MYN / Gil Wizen / Human botfly (Dermatobia hominis), adult and larva. Cayo District, Belize. Composite image. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) reacting to parasitic Bot Fly (Oestridae) trying to lay eggs on it, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cyril Ruoso / Green blowfly (Lucilia sericata) on Prunus (Prunus sp) blossom. Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. April.

Heather Angel / Blowfly (Calliphora sp) nectaring on Common rue (Ruta graveolens). Surrey, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) nectaring on Bi-coloured pineapple lily (Eucocmis bicolor). Fly attracted by flower's rotting carion smell. Pollen is transferred via thorax and legs of fly. Cultivated i...

Rod Williams / Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) on ivy leaf, showing blue abdomen. Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, England, November

Konrad Wothe / Fly (Gymnosoma rotundatum) Bavaria, Germany. June.

Philippe Clement / Parasite fly / tachinid fly (Tachina fera) feeding on nectar from Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) in summer, France. August.

Ernie Janes / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) feeding on ripe plums.

Ernie Janes / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) close up portrait.

Ernie Janes / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) close up portrait.