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)

Twin-spot Centurion - Sargus bipunctatus

First Recorded - 9 Sep 24 (Lower Horse Paddock)

Dark-winged Black - Pachygaster atra

First Recorded - 23 Jul 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Dark-winged Black - Pachygaster atra

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)

Painted Graphfly - Graphomya maculata

First Recorded - 22 Jun 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

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

 

Lance Fly, Lonchaea ultima

First Recorded - 10 Aug 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Tachinidae

Red Spotted Parasite Fly, Eriothrix 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 Wingwaver - Herina 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 Fly - Chaetorellia jaceae

First Recorded - 15 Jul 22 (Wakeham Meadow)

Lesser Golden Knapweed Fly - Chaetorellia 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 fly, Pollenia agg.

Common Green Bottle Fly, Lucilia sericata

First Recorded 12 Aug 21 (Wakeham Meadows)

Common Green Bottle Fly, Lucilia sericata

Blow-fly sp.

First Recorded - 1 May 20 (Wakeham)

Blow-fly sp.

Rhinophoridae - Woodlice parasitic fly 

Pouting Woodlouse-fly, Rhinophora lepida

First Recorded - 11 Jul 24 (Wakeham)

Pouting Woodlouse-fly, Rhinophora lepida

Sarcophagidae - Flesh flies

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

Brachycoma devia

First Recorded - 13 Apr 20 (Wakeham) 

Brachycoma devia

Long-winged Satellite Fly, Macronychia dolini

First recorded - 16 Jul 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Dark-winged Flesh Fly, Nyctia halterata

First Recorded - 7 Aug 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Portland Insects:- A-B

Portland Insects:- C-E

Portland Insects:- F

Portland Insects:- G-H

Portland Insects:- I-S

Portland Insects:- T-Z