Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). A female common yellow dung fly resting on ragwort. These flies are ambush predators that aggregate

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Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). A female common yellow dung fly resting on ragwort. These flies are ambush predators that aggregate and mate in the vicinity of cow pats, where the female will later lay her eggs. Photographed in Somerset, UK, in August.

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