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Natural History of Radley

Two-winged Flies (Diptera)
   
More photographs of Diptera found in Radley
 

A muscid fly, Phaonia sp., photographed 15 May 2005 by B Crowley; probable ID by J Ismay & B Schulten

Phaonia sp. - a muscid fly

(15 May 2005)*

Platypalpus sp., photographed 30 April 2005 by B Crowley; ID by J Ismay & B Schulten

Platypalpus sp. - a hybotid dance fly

(30 April 2005)

 

 

Sphaerophoria scripta photographed 22 july 2008 by L Pasquire

Sphaerophoria scripta - a hoverfly (male)

(22 July 2008)

Helophilus pendulus on Michaelmas Daisy (Aster novi-belgii) photographed 23 August 2008 by B Crowley

Helophilus pendulus - a hoverfly

(23 August 2008)

   

Aedes cantans - a mosquito, photographed 03 November 2008 by B Crowley

Aedes cantans - a mosquito (male)

(03 November 2008)

Melanostoma scalare, photographed 20 April 2009, by B Crowley

Melanostoma scalare - a hoverfly (male)

(20 April 2009)

   

Sarcophagid fly, photographed by B Crowley, 12 May 2008

A sarcophagid fly

(12 May 2008)

Moth fly, photographed 06 April 2009 by S Calvert Fisher

A moth fly (probably pericoma sp.)

(3mm)

(6 April 2009)*
   
     
 
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