DIPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

flies

Common Flower Fly [Syrphus ribesii]

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

Common Flower Fly [Syrphus ribesii]

Male; given the presence of females it is more probable that this is S. ribesii rather than S. vitripennis - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025

Common Flower Fly [Syrphus ribesii]

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

Common Flower Fly [Syrphus ribesii]

Female - Location : Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2015

Lesser Banded Hoverfly [Syrphus vitripennis]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2021

Bumble Bee Hoverfly [Volucella bombylans]

Female var. plumata - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2022

Lesser Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella inanis]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Jul 2025

Lesser Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella inanis]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Aug 2021

Pellucid Fly [Volucella pellucens]

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

Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella zonaria]

Male on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2021

Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella zonaria]

Male on Butterfly Bush (Buddleja sp.) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025

Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella zonaria]

Female - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2022

Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella zonaria]

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

Orange-belted Leafwalker [Xylota segnis]

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

Red Spotted Parasite Fly [Eriothrix rufomaculata]

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

Red Spotted Parasite Fly [Eriothrix rufomaculata]

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

Ladybird Fly [Gymnosoma rotundatum]

Adult on Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025

Fat-palped Tachinid [Nowickia ferox]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2024

Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]

Adult on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2021

Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]

Adult on Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025