A genus of small to medium sized predatory flies whose larvae feed on other insect larva within animal dung or decaying vegetable matter.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Scathophagidae Genus: Scathophaga Species: S. stercoraria Common name: Yellow Dung Fly
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.