True Fly Collection (page 3)

Meadow Grasshopper -Chorthippus parallelus-, female, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

European Hoverfly or Drone Fly -Eristalis tenax-, male, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Dronefly -Eristalis tenax-, female sunbathing, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Robberfly -Machimus rusticus-, sitting on a flower of a wild carrot, Germany

Marmalade Hoverfly -Episyrphus balteatus-, female, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Tachinid Fly -Phasia Hemiptera- on Canadian Goldenrod -Solidago canadensis-, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Rosalia Longicorn -Rosalia alpina-, male, Huelben, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Parasite Fly -Elomya lateralis-, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Forest Dung Beetle -Anoplotrupes stercorosus- Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Parasitic Fly -Gymnosoma nudifrons- Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Common Scorpionfly -Panorpa communis-, male, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Tachinid Fly -Phasia Hemiptera- on Horse Mint -Mentha longifolia-, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Snail-killing Fly -Coremacera marginata-, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Common Hoverfly -Helophilus pendulus-, sucking nectar, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bee -Apis sp. - on Creeping Zinnia -Sanvitalia procumbens solaris-, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
Bee -Apis sp.- on Creeping Zinnia -Sanvitalia procumbens solaris-, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Common Hoverfly -Spaerophoria scripta-, female sucking nectar, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Muscid Fly -Phaonia angelicae-, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Dead Head Hoverfly -Myathropa florea-, female, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Melanostoma mellinum hoverfly, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Hoverfly -Syrphus ribesii-, male on flowering Ivy, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Green Bottle Fly -Lucilia sp. -, female, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
Green Bottle Fly -Lucilia sp.-, female, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Gray Flesh Fly -Sarcophaga carnaria- Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Stable Fly -Stomoxys calcitrans-, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Short-tongued Hoverfly -Villa spec. - drinking from a flower of the Western Strawberry Tree -Arbutus unedo-, Europa
Short-tongued Hoverfly -Villa spec.- drinking from a flower of the Western Strawberry Tree -Arbutus unedo-, Europa, Switzerland

March Flies -Bibio marci-, copula, male left, female right, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

March Fly -Bibio marci-, female, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Crane fly -Tipulidae-, perched on bulrush, Ummendorfer Ried Nature Reserve, Ummendorf, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

True Crane Fly -Ctenophora sp. -, female, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
True Crane Fly -Ctenophora sp.-, female, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Larva of a Hoverfly -Syrphidae- on a bud of a Rose -Rosa-, beneficial insect, macro shot, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Cranefly species or daddy longlegs -Tipula maxima-, Bavaria, Germany

Large Hoverfly -Volucella bombylans-, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Thick-headed Fly -Conops quadrifasciatus-, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Wasp Robber Fly with prey, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa, Africa

Robber Fly -Asilidae sp. -, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa, Africa
Robber Fly -Asilidae sp.-, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa, Africa

Wasp Robber Fly -Asilidae- with prey, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa, Africa

Robber Fly -Asilidae- with prey, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa, Africa

Robber Fly -Asilidae-, Goegap Nature Reserve, Namaqualand, South Africa, Africa

Ectophasia oblonga, Tachinid fly, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Hoverfly C016 / 6099
Hoverfly (family Syrphida)

Hoverfly C016 / 6098
Hoverfly (family Syrphida)

Horse botfly larvae C016 / 5712
Horse botfly (Gasterophilus sp.). Specimen of hose botfly larvae attached to the stomach wall of a horse

Scuttle fly in amber
A scuttle fly preserved in Dominican amber. This specimen dates from the Lower Miocene

Snipe flies in amber
Snipe flies trapped and preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Lampromyia sp. fly
Larvae of this family Vermilionidae behave like ant-lions, they make a funnel in the sand and wait at the bottom for other invertebrates to fall in. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Two birds on title page, waiting for crumbs
Heart-shaped enamel on metal badge made by Ernestine Mills (1871-1959), possibly for the W.S.P.Us Womens Exhibition of 1909

Brachyera family specimens
Examples of five Brachyera families showing diversity of appearance, Apioceridae, Mydidae, Empididae, Pelecorhynchidae and Nemestrinidae. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

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