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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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Fly Attracted to Aroid Scent - Scathophaga stercoraria
Copyright © 2010 Erick Adams

Fly Attracted to Aroid Scent - Scathophaga stercoraria
East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
May 30, 2010
Attracted by the rotted flesh smell from Typhonium (Sauromatum) venosum in my garden.
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Contributed by Erick Adams on 30 May, 2010 - 1:00pm
Last updated 12 October, 2014 - 9:15pm

Moved
Moved from Scathophaga.
… John F. Carr, 12 October, 2014 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dung Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 1 October, 2014 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 9 July, 2010 - 2:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 June, 2010 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

Scathophagidae, maybe?
In the Guide here.

Not an ID, just a suggestion to consider until an expert comes along.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2010 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

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