The blue bottles are coming, but what exactly are these creatures?

Blue bottles have been washing up on beaches lately, but what exactly are they? And are you really supposed to pee on their stings?

This sticky tentacle bubble head creature was on the beach, north

Bluebottle - The Australian Museum

Bluebottle - The Australian Museum

Mysterious sea creature eats bluebottles, floats upside down

Strange 'by-the-wind-sailor' sea creatures wash up on UK coast

Calliphora vomitoria - Wikipedia

Just saw these jellyfish like creatures on the beach in

The blue bottles are coming, but what exactly are these creatures?

Blue bottles, thunder flies, and house flies: Information and how

Bluebottle Fly and the Truth About Their Sources - Rose Pest

Blue Bottle Gin: The Ginsect from Guernsey — Craft Gin Club

A Curious Collection of Dangerous Creatures: An Illustrated

Aline and the Blue Bottle: 9781734072808: Ugaz-Morán, Carolina: Books

Aline and the Blue Bottle