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29-APR-2011

Scuttle Fly, Megaselia aurea (Phoridae)

Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Prov. Pichincha, Ecuador

Scuttle flies are often associated with dead or dying organisms. This Megascelia aurea was one of many individuals that were feeding and laying eggs on a moribund Heterogomphus sp. rhinoceros beetle. See a shot from the same scene on p.411 of Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera, Marshall (2012).
iNaturalist observation

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