Black Scavenger Fly - Family Sepsidae
Live adult fly photographed at West Chicago Prairie, DuPage County IL June 2, 2005. Size: 5mm
The Black Scavenger Flies (34 North American species) are small, shiny black, with round heads and the most common genus, Sepsis, has a pigment spot on the tip of the wing. Larvae are said to live in excrement and decaying material.