Thread subject: Diptera.info :: New Scathophagidae for me..

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-02-2009 02:16
#1

Hi

I took this photo very recently. I found this female fly with another male doing copula on faeces... in a cold day.

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Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 11-02-2009 12:41

Posted by viktor j nilsson on 11-02-2009 12:00
#2

Absolutely beautiful description of the biological circumstances of the observation... Yummy...

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-02-2009 12:40
#3

ok.
Size - 8 mm
Habitat - woodland, near Pinus pinaster, Acacias, Rubus ulmifolia, etc. It was located near a river.
Substrate - Faeces

Is it possible to be a Scathophaga?