common yellow dung fly
Scatophaga stercoraria
50.8843, 5.98617
Field Notes
Description:
From 5 mm to 11 mm in length. The adult males of Scathophaga stercoraria are bright golden-yellow with orange-yellow fur on the front legs. Females are a little duller in colour, with pronounced green-brown tinges, and lacking the bright coloured fur on the fore legs. It is a very variable species, and part of this may be climate driven
Habitat:
Scathophaga stercoraria, known as the common yellow dung fly or sometimes called the golden dung fly. It is one of the most familiar and abundant of flies in many parts of the northern hemisphere. As its common name suggests, it is often found on mammal faeces, most notably those of horses and cows
Notes:
Sexually transmitted diseases of insects are known, particularly in Coleoptera and have also been studied in Scathophaga stercoraria. Many of these sexually transmitted diseases are from multicellular ectoparasites (mites), protists or the fungi Entomophthera muscae. These are frequently responsible for ether sterilising or killing the host fly
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