Flies Collection

The beehive terminal building at Gatwick Airport in 1937. de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner, G-ADEA, of British Airways, flies past. Date: 1937

A Common Pheasant alarmed
A Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Swallow in flight
A swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Women Playing Polo
A womans polo hat flies off and her horse rears up as she strikes the ball in a polo match

French artificial fishing flies. circa 1900

French and English artificial fishing flies. circa 1900

Icarus and Daedalus
Daedalus and his son Icarus escape from Crete with man- made wings, but Icarus flies too near the sun : the heat melts the wax on his wings, plunging him into the sea

An RAF Westland Wessex flies over HMS Fearless (L10) at ?
An RAF Westland Wessex flies over HMS Fearless (L10) at Lee-on-Solent, 2 March 1966

Fishing Flies (American)
Fishing flies Date: 1913

Olympics / 1936 / Hindenburg
The Hindenburg flies over the opening ceremony. Date: 1936

A Westland Wessex flies over HMS Albion (R07)

Picture No. 10865989
Venus Fly Trap plant - with fly inside (Dionaea muscipula) Date:

CONCORDE 002 FLIES 1969
Brian Trubshaw pilots the British-built Supersonic transport aircraft, Concorde 002 on its maiden flight from Filton to Fairford, seven years before entering service. Date: 9 April 1969

Flies stuck to flypaper A fly-killing device made of paper coated with a sweetly fragrant, but extremely sticky or poisonous substance that traps flies and other flying insects when they land upon it

Rural scenery with wildflowers
A red Admiral Butterfly flies above a hedgerow border of wildflowers in this landscape painting by Malcolm Greensmith, encapsulating the English countryside

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Fruit Fly
LRDS-57 Fruit Fly Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) Drosophila sp Magnification x 300 (A4 size: 29.7 cm width) Coloured by hand to enhance natural features

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1926
French aviator Lieutenant Collot successfully flies his biplane beneath the Tour Eiffel, but in a moment he will hit a cable and crash fatally

St. Georges, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly
St. George s, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly Date: circa 1920s

A skylark soars above the trees 2011

Stork / Baby / Allers Jrnl
A stork carrying a baby flies to its destination over snowy rooftops

Fly fishing, Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) catch with rod and fly box, on machair loch, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, September

Parasitic Wasp - Laying egg in hoverfly larva, UK
SPH-2669 Parasitic WASP - laying egg in hoverfly, larvae United Kingdom Diplazon laetatorius Parasitic Wasp SPH 2669 Laying egg in hoverfly larva, UK

Bank of England / Busy
Busy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper, a figure peers out of an upstairs window and a flag flies from a tower

Poe / Raven Flies In / Dore
A stately Raven of the saintly days of yore flies in through an open window

Fishing Equipment suitable for the Lake District
Fishing Equipment suitable for use in the Lake District - includes two inset pictures of Derwentwater (upper picture) and Newlands Valley (lower)

SKI JUMP 1910
A skier flies through the air

Fairies Steal a Child
A fairy flies off carrying a baby human on her back Date: 1908

Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female resting after sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 4 / 4
Mosquito (Aedes punctor) female resting after sucking blood from human arm. Sequence 4/4

Burns / Now Westlin Winds
NOW WESTLIN WINDS But Peggy dear the ev nings clear, Thick flies the skimming swallow, The sky is blue, the fields in view, All fading green and yellow

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): House Fly
LRDS-72 House Fly Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) Musca domestica Magnification x 40 (A4 size: 29.7 cm width) Coloured by hand to enhance natural features

Cranefly - pair mating
JLM-2718 Cranefly / Daddy-long-legs - pair mating Tipula sp. John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Horse Fly JC 222 Diptera : Tabanus bromius © John Clegg / ARDEA LONDON
JC-222 HORSEFLY - from above UK Tabanus bromius John Clegg Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Horse (deer) Fly - on human skin Norfolk UK
FEU-273 Horse (deer) Fly - on human skin Norfolk, UK Chrysops sp. Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cover design, British Airways Summer Timetable 1938, as the crow flies, only faster! 1938

Transport / Flight / Airship
SANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize Date: July 1901

Fly on a cactus in the botanical garden in Valencia, Spain, Europe

Horsefly - detailed study of eyes
USH-1126 HORSEFLY - Showing large colourful eyes Tabanus bromius Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Peanut-head Bug / Lantern Fly
FG-957 Peanut-head Bug / Lantern Fly Fulgoridae laternaria servillei Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Medea in her Chariot
The sorceress Medea flies through the Greek airspace in her serpent-powered chariot

Muybridge / Cockatoo Flies
Some phases in the flight of a cockatoo Date: 1880s

The Corsican Spider in His Web!, July 12, 1808. July 12, 1808
The Corsican Spider in His Web!, July 12, 1808

Hawker Sea Fury X flies over an aircraft carrier and ship

UK. A salmon fly stuck into the cork handle of a fly fishing rod

At Midnights Stroke
Midnight strikes, and Cinderella flies from the ball

SKI JUMP 1914
A ski jumper flies off the end of the ramp. Date: 1914

WWI Fashionable French aviation outfit
A patriotic young French girl takes to the air in her French air force inspired outfit

Rolls in Wright
The Honourable Charles Rolls (of Rolls-Royce) flies his Wright biplane at Bournemouth Aviation Week : but he has a fatal crash - Britains first aviation fatality

Bee Fly - feeding on nectar from daisy flower
ASW-4788 Bee Fly - feeding on nectar from daisy flower. Larvae prey on or parasitise various stages of many insects Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Australoechus hirtus Alan J. S

Bee Fly - basking (note wig venation) UK
SPH-2770 Bee FLY - basking (note wing venation) UK Villa modesta Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Peanut-head Bug / Lantern Fly Costa Rica
DOW-121 LANTERN FLY - Peanut head bug Costa Rica Fulgora laternaria Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Horse Flies Two sitting on leaf Norfolk UK
FEU-97 Horseflies - Two sitting on leaf Norfolk UK Tabanus sp. Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Horse-fly Banded Eyes
FEU-29 Horsefly Banded Eyes Tabanus sp. Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Blanchard Flies Channel
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies are the first people to cross the English Channel by air : their flight from Dover ends in the forest of Guines, near Andres

Many A Winters Night She Flies Through The Streets And Peeps In At The Windows, And Then The Ice Freezes On The Panes Into Wonderful Patterns Like Flowers

Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) adult female, basking on rock, Powys, Wales, september

Crane flying over a pine tree with the setting sun - print
Crane flying over a pine tree with the setting sun - unattributed Japanese woodblock print reproduced on a postcard. Date: late 19th century

Wild goose flying over the waves - Maruyama Okyo
Reproduction of a woodblock print after a painting by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) of a Wild goose flying over the waves Date: 18th century

gliding

isolated colour illustration paint draw cartoon aircraft aeroplane plane

Salamander, chamaeleon and other lizards
Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra 1, tinos green lizard, Lacerta citrovittata 2, chamaeleon catching flies with its tongue, Chamaeleo chamaeleon 3, sand lizard

Pale giant horsefly, deerfly and other flies
Pale giant horsefly, Tabanus bovinus 1, Hybomitra tropica 2, Atylotus fulvus 3, large marsh horsefly, Tabanus autumnalis 4, splayed deerfly, Chrysops caecutiens 5, 6, 7, and common horse fly

Species of tachinid flies
Giant tachinid fly, Tachina grossa 1, parasitoid fly, Gymnosoma rotundatum 2, 6, Linnaemya vulpina 3, Tachina fera 4, face fly, Musca autumnalis 5, cheese skipper, Piophila casei 7

Phoenix, brown China mark and other moths
Clouded carpet or phoenix, Eulithis prunata 1, brown China-mark, Elophila nymphaeata 2, grey waved 3, short-cloak carpet, Euphyia biangulata 4, chocolate bar 5, unnamed 6, 7, and small emerald

Mayfly magnified, with various moths
Mayfly magnified through microscope 1, fanfooted or fan-foot moth, Herminia tarsipennalis 2, mayfly 3, scarce burnished brass, Diachrysia chryson 4, green carpet, Colostygia pectinataria 5

Species of bees
Red mason bee, Osmia bicornis 11, large scissor bee, Chelostoma florisomne 12, large carder-bee, Bombus muscorum 14, orange-vented mason bee, Osmia leaiana 15, 16, and other bees

Animals and insects before a statue of Ephesian Artemis
Animals, amphibia and insects in a woodland clearing before a statue of the many-breasted Ephesian Artemis. With frog, beetle, lizard, snail, dragonfly, moth, crocodile, and others

Species of bees
Patchwork leafcutter bee, Megachile centuncularis 2, European wool carder bee Anthidium manicatum 3, red mason bee, Osmia bicornis 4, 7, long-horned bee, Eucera longicornis 5, pantaloon bee

Blue-bordered carpet, frosted yellow, other moths
Blue-bordered carpet, Plemyria rubiginata 1, 6 (as Clifden beauty), broad-bordered yellow underwing, Noctua fimbriata 2, different from Phalaena interrogationis (scarce silver Y)

Chaser and darter dragonflies
Four-spotted chaser, Libullela quadrimaculata 1, scarce chaser, Libellula fulva 2, vagrant darter, Sympetrum vulgatum 3, and yellow-winged darter, Sympetrum flaveolum 4. All male dragonflies

Species of humble-bees, bumblebees and mining bees
Species of bees. Early humble-bee, Bombus pratorum 9, 10, large red-tailed humble-bee, Bombus lapidarius 12, 15, carder bee, Bombus pascuorum 13, buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris subsp

Ghost moth, beautiful yellow underwing, etc
Ghost moth or ghost swift, Hepialus humuli, female c, male d, larva b and pupa a, beautiful yellow underwing, Anarta myrtilli e, gold swift, Phymatopus hecta f, unnamed moth species g

Twenty-plume moth and other moths
Twenty-plume moth, Alucita hexadactyla 1, spear moth, la lance phalene 2-5, the olive moth 6, hornet clearwing, Sesia apiformis 7, and broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, Hemaris fuciformis 8

European honey bee, sea aster bee, nomad bee, etc
European honey bee, Apis mellifera m 9, f 10, A

Species of bumble-bees and carder bees
Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris 1, red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius 2, garden bumblebee, Bombus hortorum 3, early humble-bee, Bombus pratorum 4, red mason bee, Osmia bicornis 5

Species of wasps and hornets

Snipefly, black snipefly, small fleck-winged snipefly, etc
Snipefly, Rhagio scolopacea 1, 2, 5, Rhagio tringaria 3, 4, black snipefly, Chrysopilus cristatus 6, 10, Rhagio derelictus 7, Rhagio caelebs 8, small fleck-winged snipefly, Rhagio lineola 9

Banded and beautiful demoiselles
Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens male 1, female 3, beautiful demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo var. anceps male 2, female 4, C. virgo or splendens female 5, nymph 6

Vine hawk-moth, dagger wasps and horntails
Vine hawk-moth or silver-striped hawk-moth, Hippotion celerio, digger wasps, Sphex species, and horntails or wood wasps, Sirex species. Lepidoptera

Large red, common blue and azure damselflies
Large red damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, male 1, female 2, common blue damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum, male 3, female 4, and azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella, male 5, female 6

Clouded straw, wood leopard, scallop shell moth, etc
Clouded straw moth, female, 1, 2, wood leopard, Zeuzera pyrina 3, 4, scallop shell, Hydria undulata, 5, 6, and twenty-plume moth, Alucita hexadactyla 7

Migrant hawker, downy emerald and hairy dragonflies
Migrant hawker, Aeshna mixta 1, downy emerald, Cordulia aenea 2, hairy dragonfly, Brachytron pratense, female 3. As Libellula coluberculus, Libellula aenea, Libellula aspis

Species of parasitic and shield bugs

Golden-ringed and blue hawker dragonflies
Golden-ringed dragonfly, Cordulegaster boltonii, female 3, and southern hawker or blue hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea, male 4. Libellula forcipata, Libellula anguis

Species of cuckoo wasp
Cuckoo wasp, Sphex ignita 1, shimmering ruby tail, Chrysis fulgida 2, Chrysura radians 3, C. veridans 4, C. hephaestites 5, Order I. Chrysis curax, Order II, Chrysis politus, Order III. Hymenoptera

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"From Pheasants to Swallows: The Fascinating World of Flies" In the midst of a serene countryside, an alarmed Common Pheasant takes flight as a tiny fly buzzes past. Meanwhile, a graceful Swallow soars through the sky with effortless elegance, showcasing its mastery in flight. Across the channel in France, skilled anglers meticulously craft artificial fishing flies that lure unsuspecting fish from beneath the water's surface. These intricately designed creations are sought after by enthusiasts who understand their allure and effectiveness. Shifting our focus to another sport altogether, we find ourselves amidst a thrilling game of polo where women skillfully maneuver on horseback. As they gallop across the field with precision and grace, flies become mere spectators to this display of athleticism. The skies above witness remarkable scenes too; an RAF Westland Wessex gracefully glides over HMS Fearless (L10), leaving onlookers awestruck by its power and agility. Similarly, at Gatwick Airport's beehive terminal building in 1937, planes take off and land like industrious bees buzzing around their hive. Drawing inspiration from Greek mythology, we recall Icarus' ill-fated attempt to reach great heights using wings made of feathers and wax. His story serves as a reminder that even though flies may seem insignificant compared to birds or humans, they still play their part in nature's intricate tapestry. Transporting ourselves back in time to the 1936 Olympics held amidst political turmoil aboard the Hindenburg airship – it is here that French and English artificial fishing flies come together under one roof. Despite tensions between nations during these turbulent times, shared passions unite people beyond borders. As history unfolds before our eyes once more, a Westland Wessex effortlessly hovers over HMS Albion (R07). This awe-inspiring sight reminds us that technological advancements have allowed mankind to conquer new frontiers while coexisting with the buzzing world of flies.