Portland Insects F

FLIES

Stratiomyidae - Soldier flies

Broad Centurian Chloromyia formosa
First Recorded - 31 May 18 (Church Ope Cove)

Black-horned Gems Microchrysa polita
First Recorded - 10 Jun 18 (Broadcroft Lane)

Green Gem - Microchrysa flavicornis
First Recorded - 26 Jul 20 (Wakeham)


Conopidae - Thick-headed flies

Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber - Myopa testacea
First Recorded - 18 Apr 20 (Rufus Castle)

Physocephala rufipes
First Recorded - 2 Aug 19 (The Cuttings Quarry)

Sicus ferrugineus
First recorded - 13 Jul 17 (Church Ope Cove)

Sicus ferrugineus
18 Jun 18 (Mermaid Track)

Sicus ferrugineus

Sicus ferrugineus

Rhagionidae - Snipe flies

Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus cristatus
First Recorded - 11 Jun 18 (Radipole RSPB Reserve)

Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus cristatus

Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus cristatus

Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus cristatus

Bibionidae

Fever-fly - Dilophus febrilis
First recorded - 25 Apr 18 (St Andrews Church)

St Mark's Fly Bibio marci
First recorded - 2 May 18 (Portland Bill)

Coelopidae - Kelp Flies

Kelp Fly - Coelopa frigida
First Recorded - 30 Apr 18 (Church Ope Cove)

Kelp Fly - Coelopa frigida

Dolichopodidae

Semaphore fly - Poecilobothrus nobilitatus
First recorded - 24 Jul 17 (Wakeham)

 Moth Fly - Tonnoiriella pulchra
First recorded - 7 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Dagger Fly - Empis tessellata
First recorded - 10 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)

Lonchopteridae - Spear-winged Flies

Yellow Spear-winged Fly - Lonchoptera lutea
First Recorded - 3 Feb 20 (Church Ope Cove)

Muscidae

Orange Muscid Fly Phaonia pallida
First recorded - 26 Jul 17 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Helina abdominalis
First recorded - 12 May 18 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Phaonia subventa
First recorded - 12 May 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Phaonia subventa
16 Nov 19 (Pennsylvania Wood)

Phaonia tuguriorum
First Recorded - 3 Feb 20 - (Church Ope Cove)

Noon Fly Mesembrina meridiana
First Recorded - 11 Jun 18 (Radipole RSPB Reserve)

Spotted House Fly - Graphomya maculata
First Recorded - 18 Aug 21 (Radipole Lake Nature Reserve)

Asilidae - Robber flies

Kite-tailed Robberfly - Machimus atricapillus (With prey)
First Recorded - 13 May 18 (Rufus Castle)

Bombyliidae - Bee flies

Dark-edged Bee-fly - Bombylius major
First recorded - 11 Apr 18 (Penn's Weare)

Dotted Bee-fly - Bombylius discolor
First Recorded - 24 Mar 19 (Penns Weare)

Chloropidae - Grass Flies

 Thaumatomyia notata
First Recorded - 13 Sep 20 (Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve)

Meromyza sp. (On the right)
First Recorded - 30 Jun 21 (High Angle Battery)

Scathophagidae - Dung flies

Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
First recorded - 12 May 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria

Neomyia viridescens
First Recorded - 4 Jun 20 (Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham)

Lauxaniidae

Calliopum tuberculosum
First Recorded - 17 Feb 20 (Church Ope Cove)

Calliopum tuberculosum

Minettia longipennis
First Recorded - 6 Jun 20 (Penn's Copse)

Lonchaeidae - Lance flies

Lance Fly, Lonchaea tarsata
First Recorded - 19 Nov 19 (Church Ope Cove)

Lance Fly, Lonchaea tarsata

Tachinidae

Red Spotted Parasite FlyEriothrix rufomaculata
First Recorded - 30 Jun 17 (Church Ope Cove)

Gymnocheta viridis
First Recorded - 25 Apr 19 (Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve)

Thelaira nigripes
First Recorded - 15 Jun 19 (Wakeham Meadows)

Macquartia sp.
First Recorded - 13 Mar 20 (Church Ope Cove)

Gastrolepta anthracina
First Recorded - 29 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Gastrolepta anthracina

Phania funesta
First Recorded - 10 Jun 20 (Wakeham)

 Parasitic fly, Eriothrix rufomaculata
First Recorded - 8 Aug 20 (Old Quarry Lane)

Parasitic fly, Eriothrix rufomaculata

Ulidiidae - Picture-winged flies

Three-spot WingwaverHerina nigrina
First Recorded - 19 Jun 18 (Wakeham)

Three-spot Wingwaver - Herina nigrina
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Four-spot Wingwaver - Herina lugubris
First Recorded - 27 Jun 21 (Wakeham Meadow)

Dark-tipped Wingwaver - Seioptera vibrans (Bottom almost centre)
First Recorded - 15 Jul 21 (Wakeham)

Tephritidae - Fruit flies

Celery fly - Euleia heraclei
First Recorded - 28 Apr 18 (Penn's Weare)

Celery fly - Euleia heraclei

Celery fly - Euleia heraclei (Aberrant Orange-brown morph)

Celery fly - Euleia heraclei (Possibly Male and Female)

Common Fruit Fly - Tephritis bardanae
First Recorded - 14 Jun 19 (Wakeham Meadows)

Common Fruit Fly - Tephritis bardanae

Fruit Fly - Acanthiophilus helianthi
First Recorded - 23 Jul 19 (Wakeham)

   Fruit Fly - Tephritis ruralis 
First Recorded - 8 Aug 20 (Wakeham)

Lesser Golden Knapweed FlyChaetorellia jaceae
First Recorded - 15 Jul 22 (Wakeham Meadow)

Lesser Golden Knapweed FlyChaetorellia jaceae

Spectacled Berry Fly - Anomoia purmunda
First Recorded - 1 Aug 21 (Wakeham Meadow)

Spectacled Berry Fly - Anomoia purmunda

Spectacled Berry Fly - Anomoia purmunda

Phoridae - Hump-back Flies

Scuttle Fly Phorid sp.
First Recorded - 3 Feb 20 (Church Ope Cove)

Sciomyzidae - Marsh Flies

Sieve-winged Snail-killer (Coremacera marginata)
First Recorded - 24 Jun 18 (Wakeham)

Sieve-winged Snail-killer (Coremacera marginata)

Sieve-winged Snail-killer (Coremacera marginata)

Sieve-winged Snail-killer (Coremacera marginata)


Agromyzidae - Leaf-miner Flies

Chromatomyia atricornis
First Recorded - 1 May 20 (Wakeham)

Heleomyzidae

Scoliocentra villosa
First Recorded - 29 Mar 20 (Church Ope Cove)

Scoliocentra villosa

Anthomyiidae - Root-maggot flies

Anthomyia procellaris
First recorded - 12 May 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Anthomyia pluvialis
First Recorded - 4 Jul 21 (Wakeham Meadow)

Delia radicum
First Recorded - 9 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Delia radicum

Calliphoridae - Blow-flies

Cluster fly, Pollenia agg.
First Recorded - 9 Jun 19 (Wakeham Wood)

Cluster flyPollenia agg.

Common Green Bottle Fly, Lucilia sericata
First Recorded 12 Aug 21 (Wakeham Meadows)

Common Green Bottle FlyLucilia sericata

Blow-fly sp.
First Recorded - 1 May 20 (Wakeham)

Blow-fly sp.

Sarcophagidae - Flesh flies

Sarcophaga sp.
First recorded - 12 May 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Brachycoma devia
First Recorded - 13 Apr 20 (Wakeham) 

Brachycoma devia


Portland Insects:- A-B

Portland Insects:- C-E

Portland Insects:- F

Portland Insects:- G-H

Portland Insects:- I-S

Portland Insects:- T-Z