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1 cm- fly with red eyes and stripes on body - yellow and brownish
Also known as a dung fly... b ut beware they also predate on smaller insects
Adult males have golden-yellow hairs. Females are grayer. The adult body length ...
The size of a house fly. Looked like a newly emerged honey bee.
Little yellow fly, apparently found around cows and horses feces. However, they ...
Scathophaga stercoraria are sexually ...
These can be found on fresh manure (mostly Horse and Cow) in many parts of the ...
about 7-8 mm long fly with yellow-greenish thorax and a yellow-orange, slightly ...
Males are bright yellow or golden, females are usually grayer. Both sexes very ...
Males are bright yellow or golden, females are usually grayer. Both sexes very ...
Are these two flies of a different species? Or do male and female just have ...
Medium sized fly use dung for their young to feed. They have short lives and ...
Very plentiful on the bison dung. They look similar to the kelp flies I find on ...
Medium sized flies with long and strong legs, often with dense, woolly hair ...
Medium sized brightly coloured fly (up to 1cm). The male is a bright yellow ...
From 5 mm to 11 mm in length. The adult males of
This fly is fairly attractive--for a fly--but it breeds in a not so attractive ...
Bright golden orange/yellow. 1/2 inch long -5-11 mm average. Males are larger). ...
Scathophaga stercoraria are sexually ...
At the time I took this picture, I was much more interested in IDing the flower ...
single male golden dung fly waiting for females and prey to land. Predatory fly ...
Yellow fly. Found after walking up to a decayed deer carcass, it then flew ...
, sheep, deer, and wild boar, where it goes to breed.
The adults are predatory, feeding on small insects, while the larva feed off ...
, sheep, deer, and wild boar, where it goes to breed.
As its name suggests, it is often found on the faeces of large mammals, where ...