Insects
True flies (Diptera)

True fly (Diptera) field guide

Add a sighting Subscribe

True flies (Diptera)

Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
Hover flies (Syrphidae)
Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
Mydas flies (Mydidae)
Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
Robber flies (Asilidae)
Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
Other true flies

Filter

Clear
Critically endangered * Endangered * Vulnerable * Very rare / threatened Rare or uncommon native Local native Non-local native Vagrant native Cosmopolitan Migratory Exotic Locally extinct Unknown
Non-invasive or negligible Minor weed or pest Medium weed or pest Major weed or pest Severe weed or pest Unknown

Page 1 of 2

24

Apiocera moerens (Flower-loving Fly)

Apiocera moerens
Apiocera moerens
Apiocera moerens

Asiobaccha notofasciata (A wasp-like hover fly)

Asiobaccha notofasciata
Asiobaccha notofasciata
Asiobaccha notofasciata

Austrosciapus connexus (Green long-legged fly)

Austrosciapus connexus
Austrosciapus connexus
Austrosciapus connexus

Austrosciapus sp. (genus) (Long-legged fly)

Austrosciapus sp. (genus)
Austrosciapus sp. (genus)
Austrosciapus sp. (genus)

Calyptrate (subsection) (Unidentified house-flies, blow-flies and their allies)

Calyptrate (subsection)
Calyptrate (subsection)
Calyptrate (subsection)
Calyptrate (subsection)

Chaetophthalmus sp. (genus) (A bristle fly)

Chaetophthalmus sp. (genus)
Chaetophthalmus sp. (genus)
Chaetophthalmus sp. (genus)

Chironomidae (family) (Non-biting Midge)

female

female

Chironomidae (family)
Chironomidae (family)
Chironomidae (family)
female

Dasybasis sp. (genus) (A march fly)

Dasybasis sp. (genus)
Dasybasis sp. (genus)
Dasybasis sp. (genus)
Dasybasis sp. (genus)

Episyrphus viridaureus (Hoverfly)

Episyrphus viridaureus
Episyrphus viridaureus
Episyrphus viridaureus
Episyrphus viridaureus

Eumerus sp. (genus) (A hoverfly)

Eumerus sp. (genus)
Eumerus sp. (genus)
Eumerus sp. (genus)

Heteropsilopus ingenuus (A long-legged fly)

Heteropsilopus ingenuus
Heteropsilopus ingenuus
Heteropsilopus ingenuus

Limoniidae (family) (Unknown Limoniid Crane Fly)

Limoniidae (family)
Limoniidae (family)
Limoniidae (family)
Limoniidae (family)

Melangyna sp. (genus) (Hover Fly)

Melangyna sp. (genus)
Larvae

Larvae
Melangyna sp. (genus)
Melangyna sp. (genus)
Larvae

Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly)

Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps

Platystomatidae (family) (Unidentified signal fly)

Platystomatidae (family)
Platystomatidae (family)
Platystomatidae (family)
Platystomatidae (family)

Pogonortalis doclea (Boatman fly)

Pogonortalis doclea
Pogonortalis doclea
Pogonortalis doclea
Pogonortalis doclea

Ptilogyna (Ptilogyna) ramicornis (A crane fly)

Ptilogyna (Ptilogyna) ramicornis
Ptilogyna (Ptilogyna) ramicornis
Ptilogyna (Ptilogyna) ramicornis

Simosyrphus grandicornis (Common hover fly)

Simosyrphus grandicornis
Simosyrphus grandicornis
Simosyrphus grandicornis
Simosyrphus grandicornis

Tabanidae (family) (Unidentified march or horse fly)

Tabanidae (family)
Tabanidae (family)
Tabanidae (family)
Tabanidae (family)

Tabanus australicus (Australian March Fly)

Tabanus australicus
Tabanus australicus
Tabanus australicus

1  2 

1,906,878 sightings of 21,358 species from 13,166 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.