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Order Diptera - Flies

"Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) · "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) · Aschiza · Calyptratae · Acalyptratae

"Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera)
Phanton Cranefly - Bittacomorpha clavipes Mosquito - Feeding Sequence - Aedes vexans - female Cranefly - Nephrotoma Moth Fly - Clogmia albipunctata Midge? - male March Fly - Penthetria heteroptera - male Dark-winged fungus gnat? small fly Winter Crane Fly

"Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora)
Stratiomys sp. - Stratiomys discalis Robber Fly, with prey - Diogmites discolor Robber Fly - Neoitamus sp? - Ommatius tibialis Mydas Fly - Mydas maculiventris - female Bee Fly - Poecilanthrax sp? - Neodiplocampta miranda Golden-backed Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus thoracicus - female Long-legged Fly?

Aschiza
Flat-footed Fly on Stinkhorn Mushroom - Melanderomyia - female mating flies - Chaetopleurophora Toxomerus Politus - Toxomerus politus Another fly to ID please. - Eristalis tenax - male Fly - Merodon equestris Yellowjacket Hover Fly - Milesia virginiensis - female Mexican Cactus Fly - Copestylum mexicanum Syrphids? - Tomosvaryella - male - female

Calyptratae
Fly Golden Dung Flies Mating - Scathophaga stercoraria - male - female Fly Portrait Tachina Fly - Trichopoda pennipes Tachinid Fly - Gymnosoma Greenbottle blow fly - Lucilia Tachinid? - Pollenia - male Hippoboscidae - Pseudolynchia canariensis

Acalyptratae
Waved Light Fly - Pyrgota undata - male Picture Wing Fly - Delphinia picta Stilt-legged Fly - Rainieria antennaepes Fly Seeks ID, #2 - Odontoloxozus longicornis Handsome Little Fly - Minettia lupulina Fly - Drosophila Thick-Headed Fly in Excellent Mimicry - Physocephala Marsh Fly - Sepedon


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