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Scathophaga
The genus Scathophaga are small to medium sized predatory flies that for the most part, have larvae that feed on other insect larva within animal dung or decaying vegetable matter. Many are highly variable, sometimes producing small, infertile males that superficially resemble females. is an example of an organism which may selectively store the sperm of multiple males, as females have three to four spermathecae.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Golden Dung Fly
speciesScathophaga stercoraria
Furcate Dung Fly
speciesScathophaga furcata
African Dung Fly
speciesScathophaga soror
Scathophaga spurca
speciesScathophaga spurca
Scathophaga inquinata
speciesScathophaga inquinata
Scathophaga lutaria
speciesScathophaga lutaria
Scathophaga aldrichi
speciesScathophaga aldrichi
Scathophaga litorea
speciesScathophaga litorea
Scathophaga orcasae
speciesScathophaga orcasae
Scathophaga nigrolimbata
speciesScathophaga nigrolimbata
Scathophaga tropicalis
speciesScathophaga tropicalis
Scathophaga intermedia
speciesScathophaga intermedia
Scathophaga crinita
speciesScathophaga crinita
Scathophaga decipiens
speciesScathophaga decipiens
Scathophaga dasythrix
speciesScathophaga dasythrix
Scathophaga frigida
speciesScathophaga frigida
Scathophaga calida
speciesScathophaga calida
Scathophaga gigantea
speciesScathophaga gigantea
Scathophaga incola
speciesScathophaga incola
Scathophaga obscurinervis
speciesScathophaga obscurinervis
Scathophaga multisetosa
speciesScathophaga multisetosa
Scathophaga hiemalis
speciesScathophaga hiemalis
Scathophaga staryi
speciesScathophaga staryi
Scatophaga exalata
speciesScatophaga exalata
Scathophaga apicalis
speciesScathophaga apicalis
Scathophaga grisea
speciesScathophaga grisea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68718.