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Common Yellow Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

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Description:

approx. 3/8 inch long

Habitat:

spotted on landscape plant at airport hotel

1 Species ID Suggestions

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago
Common Yellow Dung Fly
Scathophaga stercoraria Common Yellow Dung Fly (C) Doug Lee :: Geograph Britain and Ireland


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2 Comments

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auntnance123
auntnance123 10 years ago

Thank you for the ID, Tamar.

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

I thought this fly looked familar! We have them here in the US also but we call them Golden Dung Flies. :-)

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auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Cork, Ireland

Spotted on Jun 17, 2013
Submitted on Jan 19, 2014

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