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Yellow Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

Photo by JamesEmmans
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized fly use dung for their young to feed. They have short lives and are carnivorous and sometimes resort to cannibalism.

Habitat:

Close to larger farm animals

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
DanielePralong
Hi JamesEmmans! I have relocated this spotting to the Arthropods category for you.
JamesEmmans
I am getting to know my new camera, will try getting closer in future.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2013

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