Some Late Winter Vermin

Vast herds of white-tailed-deer roam the Cow Barn pastures.That means there is always plenty of deer shit for the dogs to roll in and Crumby to step in. But on the sunny side, what sits on shit? You guessed it maybe. Flies sit on shit.

This is a pretty cool fly, literally. This fly is out on the shit even though it’s windy and cold and supposed to snow tomorrow. This fly, a golden dung fly, is a member of the genus Scathophaga.

Yesterday was nice and warm. Consequently, many were out and about including a crab spider and a tiny Halictid bee that should have stayed home.