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Images tagged "Diptera (True Flies – Two winged flies)"

Bibio marci (male)
Bee-fly (Bombylius major)
Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
Houseflies (Phaonia subventa) - female
Bombylius major - Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major - Dark-edged Bee-fly, Laughton Wood
Phantom crane fly - Ptychoptera contaminata (female), Chesterfield Canal, Kilamarsh, Derbyshire
Anthomyia procellaris (female), North Anston Pit Tip
Anthomyiid Fly - Hylemya vagans, Sherwood Forest, Notts
Anthomyiidae sp. Possibly Delia radicum, Conyer Alders, Notts
Anthomyiidae sp. Possibly Delia radicum, Conyer Alders, Notts
Anthomyiid Fly - Botanophila fugax, Sherwood Forest, Notts
Anthomyiid Fly - Botanophila fugax, Sherwood Forest, Notts
Bee-fly - Bombylius major, Gamston Wood, Notts
Episyrphus balteatus - Marmalade Hoverfly, Anston Stones
Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga carnaria, Anston Stones.
Helophilus pendulus, Anston Stones.
Episyrphus balteatus, Denaby Ings.
Eristalis intricarius, Denaby Ings.
Eristalis intricarius, Denaby Ings.
Syrphus ribesii, Denaby Ings.
Syrphus ribesii, Denaby Ings.
Syritta pipiens, Denaby Ings.
Tachina fera, Denaby Ings.
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Pseudoterpna pruinata - Grass Emerald, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Rutpela maculata, Austerfield.

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Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum), Bessacarr Bank, 8 March 2021 Mat grass (Nardus stricta), Colemere ,Shropshire DSS Summer Programme 1952 Cover Cusworth, with young girl fishing. (Ben's daughter?). Dance Fly - Empis tessellata, Went Reserve (12 May 2026). Syrphini sp., Potteric Carr, June 30 Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes), Maltby Common. Autographa gamma - Silver Y, Cusworth Lane, Doncaster Cosmorhoe ocellata - Purple Bar, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Euplexia lucipara - Small Angle Shades, Austerfield.
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