me pleasure (no wonder i'm such a slow reader) walker - sorry lah! starlight - must read the first book ... and oh yes, the opening to anna karenin is one i've memorised ... amir - hope you didn't see what greenbottle wrote about you a few comments back!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great First Lines] Reference

February 04, 2006 10: 11 PM bibliobibuli said ... kak teh - don't worry your comments are always welcome! your first sentences make me realise that i must read patricia cornwall soon ... and yes, i'd forgotten about the first line of rebecca too ... i know the house ... anon - very nice list especially the line from 'charlotte's web' ... greenbottle - agree with you entirely about amir's first line ... but don't let him know or it will go to his already very swollen head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great First Lines] Reference