Golden Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria

Maybe the first time ever recorded in my garden, this female was potted from a fencepost near the fish-baited bottle trap. Wonder if, like a sparrowhawk at a birdfeeder, she was waiting to snatch anything of a suitable size that came too close.

Reminds me of a time when I accidentally potted one with a small fly in the same tube in Uig Bay, Skye. An interesting, but grim, spectacle was provided as the scathophagid sucked the juices out of its hapless room-mate.