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Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

One of three guides to Spark (the others cover Spark vertebrates, and Spark plants & fungi)

Discover the diverse and beautiful species that make their home in Spark. Please note that this is private property, and permission is needed to explore here.

Species in the guide are ...more ↓

Syrphini 1
Allograpta 2
Oblique Streaktail 3
Allograpta obliqua
Common Loopwing Aphideater 4
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Diamond Spottail 5
Fazia micrura
White-bowed Smoothwing 6
Scaeva affinis
Bird Hover Fly 7
Eupeodes volucris
Western Aphideater 8
Eupeodes fumipennis
Sedgesitters 9
Platycheirus
Black-backed Grass Skimmer
Paragus haemorrhous
Eristalis 10
Black-footed Drone Fly 11
Eristalis hirta
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 12
Eristalis stipator
Foxlee's Hornet Fly
Spilomyia foxleei
Golden Copperback 13
Ferdinandea croesus
Muscoid Flies 1
Muscoidea
Root-maggot Flies 14
Anthomyiidae
House Flies and Allies 1
Muscidae
Bot Flies, Blow Flies, and Allies 15
Oestroidea
Bristle Flies 16
Tachinidae
Cephenemyia jellisoni 17
Tachinine Flies 18
Tachinini
Cylindromyia 1
Dexiini 1
Satellite Flies
Miltogramminae
Sphenometopa
Sarcophaga 1
Calliphorinae 1
Calliphora 1
Greenbottle Flies 19
Lucilia
Black Blow Fly 20
Phormia regina
Cluster Flies 1
Pollenia
Lispe 21
Muscina 1
Agromyzinae 22
Trupanea nigricornis 23
Trupanea signata 24
Zodion 1
Minettia flaveola 20
Lesser Dung Flies 25
Sphaeroceridae
Dance Flies, Long-legged Flies, and Allies 26
Empidoidea
Long-legged Flies 27
Dolichopodidae
Enoplempis
Pegasomyia abaureus
Bee Flies 28
Bombyliidae
Anthracinae 29
Aphoebantini 7
Bombyliinae 30
Lordotini 31
Lordotus 32
Lordotus zona 33
Micro Bee Flies 34
Mythicomyiidae
Mythicomyia
Asilinae 35
Efferia 36
Neoitamus 37
Stenopogonini 36
Machimus 1
Lestomyia 38
Cophura 39
Cyrtopogon
Hemipenthes 40
Sinuous Bee Fly 41
Hemipenthes sinuosa
Poecilanthrax 42
Villa 43
Villa agrippina 44
Geron 45
Empidigeron
Greater Bee Flies 46
Bombylius
Greater Bee Fly 47
Bombylius major
Conophorus 44
Conophorus nigripennis 44
Thevenetimyia 48

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