Scavengers
20 species with this diet
Alpine Snow Fly
Chionea lutescens
A yellowish wingless crane fly found on snow in alpine regions. It breeds in soil beneath the snowpack where larvae feed...
Arctic Ant
Leptothorax acervorum
A tiny, reddish-brown ant that forms small colonies under stones and in wood crevices in boreal and subarctic regions. C...
Australian Water Scavenger Beetle
Sternolophus marginicollis
A medium-sized water scavenger beetle found throughout Australia and parts of Southeast Asia. It is attracted to lights ...
Chilean Dolichoderine Ant
Dorymyrmex goetschi
A South American cone ant found in arid regions of Chile and Argentina. It builds small cone-shaped mounds and is an imp...
Clown Beetle
Hister unicolor
A small, shiny black beetle with a compact, rounded body. It is a predator of fly larvae found in dung and decaying matt...
Common Compost Hoverfly
Syritta pipiens
A tiny, slender hoverfly with distinctively swollen hind femora and a darting flight pattern. It breeds in compost heaps...
Four-spotted Rove Beetle
Drusilla canaliculata
A small, flattened aleocharine rove beetle with a distinctive channeled pronotum and brownish coloration. It is frequent...
Golden Ant Guest Beetle
Pella funesta
A small aleocharine rove beetle that lives at the periphery of Lasius ant nests, feeding on refuse and dead ants. It use...
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria
Europe's largest hoverfly and a convincing hornet mimic with bold yellow-and-brown banding. Its larvae develop as scaven...
Japanese Soldier Fly
Ptecticus tenebrifer
A slender soldier fly with a metallic greenish-black body and elongate antennae. It is commonly found near decaying orga...
Latrine Fly
Fannia scalaris
A small fly that breeds in excrement and decaying organic matter in latrines and drains. It can cause urogenital myiasis...
Lesser House Fly
Fannia canicularis
A small greyish fly often seen flying in circles beneath ceiling lights indoors. It breeds in decaying organic matter an...
Lesser Silver Water Beetle
Hydrochara flavipes
A medium-sized water scavenger beetle found in still waters across East Asia. Its legs have distinctive yellowish tarsi....
Pellucid Hoverfly
Volucella pellucens
A large black hoverfly with a striking translucent white band across its abdomen. Its larvae are inquilines in the under...
Rock Crawler
Grylloblatta bifratrilecta
A pale wingless insect living on high-altitude ice and snowfields. It is active only at near-freezing temperatures....
Rugose Rove Beetle
Anotylus rugosus
A small, dark oxytelline rove beetle with a heavily rugose (wrinkled) surface texture. It is extremely common in dung an...
Sexton Rove Beetle
Quedius dilatatus
A broad, somewhat flattened rove beetle found in the nests of social wasps and in tree hollows containing decaying insec...
Spalangia Fly Parasite
Spalangia cameroni
A small dark wasp that parasitizes fly pupae in manure and decaying organic matter. It is commercially reared for biolog...
Spotted Crane Fly
Nephrotoma appendiculata
A brightly marked yellow-and-black crane fly common across European meadows. Its leatherjacket larvae develop in soil, f...
Yellow-Margined Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrochara caraboides
A large dark water scavenger beetle with yellowish margins on the pronotum. It inhabits well-vegetated ponds and is decl...