2007_1447 Flesh Fly
Here is a distinctly unpleasant (to most of us humans) and very common Flesh Fly. It feeds on fluids from the bodies of animals, dead or injured. The adults of some species deposit not eggs but live, hatched or hatching maggots onto a food source - eg. a decaying carcass - inducing the gag response in some of us. Of course it's just food to a flesh fly. Everything is food to something else.
I will finish my series on flies later today, and launch something different. Next time I dive into the insect world, I'll try for something prettier... I've been doing butterflies in my garden this week... it's a world of backyard wonders out there!
Photographed at Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2007_1447 Flesh Fly
Here is a distinctly unpleasant (to most of us humans) and very common Flesh Fly. It feeds on fluids from the bodies of animals, dead or injured. The adults of some species deposit not eggs but live, hatched or hatching maggots onto a food source - eg. a decaying carcass - inducing the gag response in some of us. Of course it's just food to a flesh fly. Everything is food to something else.
I will finish my series on flies later today, and launch something different. Next time I dive into the insect world, I'll try for something prettier... I've been doing butterflies in my garden this week... it's a world of backyard wonders out there!
Photographed at Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.