Posted by mvuijlst on 01-11-2004 14:57
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
Well, I think a bucket with rotten plant material with some added water left in the rain is not different from fresh cow pads.
Yes, exactly. That's what I was going for. It even smells like a cow pad.
It made my day when I found first one, and then a swarm of
Scathophaga stercoraria on the bucket.
http://safari.zog...SC6350.jpg
http://safari.zog...SC6352.jpg
Thanks again for the ID.
And I understand now why the animal looked familiar: I've probably seen quite a lot of them at the seaside when I was younger and we lived there during the summer months.
Edited by mvuijlst on 01-11-2004 15:01