Flies (Diptera)

An hoverfly female resting on a leaf in my garden.

This fly of the Asilidae family which when it is posed seems a little embarrassed by its large legs is an agile predator when it comes to taking in flight other insects. It has the particularity of raising its forelegs when approached.

This fly of the Asilidae family which when it is posed seems a little embarrassed by its large legs is an agile predator when it comes to taking in flight other insects. It has the particularity of raising its forelegs when approached.

This fly of the Asilidae family which when it is posed seems a little embarrassed by its large legs is an agile predator when it comes to taking in flight other insects. It has the particularity of raising its forelegs when approached.

This fly of the Asilidae family which when it is posed seems a little embarrassed by its large legs is an agile predator when it comes to taking in flight other insects. It has the particularity of raising its forelegs when approached.

A picture-winged fly tasting aphid honeydew on a nettle leaf in my garden

A Pied Hoverfly female gathering resting on an alexander leaf in my garden.

A Pied Hoverfly female resting on an alexander leaf in my garden.

A Pied Hoverfly female gathering nectar of an alexander in bloom in my garden.

A Pied Hoverfly female gathering nectar of an alexander in bloom in my garden.

A Pied Hoverfly female gathering nectar of an alexander in bloom in my garden.

A Pied Hoverfly female gathering nectar of an alexander in bloom in my garden.

A Pied Hoverfly female gathering nectar of an alexander in bloom in my garden.

A bee-fly resting on a speedwell in a wet meadow.

A bee-fly resting on a speedwell in a wet meadow.

A Thick-Headed Fly gathering nectar of a dandelion in a wet meadow.

A Thick-Headed Fly gathering nectar of a dandelion in a wet meadow.

A Thick-Headed Fly gathering nectar of a dandelion in a wet meadow.

A crab spider with its prey, a Thick-Headed Fly (Dalmannia sp.) male, on a sheep's bit scabious flower in a Calcareous grassland.

A crab spider with its prey, a Thick-Headed Fly (Dalmannia sp.) male, on a sheep's bit scabious flower in a Calcareous grassland.

A crab spider with its prey, a Thick-Headed Fly (Dalmannia sp.) male, on a sheep's bit scabious flower in a Calcareous grassland.

Rhingia campestris gathering nectar of a mountain cornflower in my garden.

Golden dung fly resting on a nettle leaf in my garden.

A beautiful hoverfly female gathering nectar of a flower of dandelion in my garden.

Dagger fly female resting on a dandelion clock in my garden.

Drone Fly female gathering nectar of a dendelion flower in my garden.

A male hoverfly resting on a nettle leaf in my garden. A species that is particularly welcome because adults are pollinators and larvae are aphidophagous and therefore eat aphids.

A rather rare hoverfly cleaning its legs on a tree trunk in a small valley of the Aude.
The adult is floricole, the larvae develop in the rotted wood.

A female of a Marmalade Hoverfly full of promises posed on a blade of grass in my wet meadow.

Drone Fly female gathering nectar of a lesser celandine in a wet meadow. Lot, France.

Drone Fly male gathering nectar of a spurge in a wet meadow. Lot, France.

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

.A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

A Thick-Headed Fly resting on a cuckooflower in a wet meadow.

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 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 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.

Chrysotoxum female gathering nectar of an asteraceae at the edge of a road in the Pyrenees. Pass Pailhère, Aude, France.

A Robberfly resting on a bramble leaf in a wet meadow.

Splayed Deerfly male resting on purple coneflower in my garden.

Splayed Deerfly male resting on purple coneflower in my garden.