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Yellow Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

Photo by PedroNicolau
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Field Notes

Description:

It was very small, about 6-8mm long.

Species ID Suggestions

Dung Fly

Scathophaga sp.

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Fyn Kynd
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Comments (3)
PedroNicolau
According to Portugal's Biodiversity Database, there are 3 species of the Scathophaga genus in Portugal - litorea, lutarea and stercoraria. Stercoraria morphologically is the most similar and appears to be the most abundant/well-documented, so I guess we have a winner! Thank you so much, Fyn.
Fyn Kynd
Not sure what species you have there...

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