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Flies
Lonchopteridae - Spear-winged Flies
Micropezidae - Stilt-legged flies
The fore legs are markedly smaller than the other pairs. Mostly they are long-bodied
Psilidae - Rust flies
Conopidae - Thick-headed flies
Members of this family are often bee or wasp mimics. Those species that parasitise wasps are best searched for on large sunlit stands of flowering Ivy in the autumn.
LESOPS 38 - Conopidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
Lonchaeidae - Lance flies
Pallopteridae - Trembling-wing Flies
Members of this family are known as trembling-wing flies because of the striking vibration of the wings in many species.
Piophilidae
Ulidiidae - Picture-winged flies
The larvae of most species in this family are scavengers on decaying organic matter. A few are plant feeders.
Platystomatidae - Signal flies
The wings of this family of flies are in almost constant motion, as though giving signals.
Tephritidae - Fruit flies
Tephritid fruit flies are of major importance in agriculture. Some have negative effects, some positive.
LESOPS 39 - Tephritidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris