a male Tapered drone fly
a Trivittate marsh fly
Yellow dung flies caught in the act, performed on dung
female Noon flies deposit their eggs preferably in cow dung
a Common blue bottle fly
a female Great pied hoverfly
an Orange-spined drone fly
a Common banded hover fly
Insects of the uiterwaarden: Flies
The grasslands of the nature reserves in Empel and Hedel are sparingly grazed by small herds of cattle that leave most of the
flowering plants intact.
This type of nature management provides a diverse and rich habitat for scores of insects like flies.
Most
people hate flies and their annoying behavior, but what they miss is the shimmering beauty of this disgusted species that has been
buzzing around on our earth for hundreds of million years.
In the Netherlands there are at least 3500 different species of
flies!
Flesh flies, Bottle flies, Dung flies, Hover flies, Drone flies and Scorpion flies all show up here.
The
photos are from 2022 onwards.
Flesh flies like to deposit their maggots in open wounds
a shining Common green bottle fly
a Transverse flower fly
female Twin-lobed deerflies bite because they need blood to form eggs
adult Ferruginous bee-grabbers feed on nectar but the larvae are parasites of Bumblebees
Common scorpion flies feed on dead insects
Dance flies are member of the large species of predatory Dagger flies
Striped Slender Robberflies are active hunters on other small insects