Cyril Ruoso / Dance fly (Empis tesselata) on blade of grass. Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. April.

Rod Williams / Male Dance Fly (Empis tessellata) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. May

Rod Williams / Dance Fly (Empis tessellata) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June

Rod Williams / Dance fly (Empis tessellata) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham May

Andy Sands / Dance flies (Empis tessellata) mating while female eats gift presented by male, Bedfordshire, England, UK. May

Jussi Murtosaari / Flies (Brachycera) on leaf, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. June

Jussi Murtosaari / Fly (Brachycera) on Lily of the Valley berries, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. September

Nick Upton / Dance fly (Empis tessellata) feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire pastureland, Marlborough Downs, UK, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Dance fly (Empis borealis) male copulating female, holding with dead male nuptual gift. central Finland, May.

Nick Upton / Male Dance Fly (Empis tessellata) resting on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Dance fly (Rhamphomyia sulcata) sun basking on a leaf, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis livida) mating pair with the female hanging below the male and feeding on his 'gift' of a mirid bug, UK