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Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Photo#274785
Copyright © 2009
Jonathan Burishkin
qDip -
Scathophaga stercoraria
Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA
May 12, 2009
There is a reddish partial vertical line which is a camera artefact, its not part of the creature.
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Contributed by
Jonathan Burishkin
on 12 May, 2009 - 2:25pm
Last updated 20 January, 2014 - 7:37pm
Moved
Moved from
Dung Flies
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John F. Carr
, 20 January, 2014 - 7:37pm
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Moved
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John F. Carr
, 4 March, 2013 - 8:22pm
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Scathophaga…
Looks like a male golden dung fly.
See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/8320
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Ross Hill
, 14 May, 2009 - 9:44pm
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