Oldt1mer - Keith's photos with the keyword: Fly

This tiny little fly sitting in a buttercup flower is, I now believe to be, the Snouted Duck Fly – Anasimyia lineata – which is a species of hoverfly commonly found near wetlands, swampy water areas, ditches etc. It is unusual because of its long snout which tapers to a point which, unfortunately cannot be seen in this picture. Seen at Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.

The common Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata - is slightly larger than the House Fly and is brilliant metallic blue-green with black markings and short black bristles on the thorax. Also known as a Blowfly or Carrion Fly, it is extremely common and found in most areas of the world. The larvae of this little creature may be used in 'Maggot Therapy' where the maggots are introduced into non healing skin and soft tissue wounds for the purpose of cleaning out the dead tissue within the wound and disinfection. Sounds nasty but it really can work. This one was seen at Three Sisters Recreational Area near Wigan. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.

This is, I think, a female Eristalis pertinax which landed, for a very short time, on a small patch of Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea. The Eristalis is a large genus of around 99 species of Hover and Drone Flies which makes it very difficult to positively identify this one, especially from just the side view. (Maybe someone with more knowledge of this can help?). Common Ragwort is a very widespread 'weed' which grows up to 1m high and is highly attractive to Bees and other insects. Seen by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.

This colourful little one is a male Oriental Fruit Fly - Bactrocera dorsalis - which is a tiny little fly just 8mm (adult) long but can cause so much damage to any fruit within its flight range. A female can lay more than 3000 eggs in her lifetime all of which are laid in both cultivated and wild fruit which is ripe or nearly ripe, causing the fruit to be unusable. Endemic to Southeast Asia it is a highly invasive species which now has a presence in at least 65 countries. This one was seen on the spadix of a small peace lily in the gardens of our hotel in Khao Lak, Thailand. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.