Dung fly
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- The genus Scathophaga are small to medium sized predatory flies that for the most part, have larvae that feed on other insect larva within animal dung or decaying vegetable matter. Many are very variable, sometimes producing small, infertile males that superficially resemble females.
Scathophaga stercoraria, known as the Common Yellow Dung fly or sometimes called the Golden Dung Fly. It is one of the most familiar and abundant of flies in many parts of the northern hemisphere. As its common name suggests, it is often found on mammal faeces, most notably that of horses and cows.
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