Miltogramma Taeniata (Meigen, 1824)
Family: Sarcophagidae-Flesh Flies
Subfamily: Miltogramminae
Length: 10 to 12mm
Flight period: All year round. (In southern Spain) more frequently seen in April to October.

This is a widespread and common species of flesh fly, found over most of Europe including Scandinavia countries in the north to the southern Mediterranean countries in the south; as well as North Africa.
Miltogramma Taeniata flies are kleptoparasites, of Solitary bees and Wasps.

Habitat: Various habitats are favoured where carrion is present, the adults also feed on fluids from animal bodies, nectar, decaying vegetable matter, sweet foods, fluids from animal waste and various organic materials.

Unusually instead of laying eggs, the female “Flesh Fly” lays small larvae on rotting carcasses or dung. The larvae (maggots) typically feed on decaying meat and also the bacteria and other small organisms living in the carrion that may get in the way, very quickly reaching full size in just a few days; they then burrow into the soil to pupate. Late in the year when the larvae are laid, they will pupate throughout the winter months; then in the spring they will emerge as adult flies.