Images marked with an asterix * were not taken in Leicestershire but show species which are regularly seen in the County.
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| True flies (order Diptera) are an immense group with over 100,000 known species. They all have their hind pair of wings reduced to pin-shaped structures called halteres which act as gyroscopes to maintain balance in flight. Most feed on liquids, including nectar and blood. |
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Spotted Crane Fly |
Nephrotoma quadrifaria |
Tipula oleracea |
Tipula vernalis |
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Bibio lanigerus |
Bibio angelicus |
Fever-fly - Dilophus febrilis |
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Stratiomys potomida |
Microchrysa polita |
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Chrysopilus cristatus |
Rhagio lineola |
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Empis opaca |
Empis tessellata |
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus |
Dolichopus popularis |
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Thistle Gall Fly - Urophora cardui |
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Nemopoda nitidula |
Sepsis fulgens |
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Tachina fera |
Dexiosoma caninum |
Exorista rustica |
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Bluebottle - Calliphora vomitoria |
Calliphora vicina |
Greenbottle - Lucilia caesar |
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| Cluster fly - Pollenia rudis |
Pollenia Sp. |
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| Yellow Dung Fly |
Scathophaga sp. |
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Mesembrina meridiana |
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Phaonia subventa |
Phaonia tuguriorum |
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Graphomyia maculata - female |
Graphomyia maculata - male |
Anthomyia pluvialis |
Helina impuncta |
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| Hydrotaea similis |
Morellia simplex |
Fannia sp. |
Mydaea corni |
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| Musca autumnalis |
Haematobosca stimulans |
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