Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scathophagidae, Ceratinostoma ostiorum.

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 06-05-2012 20:55
#1

I have to confess that the suggestion of Scathophage litorea is almost entirely because they were being very definitely litoreal, loose swarms of a few dozen or more rarely moving more than a few feet from the strand line.

West Wittering Beach (Sandy with developed dunes), West Sussex, UK.

29 March 2012

Edit - updated title from "Scathophagidae, Scathophaga litorea"

Edited by Will van Niekerk on 07-05-2012 13:30

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 07-05-2012 11:42
#2

Ceratinotoma ostiorum, the other litoreal Scathophagidae.

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 07-05-2012 13:29
#3

Thanks. Updating title to suit.