Flesh fly

Description:

Sarcophaginae The majority of species in the large genus Sarcophaga are scavengers of small carrion such as dead insects and snails or smaller vertebrates. A few species feed on larger vertebrate carcases. Flesh-fly maggots occasionally eat other larvae although this is usually because the other larvae are smaller and get in the way. Flesh-flies and their larvae are also known to eat decaying vegetable matter and excrement and they may be found around compost piles and pit latrines.[1] Miltogramminae Members of this subfamily are kleptoparasites of solitary bees and solitary wasps.[2] Paramacronychiinae This subfamily includes lepidopteran predators or parasitoids (Agria), predators on immatures (mainly prepupae) of bumble bees (Brachycoma) and generalist scavengers and insect predators (Sarcophila and Wohlfahrtia)[3]