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Distinctive flies of SE New York, NE New Jersey

A guide for the NY Botanical Garden BioBlitz of September 2014. While most flies require detailed microscopic analysis to identify, the families in this guide can also be identified in the field.

Blowflies 1
Calliphoridae
Gall Midges 2
Cecidomyiidae
Mosquitoes 2
Culicidae
Large Crane Flies 3
Tipulidae
Robber Flies 4
Asilidae
Bee Flies 5
Bombyliidae
Soldier Flies 6
Stratiomyidae
Horse and Deer Flies 7
Tabanidae
Hover Flies 8
Syrphidae
Flesh Flies 9
Sarcophagidae
Tachinids 10
Tachinidae
Muscidae 11
Picture-winged Flies 12
Ulidiidae

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