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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaginae » Scathophaga
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Brown Fly to ID please. - Scathophaga
Copyright © 2005 Kildale

Brown Fly to ID please. - Scathophaga
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
April 8, 2005
Size: 3/8 inch
A very small brown fly, very active amongst a shrub with no flowers. The brown caught my eye as most ot the insects flying around the garden are black, mason bees and other flies. ID would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Contributed by Kildale on 9 April, 2005 - 11:17pm
Last updated 10 July, 2005 - 6:14am

Yes, Dung fly it is!
So a member of the family Scathophagidae, and i think it is safe to say that it belongs to the genus Scathophaga.
Would this be a picture from Europe, I would say it is Scathophaga stercoraria, the 'Golden dungfly'. For the USA I don't know for sure!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 10 April, 2005 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

 
Fly ID
I took the picture in Victoria BC. It does look like those posted by Troy linked to in the other reply. Thanks for your input.
… Kildale, 10 April, 2005 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

I'm shooting in the dark...
Perhaps a species of Dung fly?
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 10 April, 2005 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

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