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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Deltochilini » Tumblebugs (Canthon) » subgenus Canthon (Canthon subgenus Canthon) » Canthon floridanus
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Dung Beetle with Flies - Canthon floridanus
Copyright © 2019 Daniel J. O'Donnell

Dung Beetle with Flies - Canthon floridanus
Coyote Ridge Nature Area, Ft. Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
June 22, 2019
Obviously, the big guy is a dung beetle, but I'm curious if the flies are just immature house flies.

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Dung Beetle with Flies - Canthon floridanus Dung Beetle with Flies - Canthon floridanus
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Contributed by Daniel J. O'Donnell on 28 October, 2019 - 4:34pm
Last updated 29 October, 2019 - 9:18am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Tumblebugs.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 October, 2019 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

I'm not sure what
type of flies they are but they aren't house flies – much too small. All types of flies are full sized when they emerge from the pupal case (puparium). Technically, an immature house fly is a larva/maggot
I'm not sure one of the fly experts will see the photo when it's placed with the beetles. If the photo will stand a lot of cropping without degenerating into a bunch of pixels, you might crop it to just the back of the beetle and submit it right to the fly section of BugGuide.
Fingers crossed for an ID...
… Steve Scholnick, 28 October, 2019 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 28 October, 2019 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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