
Originally Posted by
Jerry van Dijk
Hi Paul, if I'm not mistaken, this is Scathophaga stercoraria , the Common yellow (or Golden) dung fly. It eats other insects (mainly other flies) and nectar and pollen. It gets its name for laying eggs in animal dung. The eggs have a kind of wing like structure, to prevent them to sink in too deeply into fresh dung and suffocate (that would be one horrible death.. Yuck! :eek:). Once hatched the larvae feed on other larvae that live in the dungpile.
Too bad you hadn't have time to stop down, but I also like it as presented. I would add some sharpness, though.