Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Order Diptera - Flies


The Horse Flies and Deer Flies of Idaho, Oregon and Washington State
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Anthony W. Thomas, Luc Leblanc, William J. Turner

Checklist of Dolichopodidae s.str. of America North of Mexico
"The purpose of this checklist is to provide a current online list of the dolichopodid fauna of America north of Mexico that can be regularly updated as new taxa and changes in classification are published. This checklist records 57 genera, 1291 species and 3 subspecies of Dolichopodidae s.str. in America north of Mexico."

Cite as: Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M. and Pollet, M.A.A. 2005. Checklist of the Dolichopodidae s.str. (Diptera) of America north of Mexico (1st Edition). PDF document, 18 pp.

Robber Flies of Florida (Steve Collins)
Wonderful site with excellent photos.

Beckemeyer R.J. (2001) Asilidae Page
[cite:738548]

Lavers N. (2007) The robber flies of Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas: An illustrated field guide
[cite:618669]
no idea why Norm haven't added his wonderful site to BG refs yet...

<a href="" target="_blank">Species profile</a>[cite:618669]

Dikow T. (2004–2012) AsilidaeData -- web-site version 2
[cite:593397]
Jump to: Asilinae | Brachyrhopalinae | Dasypogoninae | Dioctriinae |

Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
[cite:590941]

California Robber Flies
[cite:423517]
List of 386 spp. based on prediction from(1)