Native Fly Visitors Updated Aug 2021
Interesting Facts about Flies
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Flies have short antennae and two wings.
Bee Flies lay eggs on bee larvae.
Robber Flies catch insects while flying.
Craneflies (look like large mosquitoes) feed on decaying matter, eat algae and some eat wood.
Large Craneflies (Tipula) species in our area number about 560 species.
Flesh Flies larvae eat only dead flesh and they were used to
to clean wounds of soldiers during the Civil War.
Robber flies sizes from 1/4 in (Gant Ogres) to 2 in long
Fly Visitors
Antlike
Band-winged Cranefly
Bee Fly
Black Fly
Blue-black Robber Fly
Bottle
Cluster
Easternb Calligrapher
Flesh
Flower
Gray
Horse Fly
House Fly
Large Cranefly
Fly Visitors
Long-tailed Dance Fly
Longlegged Fly
Orang Cranefly
Parasitic Fly
Robber Fly
Root-maggot
Signal Fly
Soldier Fly
Stilt-legged Fly
Stripped Flower Fly
Stripped Flower Fly
Tachinbidae Parasitioc Fly