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Flies

Hover your mouse over an image to see its description, and click to view a larger version. Prints and digital downloads can be purchased via the shopping-cart icon in the larger view. Teachers are welcome to use any of the images in lectures for free as long as watermarks are visible and they are not published online or in print. My full photography site is here if you’d like to browse.

Ocellate gall midge
Cotton-gall Tephritid
Cotton-gall Tephritid
Cotton-gall Tephritid
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian bush mosquito
Amblyonychus sp.
Amobia sp.
Grape filbert gall
Grape filbert gall
Anthomyia illocata
Anthrax georgicus
Antocha sp.
Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) larva and pupa
Large creosote gall midge
Large creosote gall midge
Euthamia leaf gall midge (Asteromyia euthamiae)
Euthamia leaf gall midge
Euthamia leaf gall midge
Bermudagrass stem maggot
Atomosia puella
Atomosia puella
Atomosia puella
Atomosia puella
Bibio longipes
Eastern phantom crane fly
Common wood fly
Houdini fly larvae
Houdini fly
Houdini fly
Houdini fly
Houdini fly
Houdini fly
Houdini fly
Pink gall
Hackberry thorn gall  midge
Hackberry thorn gall  midge
Hackberry thorn gall  midge
Cerotainia albipilosa
Cerotainia macrocera
Snow fly
Chironomidae
Quadrate snipe fly
Golden-backed snipe fly
Golden-backed snipe flies
Golden-backed snipe flies
Golden-backed snipe flies
Golden-backed snipe fly
Golden-backed snipe fly
Bathroom moth fly
Fly on chipmunk scat
Condylostylus sp.
Condylostylus on zucchini leaf
Condylostylus mundus
Condylostylus on zucchini leaf
Cordyligaster septentrionalis
cosmopterix-pulchrimella
White dotted mosquito
Mosquitoes on ice
Mosquitoes on ice
Mosquito on ice
Culex
Ash bullet gall
Ash bullet gall
Hornbeam leaf gall midge
Dasineura pudibunda
Hornbeam leaf gall midge
Dasineura pudibunda
Common picture-winged fly
Bristle fly
Diamesa nivoriunda
Dilophus strigilatus
Dioctria hyalipennis
Unidentified fly
Three flies eating feces
Long-legged fly
Efferia
Efferia aestuans
Efferia aestuans
Efferia aestuans
Efferia sp.
Black cherry finger gall mite
Erioptera vespertina
Yellow-shouldered drone fly
Eudioctria albius
Eudioctria sp.
Goldenrod gall fly, bunch gall midge
Goldenrod gall fly
Euxesta notata
Exoprosopa
Geranomyia communis
Bee fly on juniper stem
Geron sp.
Geron sp.
Gnophomyia tristissima
Gnophomyia tristissima
Gnophomyia tristissima
Gnophomyia tristissima
Gnophomyia tristissima
Gnophomyia tristissima
Grallipeza nebulosa
Black soldier fly
Holcocephala sp.
Hylemya alcathoe
Limonia annulata
Yellowjacket hover fly
Freeloader flies (Milichiidae) sharing meal with Chinese mantid
American green crab spider with crane fly
Muscid
Mycodrosophila dimidiata
Neoempheria balioptera
Neoitamus flavofemoratus
Neoitamus flavofemoratus
Neoitamus flavofemoratus
Neolasioptera impatientifolia
tiger cranefly
Ochthera tuberculata
Ochthera tuberculata
Gall on juniper
Ommatius tibialis
Ommatius tibialis
Physocephala tibialis
Physocephala tibialis
Physocephala tibialis
Physocephala tibialis
Common lovebugs
Common lovebugs
Poecilanthrax sp.
Oak leaf gall midge
Oak leaf gall midge
Oak leaf gall midge larvae
Oak leaf gall midge larva
Oak leaf gall midge larvae
Promachus princeps
Promachus princeps
Red-footed cannibal fly
White-footed woods mosquito
White-footed woods mosquito
White-footed woods mosquito
White-footed woods mosquito
Compost flies
Ptilodexia sp.
Ptilodexia sp.
Rainieria antennaepes
Rainieria antennaepes
Rainieria antennaepes
Rainieria antennaepes
Common snipe fly
Rhamphomyia glabra
Sagebrush stem rosette gall
Rhopalomyia
Rhopalomyia hirtipomum
Goldenrod bunch gall
Cotton-gall midge
Sagebrush stem rosette gall
Sagebrush stem rosette gall
Sagebrush stem rosette gall
Sagebrush stem rosette gall
Rivellia flavimana
Rivellia flavimana
Bald-faced hornet fly
Sunflower maggot fly
Sunflower maggot flies
Sylvicola alternatus (female)
Stilt-legged flies
Cypress twig gall midge
Cypress twig gall midge
Thaumatomyia glabra
Giant crane fly
Syrphid flies hovering at wild bergamot
Margined calligrapher
Swift feather-legged fly
Swift feather-legged fly
Swift feather-legged fly
Banded bee fly
Grape tumid gallmaker
Grape tumid gallmaker
Grape tumid gallmaker
Walshmoyia sp.
Walshomyia sp.
Walshomyia sp.
Walshomyia sp.
Walshomyia sp.
Juniper urn gall midge
Juniper urn gall midge
Juniper urn gall midge
Tiger bee fly
Tiger bee fly
Xylophagus
Zelia

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