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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaginae » Scathophaga » Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
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Golden Dung fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Copyright © 2010 Eric Matthews

Golden Dung fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA
May 30, 2010
please help ID thanks...Seems like a weekend for flys

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Golden Dung fly - Scathophaga stercoraria Golden Dung fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
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Contributed by Eric Matthews on 30 May, 2010 - 6:00pm
Last updated 5 June, 2010 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from Golden Dung Fly.
… Eric Matthews, 5 June, 2010 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scathophaga.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 June, 2010 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 June, 2010 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Yes
Scathophaga stercoraria...
… Gerard Pennards, 5 June, 2010 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric Matthews, 30 May, 2010 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of
Scathophagidae:



But I could be way off base, so please hold out for other opinions.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2010 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
I am sure it is in that Family....just trying to get a little closer...thank you
… Eric Matthews, 30 May, 2010 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
In that case,
you may want to move your post to Diptera, where the fly experts are more likely to encounter it.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2010 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
will do!
… Eric Matthews, 30 May, 2010 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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