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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaga » Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
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Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, USA
June 21, 2005
Size: 8mm
Is this a dung fly?
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Contributed by tom murray on 23 June, 2005 - 8:15pm
Last updated 24 June, 2005 - 9:01pm

Yes
It sure looks like a Golden Dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria to me . I am pretty sure it is at least genus Scathophaga.
… Matthew Roth, 24 June, 2005 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
Looks good
Thanks for the confirmation Matthew. What I thought was odd is this fly was half way up Mt. Washington.
… tom murray, 24 June, 2005 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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