Marie Read / Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilocus colubris), male flying in to feed from cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) New York, USA. August.
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Jeff Vanuga / Ephydrid flies (Ephydra sp) that eat microscopic algae and survives during the winter in thermal pools. Biscut Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January.
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Alex Hyde / Horsefly (Philipomyia aprica) Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.
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Andy Trowbridge / Split level shot of a fly fisherman (Murray Trowbridge) releasing a large brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a gin clear 'backcountry' river, North Canterbury South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012. Mode...
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MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Long legged fly (Condylostylus sp) portrait, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of compound eyes of unidentified fly {Diptera}. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Stephen Dalton / Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) with fly trapped
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Stephen Dalton / Common house fly {Musca domestica} killed by fly-zapping machine, attracted to the ultra violet light, UK
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Pete Oxford / Flap necked chameleon catching fly with tongue, Africa
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Morley Read / Parrot snake (Leptophis ahaetulla), with a fly on its head, enters its mouth, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Cyril Ruoso / Green blowfly (Lucilia sericata) on Prunus (Prunus sp) blossom. Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. April.
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Heather Angel / Brazilian Dutchman's pipe flower (Aristolochia gigantea) with green inflated pouch. Flower smells of carrion to attract fly pollinators. Cultivated in glasshouse, Surrey, England, UK. Native to Br...
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Heather Angel / Brazilian Dutchman's pipe flower (Aristolochia gigantea) with green inflated pouch. Flower smells of carrion to attract fly pollinators. Cultivated in glasshouse, Surrey, England, UK. Native to Br...
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Marie Read / Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera), male taking flight from water, Orange County, California, USA, April.
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Platycheirus scutatus) male feeding on green alkanet Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Furrow Orb weaver spider (Larinioides cornutus) near a Green drake mayfly (Ephemera danica) it has caught and wrapped in its riverside web, Lacock, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Furrow Orb weaver spider (Larinioides cornutus) wrapping a Green drake mayfly (Ephemera danica) caught in its riverside web, Lacock, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Ashley Cooper / Wind turbines near Workington on the west coast of Cumbria, UK, with a flock of Herring Gulls flying past. January 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Wind turbines near Workington on the west coast of Cumbria, UK, with a flock of Herring Gulls flying past. January 2012
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Joao Burini / Mosquito biting a Enyalius lizard, Parque do Zizo Private Reserve, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil.
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Jan Hamrsky / Common burrowing mayfly nymph (Ephemera danica), Eupope, June, controlled conditions
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Jan Hamrsky / Common burrowing mayfly nymph (Ephemera danica), Eupope, June, controlled conditions
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Rod Williams / Sunfly hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.
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Jiri Lochman / Green blowfly (Lucilia sericata) male, Western Australia.
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Rod Williams / Large black woodlouse fly (Stevenia atramentaria) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK, August.
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Rod Williams / Greenbottle (Lucilia sp) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.
Floris van Breugel / Alkali fly (Ephydra hians) (top right), underwater in its air bubble, and pupal casings left behind by alkali fly larvae that have hatched into adults. The green is from algae that is trapped inside o...
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Will Watson / Fossilised Water Snipe Fly larvae (Athericidae) Green River Formation; an Eocene Lagerstätte, circa 50 million years ago, Wyoming, USA.
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Andy Sands / Tachnid fly (Phasia hemiptera) male, the female lays its eggs directly onto Forest Bugs and Green Shield Bugs where the larvae live as parasites, Hertfordshire, England, August
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Andy Sands / Tachnid fly (Phasia hemiptera) male, the female lays its eggs directly onto Forest Bugs and Green Shield Bugs where the larvae live as parasites, Hertfordshire, England, August
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Phil Savoie / Mayfly (Ephemera danica) male, River Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Phil Savoie / Mayfly (Ephemera danica) male, River Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Phil Savoie / Mayfly (Ephemera danica) male, River Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Phil Savoie / Mayfly (Ephemera danica) male, River Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) nectaring on and flying around Saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria) flowers, with a Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) also landing briefly, Lower Woods Gloucestershire W...
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Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Dark green fritillary butterfly (Argynnis aglaja) nectaring on a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower and being joined by a female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera no...
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Nick Upton / Slow motion close up view of a Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)landing to feed from a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower and displacing a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Wi...
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Rod Williams / Greenbottles (Lucilia sp) mating pair, Ladywell Fields, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, July.
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Adrian Davies / Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) cultivated specimen.
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Nick Upton / Green-legged sawfly (Tenthredo mesomelas) feeding on scorpionfly (Panorpa sp) it has caught on a nettle clump, riverside meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Alex Hyde / Greenbottle (Lucilia caesar) feeding on Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Eristalis nemorum) and Greenbottle (Lucilia) nectaring on Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flowers in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, England, UK, August.
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Jen Guyton / Neotropical green anole (Norops biporcatus) watching a fly, Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica.
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Jen Guyton / Neotropical green anole (Norops biporcatus) watching a fly, Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica.
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Rod Williams / Broad centurion (Chloromyia formosa) male soldier fly, Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London UK June
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Rod Williams / Greenbottle flies (Lucilia sp) mating pair, Brockley, Lewisham, London, UK June
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Doug Wechsler / Green bottle fly (Lucilia sp) pollinating white snakeroot, Philadelphia, USA October
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Floris van Breugel / High speed exposure of a Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) taken through a microscope. In this image flight muscles express a genetically engineered protein called GCaMP, which fluoresces green in t...
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Floris van Breugel / Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) tethered in LED illuminated chamber which stimulates moving visual patterns. Behind the fly is a camera, which is used to record its wing beat amplitude a rough me...
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Nick Upton / Green / Broad centurion soldier fly (Chloromyia formosa) female nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on hillside once used as a dumping ground, cleared of scrub to improve habitat for b...
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Rod Williams / Male Long-legged fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, London. June
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Nick Upton / Two Greenbottles / Blowflies (Lucilia sp.) foraging on a ripe Blackberry (Rubus plicatus), GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, July.
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Rod Williams / Greenbottle (Lucilia sp) on Everlasting sweet pea flower, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, August.
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Will Watson / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) and Green bottle fly (blow fly), on thistle flower, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, August.
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Rod Williams / Male Glittering green fly (Poecilobothrus nobilitatus) on plant, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, June.
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Ernie Janes / RF- Great sundew (Drosera anglica) with fly, Norfolk, England, UK, June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Adrian Davies / Mayfly (Ephemera danica) on nettle, Surrey, England, UK, May.
Tui De Roy / Galapagos green-eyed horsefly (Tabanus vittiger) feeding on Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Urvina Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.
MYN / Tim Hunt / Common bee fly (Bombylius major) Barnt Green, Worcestershire, UK, April. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Alex Hyde / Greenbottle (Lucilia caesar) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. July.
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John Abbott / Small biting midge (Forcipomyia) feeding from the hemolymph of a slug caterpillar (Talima) Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cayo District, Belize, USA.
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John Abbott / Deer Fly (Chrysops excitans) female, on white background, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA.
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Bernard Castelein / Robber fly (Eutolmus rufibarbis) on poppy (Papaver sp) seed head, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.
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Bernard Castelein / Robber fly (Eutolmus rufibarbis) on poppy (Papaver sp) seed head, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.
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Bernard Castelein / Robber fly (Eutolmus rufibarbis) on poppy (Papaver sp) seed head, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.
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Adrian Davies / Fossilised March fly (Plecia pealei). Eocene, 37 to 58 million years old. From Fossil Lake F-2, Green River Formation, near Kemmerer, Wyoming.
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MYN / Pierre Escoubas / Blow fly / greenbottle (Lucilia sp) Valbonne, France, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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Nick Upton / Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria ) fly over Canada geese (Branta canadensis) Pochard (Aythya ferina), Tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula) and Bewick's swans (Anser bewick...
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Robin Chittenden / Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sp) on leaf, England, UK, July.
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Hermann Brehm / Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) male with fly prey, Pantanal, Brazil.
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Stephen Dalton / Green bottle (Lucilia sp) on faeces, Sussex, England, UK, August.
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Rod Williams / Greenbottles (Lucilia sp) feeding on dog faeces Lewisham, London, England, UK, September.
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Pat Tuson / Fly tipping - old household appliances and other scrap metal suitable for recycling blocking the entrance to a public telephone box outside Drayton Park Station, Highbury, London Borough of Islington,...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae) split level shot with Christian Mititelu watching from boat, near Crisan village, Danube Delta, Romania, June 2013.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae) split level shot with Christian Mititelu watching from boat, near Crisan village, Danube Delta, Romania, June 2013.
Nick Upton / Green drake mayfly (Ephemera danica), newly emerged on a riverside grass stem, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Andy Sands / Mayfly (Ephemera danica) just emerged at waters surface in dun form, the first of two winged adult instars or developmental stages, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June.
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Andy Sands / Mayfly (Ephemera danica) just emerged at waters surface in dun form, the first of two winged adult instars or developmental stages, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June.
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Jan Hamrsky / Common burrowing mayfy nymph (Ephemera danic(b, Europe, May, controlled conditions
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Rod Williams / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, July
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Rod Williams / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, July
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Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Eupeodes luniger) feeding on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, May
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Rod Williams / Greenbottle (Lucilia sp) South London, UK, August
