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Photo 358
Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Ok, so she's not very glamorous .... and she lives most of her life on dung .... and she feeds by stalking other insects and sucking out their juices .... but each to their own!
31st October 2015
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Julienne Jones
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31st October 2015 12:58pm
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ShirleyB
She is a little ugly!!! Looks like those front legs are made for jumping.
October 31st, 2015
M0ments in time
Horrid creature.... But a great macro
October 31st, 2015
Bep
Great macro.
October 31st, 2015
Joan Morvinson
Great capture. But why live on dung when it's not food?
October 31st, 2015
Yeshanghai
Great capture
October 31st, 2015
Julienne Jones
@shirleybankfarm
she certainly is ugly, but I expect she's beautiful to all the male dung flies
November 1st, 2015
Julienne Jones
@jomo
They prey on other insects that feed on the dung :)
November 1st, 2015
Julienne Jones
@mbmomentsintime
@gijsje
@yeshanghai
- thanks, she may be horrid but she has a certain grotesque charm
November 1st, 2015
Rick
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Great Macro.
November 1st, 2015
Lee-Ann
Great shot.
November 1st, 2015
Sgt. Pepper
Fabulous macro - fav
November 1st, 2015
Nitrogene
Hahahaha, so it sounds like there's nothing nice to say about her :) However, it is an amazing close-up of this not-so-amazing insect :)
November 1st, 2015
Julienne Jones
@rickster549
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@sgtpepper
- thanks - maybe I could start a fan club for this little dung fly?
November 1st, 2015
Julienne Jones
@nitrogene
- shame isn't it! Someone's got to do the job I suppose :)
November 1st, 2015
Carla
Sometimes I find it hard to believe we live in the same country. You see so many wonderful little creatures
November 2nd, 2015
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