DIPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

Two-banded Wasp Hoverfly [Chrysotoxum bicinctum]

Female on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2021

Large Spearhorn [Chrysotoxum cautum]

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

Black-horned Smoothtail [Epistrophe grossulariae]

Female on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Sep 2021

Marmalade Hoverfly [Episyrphus balteatus]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2023

Marmalade Hoverfly [Episyrphus balteatus]

Male on Common Dogwood leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025

Marmalade Hoverfly [Episyrphus balteatus]

Female - Location : Nymans Gardens, Handcross, West Sussex, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2021

Marmalade Hoverfly [Episyrphus balteatus]

Female on knapweed - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2023

Small Spotty-eyed Drone Fly [Eristalinus sepulchralis]

Male on Bristly Oxtongue (Picris echioides) - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2024

Plain-faced Drone Fly [Eristalis arbustorum]

Male - Location : Nymans Gardens, Handcross, West Sussex, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2021

Plain-faced Drone Fly [Eristalis arbustorum]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Aug 2020

Plain-faced Drone Fly [Eristalis arbustorum]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Sep 2021

Furry Drone Fly [Eristalis intricaria]

Male - Location : Bagh Mor, Grimsay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland – Date of image : 09 Jul 2023

Stripe-faced Drone Fly [Eristalis nemorum]

Male - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 13 Sep 2024

Tapered Drone Fly [Eristalis pertinax]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Aug 2023

Tapered Drone Fly [Eristalis pertinax]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2025

Common Drone Fly [Eristalis tenax]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Aug 2020

Common Drone Fly [Eristalis tenax]

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

Common Drone Fly [Eristalis tenax]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Jul 2025

Black-tailed Aphideater [Eupeodes luniger]

Female - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 06 Sep 2021

Black-tailed Aphideater [Eupeodes luniger]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Sep 2022