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Brandeis University - Holometabolous Insects: Beetles, Moths, Flies, Wasps, & others

Flora and fauna of the Brandeis campus and Sachar Woods:
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Scuttle Flies 1
Phoridae
Lonchoptera 2
Platypeza 3
Syrphini 4
Sphaerophoria 5
Platycheirus 6
Eastern Calligrapher 7
Toxomerus geminatus
Margined Calligrapher 8
Toxomerus marginatus
Orange-spotted Drone Fly 9
Eristalis anthophorina
European Drone Fly 1
Eristalis arbustorum
Drone Fly 10
Eristalis tenax
Yellow Jacket-mimic Syrphid 11
Spilomyia longicornis
Thick-legged Hoverfly 12
Syritta pipiens
Eumerus 12
Flesh Flies 12
Sarcophagidae
Woodlouse Parasite Fly 3
Melanophora roralis
Goniini 12
Cynomya cadaverina 13
Bellardia vulgaris 14
Blue Bottlefly 1
Calliphora vicina
Lucilia coeruleiviridis 15
Lucilia illustris
Common Greenbottle 12
Lucilia sericata
Cochliomyia macellaria 16
Black Blow Fly 17
Phormia regina
Pollenia labialis 18
Pollenia pediculata 19
Common Cluster Fly 20
Pollenia rudis
House Fly Family 21
Muscidae
Dung Flies 22
Scathophagidae
Root-maggot Fly 3
Anthomyia
Leucophora 12
Beet Dock Leaf-miner Fly 23
Pegomya
House Fly 24
Musca domestica
Opomyza 24
Honeysuckle Leaf Miner 12
Aulagromyza cornigera
Aster-family Leaf Miner Fly 12
Liriomyza sp.
Fireweed Leaf Miner Fly 12
Nemorimyza maculosa
Goldenrod Leaf Miner Fly 14
Nemorimyza posticata
Goldenrod Leaf Miner Fly 12
Ophiomyia maura
Daylily Leaf Miner Fly 14
Ophiomyia kwansonis
Elm Leaf Miner Fly 12
Agromyza aristata
Chymomyza amoena 3
Spotted-winged Drosophila 25
Drosophila suzukii
Common Shore Fly 12
Ephydrinae
Thick-femured Shore Fly 26
Ochthera
Delphinia picta 27
Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly 26
Urophora quadrifasciata
Snail-killing Flies 12
Sepedon
Heleomyzidae 28
Lesser Dung Flies 24
Sphaeroceridae

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