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0 0 Flies ID?

Flies ID?

by IvanPancicВојводина, Serbia

2 0 Hover Fly ID?

Hover Fly ID?

by IvanPancicВојводина, Serbia

Maybe Syrphidae, Hoverfly larvae?

1 0 Robber Fly ID?

Robber Fly ID?

by IvanPancicВојводина, Serbia

Asilidae

3 6 Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

by IvanPancicВојводина, Serbia

2 0 Tachinig Fly

Tachinig Fly

by IvanPancicВојводина, Serbia

Forest

5 5 Giant Robber Fly

Giant Robber Fly

by JopyCroatia

Giant Robber fly eat robber fly ID found http://www.

2 2 Hedgehog fly

Hedgehog fly

by KateBraunMbabane, Sifundza seHhohho, Swaziland

A very hairy fly.

1 0 Robber Fly

Robber Fly

by Matthew HammondArkansas, USA

A big robber fly found stuck in the surface of the water. I gently pulled it ...

10 7 Toxorhynchites Mosquito

Toxorhynchites Mosquito

by sander_yohoHeredia, Costa Rica

This mosquito has a red tail and a blue iridescent body. Its head looks like a ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Noah34Bahía Drake, Provincia Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Unidentified green Pantophthalmidae fly. Large size (~1.5 inches). Need help to ...

3 0 Snail Killing Marsh Fly

Snail Killing Marsh Fly

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

This is such a funny little creature, a 3 mm fly of which the larvae feed on ...

3 6 Non-biting Chironomid Midge

Non-biting Chironomid Midge

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraBiñan, Calabarzon, Philippines

Beautiful nematoceran fly, about 8mm. in length; bluish transparent wings with ...

4 9 Hoverfly maggot

Hoverfly maggot

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Larva of a dipteran insect showing red and black internal organs Syrphidae sp.

12 10 What is this???

What is this???

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

Any guesses? I had no idea either. Dr Ken Walker says its a hoverfly larva ...

8 4 Long Legged fly - Courting

Long Legged fly - Courting

by vipin.baligaKarnataka, India

:-( Any more info would be ...

0 0 Robber Fly

Robber Fly

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

Small Robber Fly. Fairly dark body with orangish legs. Green eyes, black ...

2 2 Elephant Mosquito

Elephant Mosquito

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

have raised for biological control. Nice reference

5 10 Beetle Fly or Beetle-backed Fly

Beetle Fly or Beetle-backed Fly

by Leana Lahom-CristobalNueva Ecija, Philippines

Celyphidae are small to medium-sized flies and easily recognised. The scutellum ...

3 0 Micro Soldier Fly

Micro Soldier Fly

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

Tiny Soldier Fly of 3mm, shiny metallic green thorax, yellow abdomen and big ...

2 0 Dolichopodid Fly

Dolichopodid Fly

by LaurenZarateSan Cristóbal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Tiny, fragile fly with long legs, a faint bronze cast to the thorax and ...

0 0 Long Legged Tachinid Fly

Long Legged Tachinid Fly

by LaurenZarateSan Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico

A Tachinid Fly that is parasitic on weevil larvae, especially those of plums, ...

3 0 Long Legged Tachinid Fly

Long Legged Tachinid Fly

by LaurenZarateSan Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

A marvelous little fly with elongated legs, especially the 2nd pair. About 1 cm ...

2 3 Phytomia Hoverfly ♂

Phytomia Hoverfly ♂

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraBiñan, Laguna, Philippines

, subtribe Eristalina, in the order Diptera ...

0 3 Banana-stalk Fly

Banana-stalk Fly

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraSanta Rosa, Laguna, Philippines

About 1cm in length. Lovely orange color that caught my attention. I did not ...

0 0 White worms

White worms

by vipin.baligaKarnataka, India

as plant pollen. Info Source: ...

2 1 Thick-legged Hoverfly (Male)

Thick-legged Hoverfly (Male)

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraLaguna, Philippines

Syritta orientalis Macquart, 1842, a thick-legged hoverfly, distributed in ...

3 2 Hover Fly

Hover Fly

by RickBohlerJacksonville, Florida, USA

3/8" long metallic. hard to find info on ...

2 0 Gall Midge

Gall Midge

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

A very tiny bright orange fly with a pointed beak, probably for feeding on ...

0 0 Blow Fly

Blow Fly

by Jolly IbañezZamboanga, Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

Chrysomya albiceps is a species belonging to the blow fly family, ...

2 0 Awl Fly

Awl Fly

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

This fly gave me a tough time to identify, as I've never seen one before. It is ...

1 0 Oriental Latrine Fly (Male)

Oriental Latrine Fly (Male)

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraLaguna, Philippines

Blowfly on a Tridax Daisy (Tridax procumbens). Chrysomya megacephala ...

1 3 Spotted-eye Syrphid Fly

Spotted-eye Syrphid Fly

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraLaguna, Philippines

About 1cm in body length. Eristalinus is a hoverfly genus of the family ...

1 0 Lettuce Fruit Fly

Lettuce Fruit Fly

by LaurenZarateArizona, USA

Tiny grey and yellow fruit fly with spider silhouettes on the wings. The head ...

8 6 Oriental Latrine Fly (Female)

Oriental Latrine Fly (Female)

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraLaguna, Philippines

Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794), called the Oriental Latrine Fly, is a ...

2 4 Clown Beetle and Mites

Clown Beetle and Mites

by injicaCroatia

ventralis, Agonum emarginatum, and feed on

1 0 Fruit Beetle-parasite Fly

Fruit Beetle-parasite Fly

by Johan HeynsLesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

found an article where my own photos were used. Really weird to search for ...

9 13 Neriid fly

Neriid fly

by DanielePralongBrisbane, QLD, Australia

Neriidae is a family of true flies (

5 14 Flower fly (Syrphidae)

Flower fly (Syrphidae)

by nexttogoneBandera, Texas, USA

The following info found at ...

0 0 Tachinid Fly

Tachinid Fly

by LaurenZarateKetchikan, Alaska, USA

This squat little Tachinid has a perfect orange-red heart on a black thorax, ...

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