true flies (excluding hoverflies)
![Fat-palped Tachinid [Nowickia ferox]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JMG_0090_60D_TheDowns_04Sep2024.jpg "Fat-palped Tachinid [Nowickia ferox]")
Fat-palped Tachinid [Nowickia ferox]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2024
![tachinid fly [Panzeria anthophila?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/4A_1804_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon_23Aug2015.jpg "tachinid fly [Panzeria anthophila?]")
tachinid fly [Panzeria anthophila?]
Adult on Apple Mint (Mentha suaveolens) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Aug 2015
![Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V0286_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Jun2025.jpg "Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]")
Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]
Adult on Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025
![Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG7_3650_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_21Jul2021.jpg "Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]")
Common Splay-wing [Phania funesta]
Adult on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2021
![Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V3543_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30Aug2025.jpg "Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]")
Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]
Adult on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025
![Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_0153_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_05Sep2021.jpg "Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]")
Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]
Adult on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Sep 2021
![Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/IMG_1165_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]")
Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]
Adult on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_1659_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Jun2025.jpg "Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]")
Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]
Adult on Traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba) leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2025
![Large Ragwort Picturewing [Merzomyia westermanni]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_8770_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_25Jul2023.jpg "Large Ragwort Picturewing [Merzomyia westermanni]")
Large Ragwort Picturewing [Merzomyia westermanni]
Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2023
![Knapweed Gall Fly [Urophora jacaena]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG7_4250_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_04Aug2021.jpg "Knapweed Gall Fly [Urophora jacaena]")
Knapweed Gall Fly [Urophora jacaena]
Adult on Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Aug 2021
![Tiger Cranefly [Nephrotoma flavescens]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_0604_EOS-1D_TheDowns_31May2025.jpg "Tiger Cranefly [Nephrotoma flavescens]")
Tiger Cranefly [Nephrotoma flavescens]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 31 May 2025
![cranefly [Tipula lunata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG8_7815_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_27May2022.jpg "cranefly [Tipula lunata]")
cranefly [Tipula lunata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 May 2022
![Black-striped Cranefly [Tipula vernalis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/IMG_0965_60D_TheDowns_17May2025.jpg "Black-striped Cranefly [Tipula vernalis]")
Black-striped Cranefly [Tipula vernalis]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 31 May 2025
![Banded Winter Gnat [Trichocera annulata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/JO8V4138_EOS-1D_TheDowns_17Oct2025.jpg "Banded Winter Gnat [Trichocera annulata]")
Banded Winter Gnat [Trichocera annulata]
T. annulata on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Oct 2025
![Three-spot Wingwaver [Herina nigrina]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/diptera/NG7_4414_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_10Aug2021.jpg "Three-spot Wingwaver [Herina nigrina]")
Three-spot Wingwaver [Herina nigrina]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2021