Thick-headed flies (Conopidae)

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Dalmannia aculeata
Dalmannia aculeata
A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.
Dalmannia aculeata
Dalmannia aculeata
A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.
Dalmannia aculeata
Dalmannia aculeata
A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.
Dalmannia aculeata
Dalmannia aculeata
.A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.
Dalmannia aculeata
Dalmannia aculeata
A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis is a small fly of the thick-headed flies family. I found this female enjoying the warmth of my greenhouse. The larvae of this species are endoparasites of large Hymenoptera such as carpenter bees or hornets including Asian hornet. By weakening and killing the queen, they weaken and destroy the swarm.
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis is a small fly of the thick-headed flies family. I found this female enjoying the warmth of my greenhouse. The larvae of this species are endoparasites of large Hymenoptera such as carpenter bees or hornets including Asian hornet. By weakening and killing the queen, they weaken and destroy the swarm.
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis is a small fly of the thick-headed flies family. I found this female enjoying the warmth of my greenhouse. The larvae of this species are endoparasites of large Hymenoptera such as carpenter bees or hornets including Asian hornet. By weakening and killing the queen, they weaken and destroy the swarm.
Myopa sp.
Myopa sp.
A Thick-Headed Fly resting on buttercup in a wet meadow.
Myopa sp.
Myopa sp.
A Thick-Headed Fly resting on grass in a wet meadow.
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis is a small fly of the thick-headed flies family. I found this male enjoying the warmth of my greenhouse. The larvae of this species are endoparasites of large Hymenoptera such as carpenter bees or hornets including Asian hornet. By weakening and killing the queen, they weaken and destroy the swarm.
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis
Conops vesicularis is a small fly of the thick-headed flies family. I found this male enjoying the warmth of my greenhouse. The larvae of this species are endoparasites of large Hymenoptera such as carpenter bees or hornets including Asian hornet. By weakening and killing the queen, they weaken and destroy the swarm.
Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes
Thick-headed Flies mating in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes
Thick-headed Flies mating in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Conops flavipes
Conops flavipes
A Thick-Headed Fly gathering nectar of a scabious flower in an alpine meadow of Vercors.
Myopa dorsalis
Myopa dorsalis
A Thick-headed fly resting on a wood scabious flower in a wet meadow. Their larvae are endoparasites of Hymenoptera aculeata. The adults are nectar feeders, regularly visiting flowers.
Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes
Thick-headed Fly resting on a Wood Scabious in a wet meadow.

Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. The adults are nectar feeders, regularly visiting flowers.
Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes
Thick-headed Fly resting on a common bracken in a wet meadow. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. The adults are nectar feeders, regularly visiting flowers.
Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes
Thick-headed Fly resting on a Wood Scabious in a wet meadow. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. The adults are nectar feeders, regularly visiting flowers.