A selection of flies seen on Aylesbeare Common last year.
HOVERFLIES
Superb Anthill Hoverfly - Xanthogramma pedissequum
Two-banded Spearhorn - Chrysotoxum bicinctum
White-clubbed Glasswing - Scaeva pyrastri
Migrant Broadtail - Eupeodes corollae
Early Epistrophe - Epistrophe elegans
Orange-belted Leaf-walker - Xylota segnis
Figwort Cheilosia - Cheilosia variabilis
Female Globetail species - Sphaerophoria sp. Apparently females of this genus are impossible to identify to species.
Common Weeny - Paragus haemorrhous
BEE-FLIES
Dark-edged Bee-fly - Bombylius major. Female collecting sand on her abdomen.
Western Bee-fly - Bombylius canescens
OTHER FLIES
Noon Fly - Mesembrina meridiana
Four-barred Knapweed Sawfly - Urophora quadrifasciata. This fly is less than 3mm long!
Small Bee Grabber - Thecophora atra
NOT EVEN FLIES
Mother Shipton - Callistege mi
Green Hairstreak - Callophrys rubi
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