Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Description
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- Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
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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 those of horses and cows.
From 5 mm to 11 mm in length. The adult males of Scathophaga stercoraria are bright golden-yellow with orange-yellow fur on the front legs. Females are a little duller in colour, with pronounced green-brown tinges, and lacking the bright coloured fur on the fore legs. It is a very variable species, and part of this may be climate driven.
The adults are mostly predators on smaller insects — mostly other Diptera, they will also feed on pollen, but most specimens seen on flowers will be hunting prey there. Both males and females are found on dung, the males only feeding on other insects that visit dung, such as blow-flies. Females will be there both to feed and oviposit on the dung surface.
Description taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scathophaga_stercoraria
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Diptera
- Flies
- Scathophagidae
- Dung flies
- Scathophaga
- Scathophaga stercoraria
- Common yellow dung fly
- Golden dung fly
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- Market Harborough
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- Leicestershire
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- United Kingdom
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- 1⁄200 s
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- f/8
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- Canon EOS 450D
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- 100
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- 0
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- 65mm
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- Multi-segment
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- On, Fired
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- Manual
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- Manual
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- Manual
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- Canon MP-E 65mm F2.8 1-5x Macro
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- Handheld
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Flash with home-made concave diffusers
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- Adobe Camera RAW
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-0.85 exposure compensation in ACR