DIPTERA 2 - other flies - A diary of wildlife on Banstead Downs

true flies (excluding hoverflies)

Common Bluebottle [Calliphora vicina]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Mar 2026

Common Bluebottle [Calliphora vicina]

Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2021

Common Greenbottle [Lucilia sericata?]

Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Sep 2021

green bottle fly [Lucilia sp.]

Adult on a dogwood leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 01 Oct 2025

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]

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]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025

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]

Mating pair on sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025

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]

Mating pair on sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025

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]

Mating pair on Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025

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?]

D. anilis on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Oct 2025

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]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025

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]

Adult on English Oak leaf- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025

Lauxaniid fly [Meiosimyza rorida?]

Adult on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Aug 2025

A diary of wildlife on Banstead Downs

Explore the diverse flora and fauna on the Downs from season to season through personal observations and photographs

DIPTERA 2 – other flies

true flies (excluding hoverflies)

DIPTERA 2 – other flies

true flies (excluding hoverflies)

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