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Golden Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

Photo by roemer1
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39.0052, -92.36

Field Notes

Description:

SO FREAKING SMALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Notes:

ONLY ONE CENTIMETER!? plant its sitting on is Chickweed.

Reference Links:

Species Scathophaga stercoraria - Golden Dung Fly - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Gordon Dietzman
I believe this is a golden dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Take a look at this page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/383975/bgpage. In particular, read this info page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/8320. Nice job in getting multiple views. Good job!

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