Ammonite / Male Yellow dung flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) fighting over a female on a cowpat, UK.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) killed by pathogenic fungus of flies (Entomophthora muscae) clinging to vegetation with fungal fruiting bodies emerging from from its abdomen. Worcestershire,...

Jussi Murtosaari / Flies (Brachycera) on leaf, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. June

Jussi Murtosaari / Fly (Brachycera) on Lily of the Valley berries, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. September

COLIN VARNDELL www.colinvarndell.co.uk / Male yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) at rest. Dorset, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Dung Fly (Scathophaga Sp) Lewisham, London, November

Rod Williams / Dung-fly (Scathophaga sp) Lewisham, London, June

Nick Upton / Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) killed by pathogenic fungus of flies (Entomophthora muscae) clinging to a thistle leaf with wings spread, Wiltshire pastureland, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Male Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) on the look out for fly prey from a grass blade, Wiltshire meadow, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Male Yellow dung flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) waiting on sheep dung for females to arrive, with Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and a lake in the background, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Ernie Janes / Dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) on dung, Norfolk, UK July

Colin Varndell / Female Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) resting on a Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) flower, Dorset, England, UK, June