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Meadow on the edge of deciduous woodland.
Meadow on the edge of beech forest.
Female Graphomya maculata
Male Sphaerophoria scripta
Chequered hoverfly on mullein flower.
Female Terellia longicauda feeding on thistle. Body length about 5 mm.
Parasitic fly of the family Tachinidae.
On thistle on the edge of deciduous forest.
Meadow in Seih-Sou, the suburban forest of Thessaloniki (Greece).
Robber fly (maybe Machimus chrysitis) with prey (probably caterpillar).
1st photo: A male Eristalis arbustorum flying, approaching a female resting on ...
Tiny to medium-sized flies, usually metallic green known as 'dollies' by ...
Garden of a house in a small mountain village.
Female Scaeva dignota visiting St. John's wort (Hypericum sp.)
F. aurea or F. cuprea. Very difficult to id at species level from photos. ...
Tachina foraging on daffodil garlic (Alium neapolitanum).
A species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae that occurs in most of Europe and in ...
A genus with immense number of species. As typical for this family, it is ...
Eupeodes corollae on mullein (Verbascum sp.) flower. This Hoverfly bears a ...
Tiny brown bodied and hairy satellite fly of the genus Leucophora (family ...
Hemipenthes morio is a bee fly (family Bombyliidae). The name of the genus ...
Myathropa florea is a very common European and North African species of ...
Male Syrphus vitripennis or Syrphus ribesii. It is very difficult to ...
Myathropa florea is a very common European and North African species of ...