A genus of small to medium sized predatory flies whose larvae feed on other insect larva within animal dung or decaying vegetable matter.
Scathophagidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Scathophagidae
Genus: Scathophaga
Species: S. stercoraria
Common name: Yellow Dung Fly
