The true flies, including many familiar and economically important insects such as mosquitoes, black flies, midges, fruit flies, blow flies and house flies.
Subcategories 55
- Acroceridae
- Agromyzidae
- Anisopodidae
- Anthomyiidae
- Anthomyzidae
- Asilidae
- Bibionidae
- Blephariceridae
- Bombyliidae
- Braulidae
- Calliphoridae
- Cecidomyiidae
- Ceratopogonidae
- Chamaemyiidae
- Chaoboridae
- Chironomidae
- Chloropidae
- Culicidae
- Dolichopodidae
- Drosophilidae
- Empididae
- Ephydridae
- Hippoboscidae
- Lonchopteridae
- Mosquitoes
- Muscidae
- Mycetophilidae
- Mydidae
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- Fly Index Index for flies; click on any fly for image, biology, habits, control methods.
- Diptera - Flies Are Cool Photos and information on Diptera (true flies) and links to other entomological and parasitological sites.
- Diptera Characteristics, phylogeny, and images from the Tree of Life project.
- The Fly in Your Eye Full text of a book by Jim Heath telling the story of the war between bush flies and dung beetles in Australia. Includes cartoons, facts, and drawings.
- Garden Safari: Introduction to Diptera Photographs and information about flies and gnats in a garden in The Netherlands.
- Diptera.info Deals with all aspects of dipterology (the study of Diptera: flies and midges) and dipterists worldwide. Includes images and forums.
- iStudy Flies Observations, how flies affected the course of history, and pictures.
- North American Dipterists Society A variety of resources for scientists that study the insect order Diptera, true flies. Includes newsletters "Fly Times" and "Tachinid Times", Tachinidae resources.
- The Fly Proboscis Article by Mike Samworth describing this feature with a microscopic image of the mouthparts of Calliphora vomitoria.
- Diptera: Flies and Mosquitoes The characteristics of these insects, their life cycle, feeding and habitat, with illustrations.
- Tsetse Fly Information from Wikipedia on this large biting fly in the genus Glossina, its biology, morphology and systematics, and the disease it can carry, trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness.
- Phantom Midges, Phantom Crane Flies Article by Louise Kulzer about phantom midges (Chaoboridae) and phantom crane flies (Ptychopteridae) in the Seattle, Washington area.
- Brisbane Flies Information and pictures of flies in Brisbane, Australia.
- Flies in my Garden Photographs and information about flies found in a garden in the Netherlands.