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Eudasyphora Cyanella

This shiny green fly gradually become bronze as it ages. As with all muscidae flies, the fourth wing vein (M) bends gently (not sharply) forwards. It has hairy eyes and a white 'collar' on the front of the thorax.

Phaonia Angelicae

Length 7.5 to 10 mm. The male fly is beige-brown in thorax and abdomen, the female's abdomen is somewhat darker than the male's.

Habitat - Meadows, gardens etc where they visit various flowers for nectar.

Phaonia Subventa

Length 6 to 8 mm. This is one of several similar species with an orange body, stripy thorax, which is grey above and orange below. The bulge on the outer wing is characteristic of the Phaonia genus.

Musca Domestica - House Fly

is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 91% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of the most widely distributed insects, found all over the world. It is considered a pest that can carry serious diseases.

Helina Reversio

Length 5 to 7 mm. Usually beige or greyish in appearance, but very variable. It has dark femora and spots on the abdomen.

Habitat - Various habitats including hedgerows, flower meadows and woodland. Adults feed on nectar and pollen. Larvae are found in dung, rotting wood etc.

Muscina Prolapsa

Length 7 or 8 mm, bluish grey with black stripes on the thorax. Muscina flies have a pale tip to the scutellum,

Habitat - In well wooded or well vegetated areas where they sun themselves on the trunks of trees. They may sometimes be found near to rotting material where they deposit their eggs.

Mesembrina meridiana - Noon Fly

It is a large fly and easily identified by the jet black colour adorned with orangey-gold on the base of its wings, on its feet and on its face.

Habitiat - Well wooded and well vegetated areas, where it likes to sun-bathe on plant leaves, fences, trees and even on the ground.

Helina evecta

This fly has a pale brown or blue abdomen with dark spots. It has notable dark veins on its wings. It cannot be reliably separated from H. annosa without detailed examination.

Hydrotaea Similis

This group are sometimes called 'sweat flies' as they sometimes swarm around people's heads, attracted to sweat. This is a very dark brown or almost black coloured species with a shiny appearance.

Helina Impuncta

We could find out very little about this scavenger fly. After looking at available pictures it seems to have a beige-brown abdomen and thorax. The wings are slightly tinted red-brown. Helina species are difficult to identify in the field.

Phaonia errans

A buff/grey fly with a slightly chequered appearance. There are other very similar species in this genus which means that a detailed image or examination of an actual specimen is generally needed to identify the exact species. Often found sunning on tree trunks etc.