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.
Gall Midges
Cecidomyiidae (sometimes spelled Cecidomyidae) is a family of flies (order Diptera) known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls.
The Goldenrod Gall Fly ( ...more ↓
Mosquitoes
The mosquitoes are a family of small, midge-like flies: the Culicidae. Although a few species are harmless or even useful to humanity, most are considered a nuisance because they consume blood from living vertebrates, including humans. The females of many species of mosquitoes are blood-eating pests. In feeding on blood, some of them transmit extremely harmful human and ...more ↓
Large Crane Flies
A crane fly is a member of the family of insects in the order Diptera, the true flies. The true crane flies are most often classified entirely within the family Tipulidae sensu stricto. Alternately, they are defined as the superfamily Tipuloidea, which includes the Tipulidae and a few other families.
