Anthomyia Explained

Anthomyia is a genus of flies in the family Anthomyiidae.^[1] They look rather like small houseflies, but commonly have conspicuous black-and-white patterning.^[2] This appears to be a mild form of aposematic coloration, though they do not appear to be distasteful unless they have eaten something offensive to the predator and have loaded their guts with it.

Notes and References

1. Pont . Adrian C. . Ackland . David M. . 1995 . Fanniidae, Muscidae and Anthomyiidae associated with Burrows of the Alpine Marmot Marmota marmota LENNAEUS) in the Upper Ötz Valley (Tyrol, Austria) (Inserta, Diptera) . Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck Band . 82 . 319–324 . Innsbruck . PDF Adobe Acrobat .
2. Book: Alan Weaving . Mike Picker . Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn . Field Guide to Insects of South Africa . New Holland Publishers, Ltd . 2003 . 1-86872-713-0 .