Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Female common yellow dung fly resting on an old seedhead. These flies aggregate and mate in the vici

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Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Female common yellow dung fly resting on an old seedhead. These flies aggregate and mate in the vicinity of cow pats, where the female will later lay her eggs. Photographed in Somerset, UK, in April.

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