Discover the amazing world of flies

From mesmerizing compound eyes to precision flight, explore the breathtaking complexity of nature's most misunderstood aerial hunters and pollinators

Forest edge favorites: Capturing the elegant spotted thintail

Hoverflies (Syrphidae)

Forest edge favorites: Capturing the elegant spotted thintail

Hoverflies (Syrphidae)

No gift, No date: The elaborate aerial ballets and nuptial bribes of the dagger fly

Dagger flies (Empididae)

No gift, No date: The elaborate aerial ballets and nuptial bribes of the dagger fly

Dagger flies (Empididae)

Hidden in plain sight: Learning to spot a slender enigma

Cluster flies (Polleniidae)

Hidden in plain sight: Learning to spot a slender enigma

Cluster flies (Polleniidae)

Mapping the snailkiller: From Baltic wetlands to the Tree of Life project

Marsh flies (Sciomyzidae)

Mapping the snailkiller: From Baltic wetlands to the Tree of Life project

Marsh flies (Sciomyzidae)

Shooting blind: Capturing the stealthy downlooker snipefly against the sun

Snipe flies (Rhagionidae)

Shooting blind: Capturing the stealthy downlooker snipefly against the sun

Snipe flies (Rhagionidae)

The translucent hand-waver: Capturing a camouflaged midge in Finland

Non-biting midges (Chironomidae)

The translucent hand-waver: Capturing a camouflaged midge in Finland

Non-biting midges (Chironomidae)

The barbed-wire femur: Photographing a camouflaged master hunter

Dance flies (Hybotidae)

The barbed-wire femur: Photographing a camouflaged master hunter

Dance flies (Hybotidae)

Not all buzz is bad: Mistaking a harmless fungus midge for a campsite mosquito

Fungus midges (Mycetophilidae)

Not all buzz is bad: Mistaking a harmless fungus midge for a campsite mosquito

Fungus midges (Mycetophilidae)

Zooming into the confusion: How a finnish “mosquito” became a miniature crane fly

Limoniid crane flies (Limonlidae)

Zooming into the confusion: How a finnish “mosquito” became a miniature crane fly

Limoniid crane flies (Limonlidae)

Psychedelic eyes and saw-blade jaws: Surviving the Swedish horsefly

Horse flies (Tabanidae)

Psychedelic eyes and saw-blade jaws: Surviving the Swedish horsefly

Horse flies (Tabanidae)

Campsite chronicles: Micro-predators and stilt legs in the Swedish woods

Stilt-legged flies (Micropezidae)

Campsite chronicles: Micro-predators and stilt legs in the Swedish woods

Stilt-legged flies (Micropezidae)

The underground truffle hunters: The fungal secret of Suillia affinis

Spiny-winged flies (Heleomyzidae)

The underground truffle hunters: The fungal secret of Suillia affinis

Spiny-winged flies (Heleomyzidae)
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