- Blow Fly Blowing a Bubble and Feeding on Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) shows the interesting habit of blowing a bubble and being attracted to a flower with a fetid odor.
- For information about this plant look at Ecology of Black Lily by Zox and Gold.
- The different common names applied to this plant are rather amusing: Black Lily, Chocolate Lily, Outhouse Lily, Checker Lily, Rice Root Fritillary, Rice Root, “Indian Rice”, Mission Bells, Kamchatka fritillary, and Lady-on-the-Pot.
- For interesting information about why these flies “bubble” look at Droplet Bubbling Cools a Blowfly
