DIPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

flies

Holly Leaf Miner [Phytomyza ilicis]

Leaf mines on holly leaves caused by the larvae of the Holly Leaf Miner (Phytomyza ilicis) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Aug 2025

root-maggot fly[Anthomyia punctipennis]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2021

Golden-haired Robberfly [Choerades marginatus]

Adult piercing a Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025

Violet Black-legged Robberfly [Dioctria atricapilla]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 May 2025

Stripe-legged Robberfly [Dioctria baumhaueri]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Jun 2025

Small Yellow-legged Robberfly [Dioctria linearis]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Jul 2021

Common Red-legged Robberfly [Dioctria rufipes]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025

Common Red-legged Robberfly [Dioctria rufipes]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 May 2025

Kite-tailed Robberfly [Machimus atricapillus]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2025

Kite-tailed Robberfly [Machimus atricapillus]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jul 2025

Kite-tailed Robberfly [Machimus atricapillus]

Female, has caught a froghopper - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025

Brown Heath Robberfly [Machimus cingulatus]

Female on Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2025

Brown Heath Robberfly [Machimus cingulatus]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2021

Common Awl Robberfly [Neoitamus cyanurus]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2025

Common Awl Robberfly [Neoitamus cyanurus]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2025

White-tailed Bee Fly [Bombomyia discoidea]

Adult on knapweed - Location : Gomondwane Loop, near Lower Sabie, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 10 Jan 2009

Dark-edged Bee Fly [Bombylius major]

Adult hovering just above the ground - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Apr 2021

Dark-edged Bee Fly [Bombylius major]

Adult hovering just above the ground - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Apr 2025

Downland Bee-fly [Villa cingulata]

Adult - Location : NT Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jul 2025

Blue Blowfly [Calliphora vicina]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2021