Diptera Collection (#6)

Anopheles labranchiae, mosquito
This species of mosquito is of medical importance as it is a vector of malaria

Anopheles sacharori, mosquito
This mosquito specimen is a malaria carrying species from Africa

Eye of a fly
Page 201. From Micrographia or some Physiological description of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, 1665 by Robert Hooke

Dermatobia hominis, botfly larva
2nd instar larva of the botfly (Dermatobia hominis). Collected from a cow, Brazil. Photographed by Martin Hall

Wohlfahrtia sp. new world screwworm pupa
New world screwworm (Wohlfahrtia sp.) pupa. Photographed by Martin Hall

Calliphora vicina, blowfly eggs
Eggs deposited by the blowfly (Calliphora vicina). Photographed by Martin Hall

Calliphora vicina, blowfly larva and pupa
The larvae of this blowfly attack people asleep on the ground. Specimen found in Belgian Congo. Photographed by Martin Hall

Cordylobia anthropophaga, tumbu fly
A mounted specimen of the tumbu fly or putzi fly common in East and Central Africa. Photographed by Martin Hall in Marikari Pans, Botswana

Oestrus ovis, ship nasal botfly larva
A ship nasal botfly larva, a cause of myiasis extracted from a human eye in Kuwait. Photographed by Martin Hall

Adult new world screwworm fly
A mounted specimen of a Adult new world screwworm fly. Photographed by Martin Hall

Lucilia sericata, sheep blowfly
Myiasis wound on the back of a sheep due to the sheep blowfly (Lucillia sericata) Sarbogard, Hungary. Photographed by Martin Hall

Calliphora vicina, blowfly
A mounted specimen of the blowfly (Calliphora vicina) found in Stanley area of the East Falklands. Photographed by Martin Hall

Kirkoestrus minutus, botfly
A mounted specimen of the botfly (Kirkoestrus minutus) found in Nwandsi, Kruger National Park. Photographed by Martin Hall

Cuterebra, rodent botfly
3rd instar or stage of the rodent botfly found on a spiny rat (Proechimys sp.) in French Guiana. Photographed by Martin Hall

Dermatobia hominis
A moounted specimen of a flesh eating botfly (Dermatobia hominis) found in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall

Dermatobia hominis, botfly eggs
Botfly (Dermatobia hominis) eggs on a host fly (Chrysops variegatus). Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Photographed by Martin Hall

Myiasis species
A collection of adult Myiasis causing fly specimens. Myaisis is the infestation of organs or tissues of the hosting animals. Photographed by Martin Hall

Myiasis causing flies
3rd instar larvae. Photographed by Martin Hall

Gyrostigma rhinocerontis, botfly maggot
A adult rhino botfly maggot (Gyrostigma rhinocerontis) extracted from a white rhino, Merseyside. Photographed by Martin Hall

Spiracles & gut from Dermatobia hominis
Spiracles and gut from botfly larva (Dermatobia hominis) extracted in London. Photographed by Martin Hall

Apis mellifera, honey bee
Scanning electron microscope image of a honey bee coloured artificially by computer. The female worker caste of this species have special baskets on their legs to to take pollen back to the nest

Postcard
A postcard featuring a man with a fly on his nose from the archives at the Natural History Museum, London

Pseudorhyssa sp. ichneumon fly female
A female ichneumon fly laying eggs on the parasite of a wood wasp grub

Musca autumnalis, face fly
The face fly is a non-biting fly but is still a troublesome pest of cattle, as it feeds on secretions from the animals eyes and nose

Panorpa communis, scorpion fly
A male scorpion fly devouring a dead insect, which they often steal from spiders webs in hedgreows and nettlebeds. Their name comes from the shape of the males tail, which resembles a scorpions

Calliphora vomitoria, bluebottle laying eggs on carrion
Bluebottles or blow flies lay eggs and feed on rotten meat. Upon emerging from the pupa, adult female blowflies are capable of mating and laying eggs in under 5 days

Volucella sp. hover-fly
Photograph of a hover-fly (Volucella sp.) on a flower

Raphidia sp. snakefly
Snakeflies are so called because of their ability to raise their long necks above the rest of their body. They grow to approximately 20mms long and feed on small insects such as aphids

Morellia simplex, sweat fly
The sweat fly or syrphid fly looks like a very small bee and can be seen hovering around flowers. Specimen for the collections of the Natural History Museum

Hydrotaea irritans, head fly
The eggs of the head fly are mainly laid on vegetation or faeces with the adults living mainly on sheep. Specimen from the collections of the NHM

Aedes cantans, mosquito
Original painting by Amadeo J. E. Terzi, (1872-1956). 316 x 445 mm. c. 1905

Dionaea muscipula, venus fly trap
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum by John Miller, 1772. Original artwork held at the Natural History Museum, London

Loddigesia mirabilis, marvellous spatuletail
Plate 161, hand coloured lithograph from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, Vol.3, (1849-61)

Anopheles plumbeus, mosquito
Original painting of a mosquito by Amadeo J. E. Terzi, (1872-1956)

Scobia spinosa, fungus gnat in amber
A fungus gnat length 5.5mm, trapped and preserved in Baltic amber

Fungus gnat in amber
Fungus gnat, about 2mm in length, in Eocene Baltic amber about 40 million years old

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