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These were mating on fresh cow droppings on October 24, 2004. - Scathophaga stercoraria
Copyright © 2004 Tim Nichols

These were mating on fresh cow droppings on October 24, 2004. - Scathophaga stercoraria
Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
October 23, 2004
I can't seem to find one quite like it. They were plentiful when I took this photo, so I assume they're fairly common. Anyone know him/her?
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Contributed by Tim Nichols on 26 October, 2004 - 3:29pm

Golden Dung Fly?
Looks very similar to Stephen's pic:

...which was also found near manure...
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 26 October, 2004 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep!
The 'real' dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, no doubt.

Paul

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… Paul Beuk, 27 October, 2004 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

 
Golden Dung Fly
Thanks! I will have to learn how to navigate around a little better. I hadn't found this before. I have some more photos I can post of them. Thanks again. -- Tim
… Tim Nichols, 27 October, 2004 - 7:15am login or register to post comments

 
Search term
In this case you would have found it imaged when looking for 'dung'. Sometimes you have to think simple... ;-)

Paul

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… Paul Beuk, 27 October, 2004 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

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