Scathophagidae

Scathophaga

walwyn Fri, 04/23/2010 - 23:41

 

A genus of small to medium sized predatory flies whose larvae feed on other insect larva within animal dung or decaying vegetable matter.

 

Scathophaga stercoraria

walwyn Mon, 04/26/2010 - 00:10

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Scathophagidae
Genus: Scathophaga
Species: S. stercoraria
Common name: Yellow Dung Fly

Scathophagidae

walwyn Fri, 04/23/2010 - 23:28

 

A small family which are often known as "Dung-flies" although only a few species of the genus Scathophaga, actual spend their larval stage in animal dung.