Sarcophagidus
Here’s another sarcophagidus fly from my parent’s rabbit farm in Moab, Utah. I believe the distended abdomen here indicates a very pregnant female.
Bug antennae grow out of the same spot that mammals grow nostrils, and both organs are used for the sense of smell. Seeing bugs like this, I am glad that my nose isn’t inside out and hanging out in front of my face. (This fly also makes me glad I don’t eat poop, but that’s not an antennae story.)
Spent the evening hunting bugs with Steve Jackson in Austin, TX. We had a rockin good time, and got about a dozen postable pix between us.
DeeJaye6 said,
October 5, 2007 @ 12:47 am
What is that fly resting on? It looks like snakeskin…
David Brady said,
October 5, 2007 @ 12:56 am
Oh, it’s a tarpaulin made from woven blue nylon. This tarp, in turn, rests atop the rabbit hutches at my parents’ place. And to complete the “this is the house that Jack built” story, the rabbits make the poop that attracts the flies.