By Christy Solo – ONPA 1st Place Award Winner for Best Local Column
This week’s crawly put the “B” in “Beneficial”; they are also excellent dancers. Meet the black scavenger fly (Family Sepsidae) AKA the ensign fly.
What’s in a name? There’s a lot to unpack here.
First a fun fact: ensign flies aren’t the only flies known as “black scavenger flies.” There are also “minute black scavenger flies” who are in the Family
