Furcate Dung Fly

Scathophaga furcata · Order: Diptera · Family: Scathophagidae

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Furcate Dung Fly
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY

The furcate dung fly lives in the Palearctic region. Its larvae feed on animal dung.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

The larvae feed on dung.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found in the Palearctic.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 38 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Kansas, Alaska, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Furcate Dung Fly photo 2
Photo: Michael Knapp, CC BY
Furcate Dung Fly photo 3
Photo: Bill Keim, CC BY
Furcate Dung Fly photo 4
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY
Furcate Dung Fly photo 5
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY

Same family (Scathophagidae)

Golden Dung FlyGolden Dung FlyScathophaga stercoraria

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scathophaga_furcata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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