"Diptera" means "Two-wing".
Flies have one pair of wings and one pair of haltares. https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide
"The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat." ~ G. C. Lichtenberg
Flies have one pair of wings and one pair of haltares. https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide
"The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat." ~ G. C. Lichtenberg
Tiger crane fly - Nephrotoma suturalis wulpiana
3 photos
Crane fly - Tipula (triplicitipula) praecisa
11 photos
Crane fly - Unidentified sp.
1 photos
Limoniid crane fly - Unidentified sp. (possible Trimicra pilipes)
2 photos
Limoniid crane fly - Limonia sp. (subgenus Geranomyia)
2 photos
Crane fly - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Giant western crane fly - Holorusia hespera
1 photos
Crane fly - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Mosquito - Culiseta incidens
2 photos
Mosquito - Anopheles franciscanus
2 photos
Winter Mosquito - Culiseta inornata
1 photos
Southern House Mosquito - Culex quinquefasciatus
1 photos
Yellow Fever Mosquito - Aedes aegypti
8 photos
Midges - Famly Chironomidae
17 photos
Dixid midge - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Dark-winged Fungus Gnat- Unidentified sp.
3 photos
Locust gall midge - Obolodiplosis robiniae
3 photos
Vinegar fly - Family Drosophilidae (Vinegar Flies)
4 photos
Pomace flies - Family Drosophilidae
2 photos
March fly - Bibio albipennis
10 photos
March fly - Dilophus occipitalis
5 photos
Black soldier fly - Hermita illucens
6 photos
Stiletto fly - Ozodiceromyia nigrimana
7 photos
Stiletto fly -Thereva sp.
1 photos
Freeloader Flies - Family Milichiidae
8 photos
Bumble bee robber fly - Mallaphora fautrix faucticuides
24 photos
Robber fly - Machimus sp.
2 photos
Robber fly - Machimus sp.
1 photos
Robber fly - Efferia albibarbis
1 photos
Robber Fly - Saropogon luteus
2 photos
Robber fly - Proctacanthus sp.
4 photos
Bee fly 1 - Nyia gazophylax
5 photos
Bee fly - Villa lateralis
25 photos
Bee fly 10 - Villa sp.
2 photos
Bee fly 13 - Villa sp.
1 photos
Bee fly - Exoprosopa sp.
4 photos
Bee fly 3 - Poecilanthrax arethusa
10 photos
Sinuous bee fly - Hemipenthes sinuosa
2 photos
Bee fly 4 - Bombylius sp.
1 photos
Bee fly 5 - Xenox habrosus
3 photos
Bee fly - Paravilla (syrtis?)
2 photos
Bee Flies - Geron spp.
8 photos
Bee fly - Neacreotrichus sp.
2 photos
Bee fly - Poecilognathus sp.
1 photos
Long-legged fly - Condylostylus longicornis
10 photos
Woodpecker fly - Medetera sp.
3 photos
Yellow jacket mimic - Chrysotoxum sp.
2 photos
Mexican Cactus fly - Copestylum mexicanum
17 photos
Purple bromeliad fly -Copestylum violaceum
2 photos
Copestylum mexicanum-violaceum group
10 photos
Flower fly - Copestylum avidum
4 photos
Flower fly - Copestylum marginatum
11 photos
Flower fly - Eristalinus aenus
7 photos
Stripe-eyed flower fly - Eristalinus taeniops
17 photos
Flower fly -Palpada alhambra
9 photos
Flower fly - Palpada sp. (Palpada vinetorum and/or alhambra?)
8 photos
Drone fly - Eristalis tenax
6 photos
Drone fly - Eristalis stipator
7 photos
Drone fly - Eristalis and/or Palpada spp.?
17 photos
Bird hover fly - Eupeodes volucris
19 photos
Western Aphideater - Eupeodes fumipennis
8 photos
Common oblique syrphid - Allograpta obliqua
37 photos
Exotic streaktail - Allograpta exotica
2 photos
Flower fly - Fazia micrura
3 photos
Black-margined Flower Fly - Syrphus opinator
1 photos
Flower fly - Sphaerophoria contigua
1 photos
Flower fly - Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
4 photos
Flower fly - Sphaerophoria sp.
2 photos
Flower fly 11 - Platycheirus obscurus
1 photos
Margined Calligrapher - Toxomerus marginatus
28 photos
Western Calligrapher -Toxomerus occidentalis
5 photos
Broad-headed marsh fly - Helophilus latifrons
3 photos
Four-Speckled Hoverfly - Dioprosopa clavata
11 photos
Western Band-winged Hover Fly - Hypocritanus lemur
3 photos
Thick-legged hoverfly - Syritta pipiens
37 photos
Little blood-red flower fly - Paragus haemorrhous
18 photos
Flower fly - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Flower fly - Unidentified sp.
1 photos
Flower fly 12 - Eumerus sp.
1 photos
Latrine fly - Chrysomya megacephala
4 photos
Greenbottle fly - Lucilia sericata
30 photos
Bluebottle fly - Calliphora sp.
2 photos
Blow fly - Calliphora sp.
2 photos
Fruit fly - Dioxyna picciola
5 photos
Cluster fly - Pollenia spp.
9 photos
Flesh flies - spp.
8 photos
Satellite fly - Unidentified sp. - Subfamily Miltogramminae
4 photos
Satellite fly??? - Unidentified sp.
3 photos
Copperbottle fly - Lucilia cuprina
6 photos
Root-maggot fly - Anthomyia illocata
1 photos
Root-maggot fly - Unidentified sp.
8 photos
Bermudagrass Stem Maggot - Atherigona reversura
3 photos
Tachinid fly - Gymnosoma sp.
2 photos
Elongate tachinid fly - Cylindromyia sp.
3 photos
Tachinid fly - Archytas apicifer
13 photos
Tachinid fly - Peleteria sp.
16 photos
Tachinid fly - Peleteria sp.
2 photos
Tachinid - Leschenaultia sp.
1 photos
Tachinid fly - Chetogena sp
4 photos
Tachnid fly - Clausicella setigera
4 photos
Tachinid fly - Nemorilla pyste
1 photos
Tachinid fly - Unidentified sp.
3 photos
Tachinid fly - Unidentified sp.
1 photos
Tachinid fly - Ormia ochracea
7 photos
Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) - Ceratitis capitata
3 photos
Fruit fly - Trupanea sp.
15 photos
Sourbush Seed Fly - Acinia picturata
1 photos
Fruit fly - Fruit fly - Paracantha cultaris
6 photos
Trickling Filter Fly - Psychoda alternata
1 photos
Boatman fly - Pogonortalis doclea
8 photos
Small fruit fly - Drosophila repleta (complex)
1 photos
Filter fly - Clogmia albipunctata
3 photos
Moth fly - Psychoda sp.
1 photos
Marsh fly - Sepedon pacifica
1 photos
Marsh fly - Dictya spp.
2 photos
Fly - Family Heleomyzidae
1 photos
Frit fly -Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Leaf-miner fly - Liriomyza sp.
9 photos
Leaf-miner fly - Unidentified sp.
3 photos
Rust fly?? - Unidentified sp. Family Psilidae
2 photos
Fly 2 - Unidentified sp.
2 photos
Minute black scavenger fly (Family Scatopsidae) - Unidentified sp.
1 photos
Lance fly - Lonchaea sp.
2 photos
Aphid fly - Leucopis sp.
2 photos
Humpbacked (phorid) fly - Unidentified sp.
3 photos
All images © Kim Moore (contact for use)