| 5495208 |
robber fly |
Stenopogon inquinatus |
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| 5490104 |
flesh flies |
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| 5490272 |
mosquito |
Aedes japonicus |
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| 5490279 |
mosquito |
Aedes japonicus |
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| 5490275 |
Asian tiger mosquito |
Aedes albopictus |
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| 5006040 |
mosquito |
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Illustration by Arthur Cushman |
| 5476116 |
robber fly |
Proctacanthella exquisita |
The Robber Fly inverts, setting atop of the Yellow Jacket. |
| 5445750 |
crane flies |
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| 5445231 |
deer flies |
Chrysops spp. |
Reaction to bite of Chrysops |
| 5429639 |
robber flies |
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Robber fly eating a honey bee |
| 1242022 |
long-legged fly |
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| 5438881 |
narcissus bulb fly |
Merodon equestris |
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| 2146037 |
european crane flies |
Tipula spp. |
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| 1453035 |
horse fly |
Tabanus gladiator |
male, eyes frontal view, collected near Statesboro, Bulloch County, GA on 18 August 1990 |
| 1435171 |
syrphid or flower flies |
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| 1322039 |
Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly |
Ceratitis capitata |
A female medfly pumps eggs through her ovipositor into the soft outer layers of a ripe coffee berry. |
| 1366022 |
robber fly |
Holcocephala fusca |
with midge prey |
| 1322040 |
Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly |
Ceratitis capitata |
The female Mediterranean fruit fly, shown here on a coffee fruit, can deposit eggs 2-3 millimeters deep in papayas. |
| 5435373 |
common green bottle fly |
Lucilia sericata |
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| 1398018 |
syrphid or flower flies |
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| 1455188 |
darkwinged fungus gnats |
Bradysia spp. |
in yellow stick trap |
| 5429667 |
robber flies |
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| 5429663 |
robber flies |
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| 5429664 |
robber flies |
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| 1366020 |
long-legged fly |
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| 5423844 |
crane fly |
Tipula monticola |
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| 5369921 |
midge |
Chironomus plumosus |
Front page teaser in the October 6 Rocky Mountain News of Game 2 of the New York Yankees-Cleveland Indians 2007 American League Playoff game in Cleveland. A large invasion of midges off Lake Erie disrupted the visiting team. |
| 5424150 |
european crane flies |
Tipula spp. |
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| 5422177 |
small vinegar fly |
Drosophila spp. |
simple funnel trap baited with vinegar to attract adult Drosophila |
| 1543884 |
narcissus bulb fly |
Merodon equestris |
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| 5402904 |
Western Encephalitis Mosquito |
Culex tarsalis |
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| 5402014 |
Australian sheep blowfly |
Lucilia cuprina |
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| 5401609 |
lesser brown blowfly |
Calliphora dubia |
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| 5193054 |
Mexican fruit fly |
Anastrepha ludens |
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| 5402889 |
Syrphid fly |
Syritta pipiens |
9mm long |
| 5402890 |
Syrphid fly |
Syritta pipiens |
9mm long |
| 5402802 |
apple maggot |
Rhagoletis pomonella |
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| 5402804 |
apple maggot |
Rhagoletis pomonella |
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| 5402567 |
Syrphid flies |
Syrphus spp. |
adult male closeup of head |
| 5386074 |
stiletto flies |
Ozodiceromyia spp. |
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| 5386075 |
stiletto flies |
Ozodiceromyia spp. |
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| 5368197 |
Tachinid flies |
Drino spp. |
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| 5368152 |
common hover fly |
Ischiodon scutellaris |
feeding on an aphid |
| 5368113 |
oriental fruit fly |
Bactrocera dorsalis |
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| 5368108 |
pea leafminer |
Chromatomyia horticola |
pupation occurs within the leaf mine |
| 5368109 |
pea leafminer |
Chromatomyia horticola |
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| 5368103 |
soybean stem fly |
Melanagromyza sojae |
in the center of the bean stem |
| 5368104 |
soybean stem fly |
Melanagromyza sojae |
exit hole (formed before pupation) |
| 5368102 |
soybean stem fly |
Melanagromyza sojae |
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| 5368100 |
soybean stem fly |
Melanagromyza sojae |
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| 5368105 |
bean fly |
Ophiomyia phaseoli |
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| 5368098 |
pea leafminer |
Liriomyza huidobrensis |
damage done by larvae |
| 5368096 |
pea leafminer |
Liriomyza huidobrensis |
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| 5368097 |
pea leafminer |
Liriomyza huidobrensis |
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| 5368094 |
chilli gall midge |
Asphondylia gennadii |
attacks cause small, deformed pods |
| 1322088 |
Mexican fruit fly |
Anastrepha ludens |
Mexican fruit flies laying eggs in grapefruit before a test of the reduced-oxygen treatment. |
| 5193010 |
Caribbean fruit fly |
Anastrepha suspensa |
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| 5138029 |
blueberry maggots |
Rhagoletis spp. |
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| 1316087 |
Fergusonina flies |
Fergusonina spp. |
Fergusonina fly. |
| 1323029 |
fire ant decapitating flies |
Pseudacteon spp. |
This Brazilian fly makes fire ants literally lose their heads. The South American phorid fly, Pseudacteon , is a highly specific, natural enemy of fire ants. ARS scientists hope to import it for tests in the United States, where fire ants lack natural enemies. They feed on crops and sting people and animals in 11 states. Beheading a live host-a rarity among parasitic flies-is standard procedure for Pseudacteon flies. And they attack only fire ants. The female deposits an egg on or in a fire ant's body. Weeks later, a maggot has moved through the unlucky ant's neck into its head-and eaten the contents. The head falls off after an enzyme-made by ant or maggot (scientists don't know which)-dissolves its connecting tissue. |
| 1319026 |
fire ant decapitating fly |
Pseudacteon curvatus |
This scanning electron micrograph shows a side view of the hooked ovipositor of Pseudacteon curvatus, a very small fire ant-decapitating fly from South America. Magnified about 200x. |
| 1319021 |
fire ant decapitating flies |
Pseudacteon spp. |
emerging |
| 1319018 |
fire ant decapitating flies |
Pseudacteon spp. |
Fire ants will do anything to resist attack by the tiny phorid fly measuring only about one-sixteenth of an inch. A highly specific natural enemy, the female pierces a fire ant's head and releases an enzyme that later decapitates it. |
| 1319015 |
fire ant decapitating flies |
Pseudacteon spp. |
Fire ants will try hard to avoid the sting of a phorid fly (top, center). Once deposited, an egg quickly hatches into a larva that eventually kills the host by decapitation. Shown about nine times actual size. |
