Michael Hutchinson / Female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, trying to catch a hoverfly, Bristol, England, UK, April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Wide angle shot of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, with flies flying nearby, Bristol, England, UK, April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Close-up of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, feeding on hoverfly prey, Bristol, England, UK, April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Close-up of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) catching a hoverfly, on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua), Bristol, England, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to and catching a fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Floris van Breugel / Alkali fly (Ephydra hians) underwater in protective air bubble, Mono Lake, California, USA.
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James Dunbar / Close up of a Cryptic mantis (Sibylla pretiosia) catching and eating a fruit fly, UK. Captive.
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James Dunbar / Close up of a Cryptic mantis (Sibylla pretiosia) catching and eating a fruit fly, UK. Captive.
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Pal Hermansen / Hoverfly in flight, backlight, Norway, September.
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Jeff Vanuga / Ephydrid flies (Ephydra sp) that eat microscopic algae and survives during the winter in thermal pools. Biscut Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January.
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Steve Downer / Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) close-up of eye.
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MYN / Gil Wizen / Human botfly (Dermatobia hominis), adult and larva. Cayo District, Belize. Composite image. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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Nick Upton / Close up of a male Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) climbing up to the top of some sheep dung, Wiltshire, England, UK, March. Slow motion clip.
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Ammonite / Male Yellow dung flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) fighting over a female on a cowpat, UK.
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Ammonite / Male Yellow dung flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) fighting over a female on a cowpat, UK.
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Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Dead Houseflies {Musca domesticus} and Bluebottle flies {Calliphora vomitaria}, UK
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Nick Upton / Cluster fly (Pollenia sp.) sunning on a lichen encrusted tree trunk, Godlingston Heath, Dorset, UK.,, September.
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Nick Upton / Meadow Eupeodes hoverfly / Meadow field syrph (Eupeodes latifasciatus) nectaring on a Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) flower, Wiltshire, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Golden-tailed leafwalker hoverfly (Xylota sylvarum) resting on a leaf close in a garden, Wiltshire, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Miltogrammine fly (Miltogramma punctata), a bee parasite, lurking near Heather Colletes bee (Colletes succinctus) burrows on sandy heathland, Dorset, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Female Muscid fly (Graphomya maculata) nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers in woodland, Catcott Lows National Nature Reserve, Somerset, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Male Muscid fly (Graphomya maculata) nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers in woodland, Catcott Lows National Nature Reserve, Somerset, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Male Anthomyiid fly (Delia albula) sunning itself on a coastal sand dune, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly / Sun fly (Helophilus trivittatus) nectaring on Michaelmas daisy (Aster x salignus) flowers, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Large female Wasp hoverfly (Chrysotoxum cautum) resting on a grass stem in scrubland, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) nectaring on Michaelmas daisy (Aster x salignus) flower, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, September.
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Robin Chittenden / Tiger hoverfly pair (Helophilus pendulus) mating on grass blade, Norfolk, UK. September.
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Robin Chittenden / Hornet mimic hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) nectaring on wildflowers, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK. August.
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Chris Mattison / Root-maggot fly (Hylemya sp.) on a leaf, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.
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Chris Mattison / Hoverfly (Leucozona lucorum) resting on a leaf, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.
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Chris Mattison / Tachinid fly (probably Tachina fera) feeding on Ivy (Hedera sp.) flowers, Wales, UK. October.
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Chris Mattison / Common flesh fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) feeding on Ivy (Hedera sp.) flowers, Wales, UK. October.
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Ashley Cooper / Yellow dung flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) mating on a cow pat, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, UK. August.
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus), feeding on pollen from Regal lily (Lilium regale) picking up pollen on their legs, UK. July.
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Philippe Clement / Female Tapered drone fly / Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax) pollinating and feeding on nectar from Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) flower, Belgium. August.
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Philippe Clement / Male Hornet mimic hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) pollinating Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) flower in summer, Belgium. August.
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Philippe Clement / Female European hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) pollinating Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) in flower, Belgium. August.
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Philippe Clement / Female European hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) pollinating Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) in flower, Belgium. August.
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Guy Edwardes / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) with fly (Suillia variegata) feeding on spores, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. Focus stacked image. November.
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Doug Wechsler / Stilt-legged fly (Rainieria antennaepes) feeding on raccoon scat, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. June.
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Doug Wechsler / Fly (Anthomyiidae sp.) on leaf, rubbing its legs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. July.
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Doug Wechsler / Hover fly (Syrphidae sp.) larvae feeding on aphids (Uroleucon sp.), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. June.
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Doug Wechsler / Stilt-legged fly (Rainieria antennaepes) on scat, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. August.
