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Yellow Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

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

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2 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Hi JamesEmmans! I have relocated this spotting to the Arthropods category for you.

JamesEmmans
JamesEmmans 10 years ago

I am getting to know my new camera, will try getting closer in future.

JamesEmmans
Spotted by
JamesEmmans

England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Oct 18, 2013
Submitted on Oct 18, 2013

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