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1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by ctsetanHubballi, Goa, India

dipteran...

15 8 Spotting

Spotting

by ctsetanHubballi, Goa, India

dipteran

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by M@rCoSPredazzo, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Unknown dipteran species

0 1 Robber fly

Robber fly

by Krishnendu GuinHisar, Haryāna, India

Robber fly is a predatory Dipteran insect.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by M@rCoSRitten - Renon, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Unknown dipteran species

5 3 Spotting

Spotting

by chimetsetanHimachal Pradesh, India

kind of a fly. Dipteran.. shines yellow ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by FrankieFernandezZambales, Philippines

Dipteran either feeding on honeydew from ...

1 0 unknown fly

unknown fly

by jesloweryOhio, USA

Unknown fly, southern Ohio in September.

1 0 Unknown Hoverfly

Unknown Hoverfly

by jesloweryOhio, USA

Family Syrphidae.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by jesloweryColumbus, Ohio, USA

Unkknown fly species.

1 0 True fly

True fly

by CharliePriceLaunceston, Tasmania, Australia

two wings (plus halteres)

1 0 Large Bee-Fly

Large Bee-Fly

by jesloweryColumbus, Ohio, USA

Woodlands.

1 0 Golden-Backed Snipe Fly

Golden-Backed Snipe Fly

by jesloweryColumbus, Ohio, USA

Woodland

1 0 Deer Fly

Deer Fly

by jesloweryIndiana, USA

Female.

1 1 Thick-Headed Fly

Thick-Headed Fly

by jesloweryBridgman, Michigan, USA

Female.

1 0 Unknown Signal Fly

Unknown Signal Fly

by jesloweryKampot, Kampot, Cambodia

I think it's family Platystomatidae - signal fly

2 0 Unknown Fly

Unknown Fly

by jesloweryOhio, USA

I think it's a hoverfly species, but not sure.

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by jesloweryBrownsville, Texas, USA

Unknown green-eyed fly with striped abdomen.

0 1 Atomosia Robber Fly

Atomosia Robber Fly

by jesloweryBrownsville, Texas, USA

Garden.

0 0 Fly (Dipteran)

Fly (Dipteran)

by DoryreedEngland, United Kingdom

I think this is one of the Pollenia species but if you know better please let ...

3 2 Plum Gall with larvae

Plum Gall with larvae

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A bright green gall looked like a fruit but contained small hymenopteran or ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by jesloweryIndiana, USA

Unknown species - I think it's a small robber fly eating another very small fly.

1 0 European Hoverfly

European Hoverfly

by jesloweryOntario, Canada

On a Queen Anne's Lace flower (Daucus carota)

1 0 Narcissus Bulb Fly

Narcissus Bulb Fly

by jesloweryColumbus, Ohio, USA

Male. Invasive in North America - endemic to Europe.

1 0 Unknown Fly

Unknown Fly

by jesloweryOhio, USA

Very small unknown fly on the edge of a leaf. Need help identifying. Ohio in ...

1 0 Blow Fly

Blow Fly

by jesloweryColumbus, Ohio, USA

From the family Calliphoridae, not sure of which species. Similar to = ...

1 0 Unknown Crane Fly

Unknown Crane Fly

by jesloweryColumbus, Ohio, USA

I think it's a species of Crane Fly, but not sure which. Ohio in May.

0 0 Transverse Flower Fly

Transverse Flower Fly

by jesloweryColumbus, Ohio, USA

Bi-colored thorax and bright yellow scutellum are diagnostic in identifying ...

0 1 Efferia Robber Fly

Efferia Robber Fly

by jesloweryBrownsville, Texas, USA

Female. My best guess is a female Efferia albibarbis.

1 1 Long Legged Fly

Long Legged Fly

by MachiFlorida, USA

Long-legged fly

1 0 Long-legged Fly

Long-legged Fly

by MachiFlorida, USA

Blue long-legged fly

2 1 banana stalk flies (cactus flies)

banana stalk flies (cactus flies)

by TicThapanyaจังหวัดเชียงใหม่, Thailand

around 1 cm length, it is dipteran, but i ...

0 0 Purple Pitcher Plant

Purple Pitcher Plant

by LauraCampbellVirginia, USA

Younger cluster of 2 different plants, a burn earlier this year took both ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Scott FrazierIndonesia

maybe a midge? cranefly? another Dipteran?

1 0 Soprano Pipistrelle

Soprano Pipistrelle

by Charlotte-AnneChiversEngland, United Kingdom

Small insectivorous bat, echolocates to find prey. Feeds on small

2 2 Large Bee-fly

Large Bee-fly

by jesloweryOhio, USA

Large abdomen with a long sharp beak in the front, used for collecting nectar. ...

0 0 Tachnid Fly (no common name)

Tachnid Fly (no common name)

by jesloweryOhio, USA

I just learned from Bugguide that this species is the only one found in the ...

0 0 Syrphid Fly

Syrphid Fly

by MachiFlorida, USA

Hover fly with faint abdomen markings. Red eyes, dark thorax, and orange ...

1 0 Muscid Fly

Muscid Fly

by chickenparmesan24Rhode Island, USA

Blueish gray Dipteran that was difficult to ...

2 3 Pine cone willow gall

Pine cone willow gall

by dandoucetteNiagara Falls, ON, Ontario, Canada

“Pine-cone willow gall” is caused by a gall midge, Rhabdophaga strobiloides. ...

4 9 Hoverfly maggot

Hoverfly maggot

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Larva of a dipteran insect showing red and ...

2 3 maggots

maggots

by S FrazierIndonesia

Dipteran (fly) larvae of Brachyceran flies, ...

16 5 Wrap around spider

Wrap around spider

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

wide and on a branch of Kunzea sp. Prey looks like some

1 3 Black Wattle Gall Midge

Black Wattle Gall Midge

by Mark RidgwayNarre Warren North, Victoria, Australia

These strange growths on black wattle form at branch tips and look nothing at ...

0 1 Moth Fly

Moth Fly

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A very small furry fly, about 5 mm long. Wings were ovate furry with black and ...

0 0 Acacia midge galls

Acacia midge galls

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Convoluted clustered clumps growing on the stems of a common acacia looking ...

1 0 Carrion flower - unopened flower buds

Carrion flower - unopened flower buds

by joanbstanleyTucson, Arizona, USA

flies of the dipteran family ...

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