A large family of Muscoidea flies that are commonly called "root maggots" as the larvae commonly feed on the roots of plants. Some species are agricultural pests.
Although harmless to humans, the Asilidae are powerful insects with sharp piercing mouthparts.
A group of flies that are variously known as 'March flies' or 'love bugs'.
The Bee flies consist of several hundred genera and over 4,500 species worldwide, and there are 9 resident species in the UK.
Bombylius is a genus of flies in the Bombyliidae family.
The blow flies, greenbottle, bluebottle, and carrion flies.
A globally distributed family of thin elongated flies with segmented antenae, the antenae can be plumose in some males.
A family of small grass flies, which are sometimes called frit flies. There are some 2000 species and 160 genera world wide.
The true flies, an order of the class Insecta characterized by possessing only two wings and a pair of halters.
These long-legged flies, make up a large family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera distributed worldwide.
