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Hainault Forest Website Flies and Hoverflies |
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Hoverfly Eristalis horticola on Creeping thistle. 21st September 2011. Photo © Michael Rumble. |
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Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on Crack willow and Michaelmas Daisy. |
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Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on ivy, left and on English marigold in the Wildlife Garden above. |
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Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus approaching teasel flowers. Photo © Michael Rumble. |
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Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans on elm seed, Hog Hill, left and Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on Sycamore, Hog Hill, above. Originally found on southern coast it is expanding its range from London into Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
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HOVERFLY Volucella pellucens July 1978 |
Bee fly Bombylius major |
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St. Mark's fly Bibio marci. left on nettle 14th May 2010 and above on young oak.
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Flesh fly Sarcophaga carnaria (left) and Greenbottle Lucilia caesar (above) is old and has developed a bronze colour. |
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Greenbottle Lucilia sp. sunbathing on oak leaves. 5th June 2008 |
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| Fly Tachina fera on Creeping thistle. Photo © Michael Rumble | Fly Eriothrix rufomaculata on Creeping thistle. Photo © Michael Rumble |
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Common Cranefly Tipula oleracea 28th September 2011 |
Cranefly Tipula vernalis. |
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AQUATIC |
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CULICINE MOSQUITO Larvae and Pupa. Culicine mosquito larvae hang down from the surface film by means of a breathing tube. The pupa is between the larvae. |
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