true flies (excluding hoverflies)
![non-biting midge [unidentified]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V4734_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Nov2025.jpg "non-biting midge [unidentified]")
non-biting midge [unidentified]
male non-biting midge of the family Chironomidae on a Cherry Laurel leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Nov 2025
![non-biting midge [unidentified]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V4794_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02Dec2025.jpg "non-biting midge [unidentified]")
non-biting midge [unidentified]
mating pair of non-biting midges of the family Chironomidae on a Cherry Laurel leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 2 Dec 2025
![Yellow Swarming Fly [Thaumatomyia notata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V0453_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Jul2025.jpg "Yellow Swarming Fly [Thaumatomyia notata]")
Yellow Swarming Fly [Thaumatomyia notata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025
![Yellow-banded Conops [Conops quadrifasciatus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG7_4302_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_05Aug2021.jpg "Yellow-banded Conops [Conops quadrifasciatus]")
Yellow-banded Conops [Conops quadrifasciatus]
Mating pair, male above female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Aug 2021
![Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/IMG_0437_60D_TheDowns_08May2025.jpg "Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]")
Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]
Mating pair on sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025
![Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_9835_EOS-1D_TheDowns_08May2025.jpg "Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]")
Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]
Mating pair on sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025
![Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_9848_EOS-1D_TheDowns_08May2025.jpg "Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]")
Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea]
Mating pair on sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025
![Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/4A_9696_EOS-1D_Banstead_Common_09Jul2015.jpg "Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]")
Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]
Adult on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2015
![Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/IMG_1416_60D_TheDowns_28May2025.jpg "Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]")
Ferruginous Bee-Grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]
Mating pair on Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025
![house mosquito [Culex sp.]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V0693_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Jul2025.jpg "house mosquito [Culex sp.]")
house mosquito [Culex sp.]
Male; possibly Southern House Mosquito (C. quinquefasciatus?) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jul 2025
![Hooded Dryomyza [Dryomyza anilis?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_4916_EOS-1D_TheDowns_22Oct2025.jpg "Hooded Dryomyza [Dryomyza anilis?]")
Hooded Dryomyza [Dryomyza anilis?]
D. anilis on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Oct 2025
![dagger fly [Empis nigritarsis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_0377_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_07Sep2021.jpg "dagger fly [Empis nigritarsis]")
dagger fly [Empis nigritarsis]
Female on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Sep 2021
![dagger fly [Empis opaca]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/IMG_1213_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "dagger fly [Empis opaca]")
dagger fly [Empis opaca]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_0526_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30May2025.jpg "Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]")
Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]
Male on English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 May 2025
![Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/IMG_0416_60D_TheDowns_08May2025.jpg "Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]")
Common Dance Fly [Empis tessellata]
Adult on English Oak leaf- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025
![Lauxaniid fly [Meiosimyza rorida?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_3549_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Aug2025.jpg "Lauxaniid fly [Meiosimyza rorida?]")
Lauxaniid fly [Meiosimyza rorida?]
Adult on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Aug 2025
![Lauxaniid fly [Minettia inusta]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V9970_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg "Lauxaniid fly [Minettia inusta]")
Lauxaniid fly [Minettia inusta]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![lauxaniid fly [Sapromyza quadricincta?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG7_3728_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_01Aug2021.jpg "lauxaniid fly [Sapromyza quadricincta?]")
lauxaniid fly [Sapromyza quadricincta?]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2021
![Lauxaniid fly [Tricholauxania praeusta?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V3971_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Oct2025.jpg "Lauxaniid fly [Tricholauxania praeusta?]")
Lauxaniid fly [Tricholauxania praeusta?]
Lauxaniid fly, possibly T. praeusta - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 12 Oct 2025
![Death's Head Fly (or Batman Hoverfly) [Myathropa florea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/IMG_0384_60D_TheDowns_03May2025.jpg "Death's Head Fly (or Batman Hoverfly) [Myathropa florea]")
Death's Head Fly (or Batman Hoverfly) [Myathropa florea]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 May 2025