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

pergandei group


LA County Museum Phorid site
Brian V. Brown's Phoridae site

Field/Photo ID for Flies: Fly Guide
Created by Even Dankowicz, and maintained by Zachary and Even Dankowicz.

Flies of Illinois
Our own Angella Moorehouse has been photographing plants and bugs in Illinois for years and she has put together a free downloadable guide to many of the flies she has photographed in Illinois. You will likely find it useful throughout much of the Midwest and Northeast. Enjoy! Thank you, Angella!

Diptera.info
arguably, world's most vibrant and influential forum, image gallery, and info resource on Diptera

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Nearctic Diptera (Discover Life's IDnature guide)
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Identification Key to the Common Forensically Important Adult Flies (Diptera) of Northern Kentucky
Information and keys to important forensic flies in Kentucky.

Includes nice illustrations of fly anatomy, key to calyptrate families, and a key to species of Calliphoridae.


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The Diptera Site
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apparently a spinoff of(1); edited by Irina Brake, NHM London.
well worth exploring

Evenhuis N.L. (ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions (online version)
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