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A guide to the Flies (Order Diptera) of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

A guide to the Flies (Order Diptera) of Austin and Travis County, TX.

Northern Plushback 1
Palpada vinetorum
Common Fruit Fly 2
Drosophila melanogaster
Sunflower Seed Maggot 3
Neotephritis finalis
Oblique Streaktail 4
Allograpta obliqua
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly 5
Helophilus fasciatus
House Fly 6
Musca domestica
Secondary Screwworm Fly 5
Cochliomyia macellaria
Stable Fly 7
Stomoxys calcitrans
Eastern Calligrapher 8
Toxomerus geminatus
Common Picture-winged Fly 9
Delphinia picta
Margined Calligrapher 2
Toxomerus marginatus
Common Greenbottle Fly 2
Lucilia sericata
Mexican Cactus Fly 10
Copestylum mexicanum
Longhorn Cactus Fly 11
Odontoloxozus longicornis
Trichopoda plumipes 12
Swift Feather-legged Fly 7
Trichopoda pennipes
Epalpus signifer 13
Transverse-banded Flower Fly 13
Eristalis transversa
Maize Calligrapher 14
Toxomerus politus
Trichopoda lanipes 9
Juriniopsis adusta 15
Common Lagoon Fly 16
Eristalinus aeneus
Copestylum marginatum 11
Eastern Band-winged Hover Fly 1
Ocyptamus fascipennis
Bicolored Plushback 17
Palpada pusilla
Waved Light Fly 18
Pyrgota undata
Bird Hover Fly 19
Eupeodes volucris
Cynomya cadaverina 20
Eastern Hornet Fly 21
Spilomyia longicornis
Oriental Latrine Fly 22
Chrysomya megacephala
Australian Sheep Blow Fly 23
Lucilia cuprina
Dioxyna picciola 24
Exotic Streaktail 25
Allograpta exotica
Rainieria antennaepes 11
Sphecomyiella valida 26
Carolinian Elegant 27
Meromacrus acutus
Oestrophasia calva 28
Dusky-winged Hover Fly 1
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Double-banded Plushback 29
Palpada agrorum
Zonosemata vittigera 30
Chymomyza amoena 31
Trypetisoma sticticum 32
Hemyda aurata
Hairy Maggot Blowfly 33
Chrysomya rufifacies
Yellow-spotted Bromeliad Fly
Copestylum avidum
Anthomyia illocata 34
Red-legged Wasp Fly 35
Polybiomyia bellardii
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 36
Eristalis stipator
Archytas marmoratus 1
Tropical Plushback 1
Palpada furcata
Golden Plushback 37
Palpada mexicana
Copestylum tamaulipanum 38
Vanderwulpia sequens 39
Western American Deer Ked 40
Lipoptena depressa
Six-spotted Bromeliad Fly
Copestylum sexmaculatum
Four-Speckled Hover Fly 2
Dioprosopa clavata
Archytas analis 41
Parastenopa limata 31
Boreothrinax maculipennis 28
Senopterina caerulescens 42
Zacompsia fulva
Archytas metallicus 43
Rafaelia rufiventris 44
Cuterebra americana 45
Automola rufa
Cephenemyia albina
Diamond Spottail 46
Fazia micrura
Wide-eyed Plushback 47
Palpada texana
Phytomyza vomitoriae 48
Trixoscelis ornata 35

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