dung fly

The question, then, is how long the dung fly should spend copulating with each female.

"Yeah, and what happens if that overgrown dung fly falls to his death?"

In the absence of other prey, the yellow dung fly will turn to cannibalism.

"I am but a lazy dung fly, unworthy of your notice.

Yellow dung flies have extremely variable phenotypes, body size and development rate in particular.

Dung flies are larger at higher altitudes as a result of colder temperatures.

Consider, for example, the mating copulation duration of the yellow dung fly.

Yellow dung fly viability depends strongly on the environment.

On one hand, the longer a male dung fly copulates the more eggs he can fertilize.

"How can you enjoy yourself with these two buzzing around you like dung flies?

Larger yellow dung flies have a competitive advantage.

Dung flies are a polygamous species that mate on cowpats.

This creates a dilemma for male dung flies.

Parker predicted that under this condition, dung flies would be more likely to leave their current mate sooner to find additional mates.

Soldiers swarmed over the terrain like Denebian dung flies.

Initial interest in yellow dung flies came from their potential as bio-control agents against pest-flies around livestock.

Smaller flies have an advantage in stressful environmental situations, due to larger dung flies needing more energy.

In dung flies, the observed values of copulation time and time searching for another mate vary with body weight.

Dung flies are small, usually dull-colored flies.

Lesser dung flies.

"Borborites" is also an invalid name for the small dung fly family (Sphaeroceridae).

To test a chemical's toxicity, the chemical is mixed with bovine faeces, to which yellow dung fly eggs are added.

"Lesser dung fly" redirects here.

Countless studies have looked at the many manifestations of sexual conflict, including postmating sexual selection, in the yellow dung fly.