DIPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

flies

Common Greenbottle [Lucilia sericata]

Male on Sea Holly (Eryngium eburneum) - Location : RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington, Devon, England – Date of image : 31 Jul 2019

Common Greenbottle [Lucilia sericata]

Female on Sea Holly (Eryngium eburneum) - Location : RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington, Devon, England – Date of image : 31 Jul 2019

Lime Leaf-stalk Gall Midge [Contarinia tiliarum]

Gall on leaf stem of Tilia sp. caused by the Lime Leaf-stalk Gall Midge [Contarinia tiliarum] - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2025

Dogwood Rivet Midge [Craneiobia corni]

Galls caused by C. corni on upper surface of Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Aug 2025

Dogwood Rivet Midge [Craneiobia corni]

Galls caused by C. corni on under surface of Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Aug 2025

Sallow Gall Midge [Iteomyia capreae]

Galls caused by larva of I. capreae on upper surface of a Salix sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Aug 2025

grass fly [Meromyza sp.]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Jul 2025

Yellow Swarming Fly [Thaumatomyia notata]

Focus on the small (2 mm) yellow fly below the Common Greenbottle - Location : RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington, Devon, England – Date of image : 31 Jul 2019

Yellow-banded Conops [Conops quadrifasciatus]

Mating pair, male above female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Aug 2021

Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]

Mating pair on sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025

Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]

Mating pair on sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025

Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]

Adult on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2015

Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]

Mating pair on Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025

house mosquito [Culex sp.]

Male; possibly Southern House Mosquito (C. quinquefasciatus) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jul 2025

Semaphore Fly [Poecilobothrus nobilitatus]

Adult - Location : Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham, West Sussex, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2015

dagger fly [Empis nigritarsis]

Female on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Sep 2021

dagger fly [Empis nigritarsis]

Male on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Sep 2021

dagger fly [Empis opaca]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025

dagger fly [Empis opaca]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025

Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025