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Black compost fly

Scatopse notata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The black compost fly (Scatopse notata) is a species in the family Scatopsidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the black compost fly

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black compost fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black compost fly as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Japan

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the black compost fly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black compost fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyScatopsidae
  6. genusScatopse
  7. SpeciesScatopse notata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Ceria decemnodia, Musca nectarea, Musca nectarivora, Scathopse carolina, Scathopse nigra, Scatopse albipennis, Scatopse carbonaria, Scatopse carolina, Scatopse decemnodia, Scatopse dubia, Scatopse femoralis, Scatopse glabra, Scatopse latrinarum, Scatopse minuta, Scatopse nectarea, Scatopse nigra, Scatopse nitens, Scatopse nitida, Scatopse punctata, Scatopse scathopse, Tipula albipennis, Tipula latrinarum, Tipula notata, Tipula scathopse

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • pamuchnice černáCzech
  • Gelbfleckige DungmückeGerman
  • Scatopse noirFrench
  • maraszek czarnyPolish
  • pamušica čiernaSlovak
  • Gemeine DungmückeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the black compost fly

Other species in the same genus Scatopse.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the black compost fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black compost fly as introduced in 1 country: Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the black compost fly?

The black compost fly (Scatopse notata) belongs to the family Scatopsidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black compost fly (Scatopse notata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-compost-fly

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“Black compost fly (Scatopse notata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-compost-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{black_compost_fly_2026,
  title = {Black compost fly (Scatopse notata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-compost-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}