Parasites and Diseases
Since 'Scathophaga stercoraria' is a synanthropic fly, it does carry the risk of passively contaminating human food with various pathogens, molds, or yeasts.
There are some known sexually transmitted diseases of insects, particularly in Coleoptera, Similar diseases have also been studied in 'Scathophaga stercoraria'. Many of these sexually transmitted diseases are from multicellular ectoparasites (mites), protists or the fungus Entomophthora muscae. These are frequently responsible for either sterilizing or killing the host fly.
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