Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve

Insects of Cedar Creek

Order DIPTERA

Family SCATOPSIDAE

(Minute Black Scavenger Flies)

(Table of Species)

The Minute Black Scavenger Flies (72 NA spp) feed on detritus or excrement as larvae. Rhegmoclema hubachecki is occasionally taken in old field sweeps.

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