Oct 15, 2008
"Go ahead, make my day."
So said actor Clint Eastwood, as the character Harry Callahan, in the 1983 movie, Sudden Impact, after a robber grabbed a hostage.
"Dirty Harry" was known for blowing away the bad guys. Clashes and confrontations often ended with blow flies on bad guys.
Recently a green bottle fly that touched down on our daylily "made my day." The rich golden blossom and the red-eyed insect with its emerald-green metallic body seemed to go together nicely.
I know. I know. A green bottle fly (Phaenicia sericata) isn't exactly the poster child of the insect world, but it is pretty.
Pretty on a golden daylily after an autumn rain.
Attached Images:
![A green bottle fly lands on a daylily after the rain. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) A green bottle fly lands on a daylily after the rain. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/869.jpg)
Blow fly on a daylily
![This bottle green fly is red-eyed and metallic green. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) This bottle green fly is red-eyed and metallic green. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/871.jpg)
Red-eyed and metallic green