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Anthomyiidae (Flower Flies)
A small fly (Probably family Anthomyiidae)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Private Location)
Bibionidae (St Mark's Flies and Fever Flies)
St. Mark's Fly (Bibio marci) - male female
Cann Woods, nr. Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 14.04.06 (Public Location)
Probably a male Dilophus febrilis, on Wild Parsnip
Grassland, nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05 (Public Location)
Bombyliidae (Bee-Flies)
Bee-Fly (Bombylius major) hovering
Feeding on primroses. Bovey Tracey Heaths, Bovey Tracey, Devon. 26.04.06 (Public Location)
Calliphoridae (Blue-bottles and Green-bottles)
Bluebottle (sp. unknown)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 27.09.05 (Private Location)
Green Bottle (Lucilia sp.) ? (1) (2)
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05
Pollenia sp., possibly P. rudis - male female
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 17.09.05 (Private Location)
Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges)
Gall Midge (Dasineura urticae) - Leaf-stem Gall on Nettle
Allotment. Blunts Lane Allotment, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 05.08.05 (Public Location)
Chloropidae (Frit Flies)
Chloropid Fly (Thaumatomyia sp., probably T. notata) resting on grass
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.05 (Private Location)
Hybotidae (Hybotid Dance Flies)
A Dance Fly (probably family Hybotidae)
Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 14.09.05 (Public Location)
Muscidae (House and Stable Flies)
Fly (Probably Phaonia rufiventris) ?
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05
Nematocera (Gnats and Mosquitos)
Possibly a Trichocera species of Gnat, on Fleabane
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)
Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Grey Flesh-fly / Blowfly
Hedgerow, south coast path. Nr. Mothercombe, Devon. 09.08.05 (Public Location)
Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga sp.most likely S.stercoraria) - 1
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga sp.most likely S.stercoraria) - 2
Grassland, nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05 (Public Location)
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga sp.most likely S.stercoraria) - 3
Grassland, nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05 (Public Location)
Yellow Dung Fly - 4
Goodameavy, nr. Shaugh Bridge, Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon. 15.04.06 (Public Location)
Scatopsidae (Minute Black Scavenger Flies)
A small fly swarming on Wild Angelic
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)
Sciaridae (Sciarid Flies and Dark-winged Fungus Gnats)
Possibly a Dark-winged Fungus Gnat, infested by fungus, on willow
Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 18.09.05 (Public Location)
Sciomyzidae (Snail-killing flies)
Tetanocera elata
Grassland, nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)
Sepsidae (Black Scavenger Flies / Ensign flies)
Sepsis sp.
Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall.
03.09.05 (Public Location)
Stratiomydae (Soldier Flies)
Green Soldier Fly / Broad Centurion (Chloromyia formosa)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Private Location)
Tachinidae (Parasite Flies)
A Tachinid Fly (Possibly Eriothrix maculata)
Blackstone Point (National Trust), nr. Noss Mayo, Devon. 02.09.05 (Public Location)
A Tachinid Fly (species to identify) - 1
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)
A Tachinid Fly (species to identify) - 2
Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall.
03.09.05 (Public Location)
Tephritidae (Greater Fruit Flies)
Greater Fruit Fly (Sphenella marginata) on Sunflower
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 03.09.05 (Public Location)
Tipulidae (Craneflies / Daddy-long-legs)
Cranefly / Daddy-long-legs (Tipula oleracea)
South Devon Coast Path, East Prawle, Devon. 23.04.04 (Public Location) Image by ©DDS
Cranefly /Daddy-long-leg (Tipula paludosa) ?
Grassland. Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 21.08.05 (Public Location)
Cranefly /Daddy-long-legs (Tipula paludosa) ?
Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Public Location)
Cranefly / Daddy-long-legs (species to identify) - 1
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Public Location)
Cranefly / Daddy-long-legs (species to identify) - 2
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Public Location)
Cranefly / Daddy-long-legs (species to identify) - 3
Valley Mire. Hoo Meavy, nr. Clearbrook, Dartmoor, Devon. 15.04.06
Flies to identify -
Fly - Kitley Bridge
Kitley Bridge, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 04.10.05 (Public Location)
Fly - orange thorax - Ernesettle
Ernesettle Sewage Farm, Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon. 19.10.05 (Public Location)
Robber / Assassin Fly (Asilidae) ? - Upton Towans
Dunes. Upton Towans, near Hayle, Cornwall. 16.06.06 (Public Location)
Fly identification gratefully assisted by Paul Beuk of Diptera.info
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