DIPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]

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

Lauxaniid fly [Minettia inusta]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025

Lauxaniid fly [Sapromyza quadricincta]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2021

muscid fly [Helina reversio]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Sep 2022

muscid fly [Phaonia angelicae]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Aug 2021

Common Cluster Fly [Pollenia rudis]

Female on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021

Common Cluster Fly [Pollenia rudis]

Female on New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax) - Location : RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington, Devon, England – Date of image : 31 Jul 2019

Dark-winged Flesh Fly [Nyctia halterata]

Male on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jul 2022

flesh fly [Sarcophaga carnaria agg.]

Adult on flower of Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 Jul 2021

flesh fly [Sarcophaga carnaria agg.]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2021

Snail-killing Fly [Trypetoptera punctulata]

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

ensign fly [Nemopoda nitidula]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2021

Lesser Dung Fly [Sepsis fulgens]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2021

Orange Legionnaire [Beris vallata]

Adult on leaf of Rubus sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jun 2015

African Asark Hoverfly [Asarkina africana]

African Asark Hoverfly on wild grape [Cyphostemma sp.] - Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 14 Nov 2008

African Asark Hoverfly [Asarkina africana]

African Asark Hoverfly on wild grape [Cyphostemma sp.] - Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 14 Nov 2008

Truffle Blacklet [Cheilosia soror]

Female on Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2023

Truffle Blacklet [Cheilosia soror]

Female on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jul 2025

Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly [Chrysotoxum bicinctum]

Male on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021

Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly [Chrysotoxum bicinctum]

Male on Hawkweed Oxtongue (Picris hieracioides) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jul 2025