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Bug-eyed fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Copyright © 2004 Rob Broekhuis

Bug-eyed fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 22, 2004
This one must like the late season - first time I recall seeing it. Feasting at chrysanthemum flowers.
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Contributed by Rob Broekhuis on 23 October, 2004 - 1:55pm
Last updated 17 October, 2014 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Scathophaga.
… John F. Carr, 17 October, 2014 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scathophaga.
… John S. Ascher, 5 October, 2014 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dung Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 5 October, 2014 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Dung fly
This one has all the aspects of a dung fly (Scathophagidae) grooming itself: akward position of the head and fore legs. Often when grooming (if that is the corect word, English is not my first language) the head moves around, sometimes it is held even upside-down.

Paul

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