APHOTOFAUNA

An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of
terrestrial wildlife and their habitats, found across South-West
England and the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula by David Fenwick.

Flies - Families N - Z (Diptera images)
Rhagionidae
Rhagio tringarius - A Snipe Fly

Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Grey Flesh-fly / Blowfly

Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)
Scathophaga stercoraria - Yellow Dung Fly

Scatopsidae (Minute Black Scavenger Flies)
Minute Black Scavenger Flies swarming on Angelic

Sciaridae (Sciarids and Dark Winged Fungus Gnats)
Phytosciara flavipes ? - Fungus Gnat
Sciara hemerobioides - A Fungus Gnat
A Dark Winged Fungus Gnat ?

Sciomyzidae (Snail-killing flies)
Tetanocera elata - A Snail Killing Fly

Sepsidae (Black Scavenger Flies / Ensign flies)
Sepsis sp. - A Black Scavenger / Ensign Fly

Stratiomydae (Soldier Flies)
Beris chalybata - Murky-legged Black Legionnaire
Chloromyia formosa - Green Soldier Fly / Broad Centurion

Tabanidae (Tabanid or Horse Flies)
Tabanus bovinus ? - A Horse or Tabanid Fly
Tabanidae species (1) - A Horse or Tabanid Fly

Tachinidae (Parasite Flies)
Eriothrix maculata - A Tachinid Fly ?
A Tachnid Fly (Bluebottle species)
A Tachinid Fly (species to identify)

Tephritidae (Greater Fruit Flies)
Chaetostomella cylindrica - Greater Fruit / Gall Fly
Sphenella marginata - Greater Fruit Fly

Tipulidae (Craneflies / Daddy-long-legs)
Nephrotoma appendiculata - Spotted Cranefly
Tipula maxima - Cranefly or Daddy Long Legs
Tipula oleracea - Cranefly / Daddy Long Legs
Tipula paludosa - Cranefly / Daddy Long Legs

Trichoceridae (Winter Gnats)
Trichocera annulata ? - A Winter Gnat
Trichocera species of Gnat ?

Flies - Families A - M

 

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