Scathophaga stercoraria
Dung Fly ( Scathophaga stercoraria )
The Dung Fly or Common Kotfliege ( Scathophaga stercoraria ) is a fly from the family of dung flies ( Scathophagidae ).
Features
Flies reach a body length of 5 to 10 millimeters. Your body is colored brown, dusted lehmgelb and densely hairy. In addition, the black bristled mesonotum bears two fine dark longitudinal lines. The face and palpi are yellowish. The end, in the middle of a red-yellow, tapering to the thorax back and darkening strips having is, off white or pale brown. The proboscis and antennae are black, those with a long, feathery bristle. The legs of the males have a dense woolly pubescence yellowish color. In the tibiae of the posterior pairs of legs are located outside 11 to 13 dark bristles. The brownish gray, while transparent wings are on the front edge as well as the halteres ( halteres ) reddish-yellow color. The female abdomen is gray-brown with black hair, while appearing woolly haired male yellow.
Occurrence and life
The occurring in the Palearctic and North America animals are common, especially near the cattle pastures. Flowers are visited, but sucked smaller insects by means of a pointed snout. During the mating the animals take on fresh, still warm manure (mainly cow dung ), in which the one -millimeter-long, with " wings " provided eggs are laid. From this develop about 10 mm long larvae, the larvae of other insects, particularly dipterous larvae feed in the manure.
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From the side