Genus Piophila

Cheese Skipper or Bacon Fly, Piophila casei – an exotic of European origin.

Male
Late November 2012
Huonville
Piophila casei Cheese Bacon Skipper Fly male Piophila casei Cheese Bacon Skipper Fly male Piophila casei Cheese Bacon Skipper Fly male
Male to male combat defending a favoured ‘patch’ – they stomp aggressively with their front legs until one male concedes.
i Cheese Bacon Skipper Fly male combat fighting battling Piophila casei Cheese Bacon Skipper Fly male combat fighting battling

Early January 2015
Huonville