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Exploring the families of British Diptera

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Fly families

  • 1. Trichoceridae – ice house
  • 2. Chironomidae – dancing for joy
  • 3. Anisopodidae – the honey trap
  • 4. Sepsidae – suum cuique
  • 5. Coelopidae – arachnophobia
  • 6. Drosophilidae – time’s arrow
  • 7. Pyschodidae – fairy wings
  • 8. Sphaeroceridae – caveat emptor!
  • 9. Scathophagidae – alchemy
  • 10. Culicidae – love story
  • 11. Muscidae – old friend
  • 12. Dryomyzidae – facial recognition
  • 13. Heleomyzidae – worry wort
  • 14. Calliphoridae – carmageddon
  • 15. Simulidae – memory lane
  • 16. Anthomyiidae – schism
  • 17. Limoniidae – unlocked key
  • 18. Dolichopodidae – proto punk
  • 19. Bibionidae – nomenclature
  • 20. Syrphidae – super sleuth
  • 21. Bombyliidae – probability
  • 22. Lonchopteridae – veinistry
  • 23. Sciomyzidae – sonnet 116
  • 24. Tipulidae – lazy bones
  • 25. Empididae – surprises
  • 26. Scatopsidae – terra incognita
  • 27. Fanniidae – lost and found
  • 28. Tachinidae – à la carte
  • 29. Cecidomyiidae – exotica
  • 30. Tephritidae – Rorschach test
  • 31. Keroplatidae – bycatch
  • 32. Phoridae – backlog
  • 33. Piophilidae – persistence
  • 34. Rhagionidae – naming
  • 35. Lauxaniidae – bristles
  • 36. Mycetophilidae – cheat
  • 37. Sarcophagidae – hard graft
  • 38. Asilidae – joy
  • 39. Psilidae – character
  • 40. Sciaridae – see and believe
  • 41. Stratiomyidae – walking
  • 42. Opomyzidae – therapy
  • 43. Anthomyzidae – small fry
  • 44. Diastatidae – known unknown
  • 45. Lonchaeidae – habits
  • 46. Pedicidae – optical envy
  • 47. Clusiidae – personality
  • 48. Tabanidae – dilemma
  • 49. Ceratopognidae – irritations
  • 50. Pipunculidae – big head
  • 51. Agromyzidae – stymied
  • 52. Ephydridae – pooters
  • 53. Chloropidae – special interest
  • 54. Hybotidae – form & function
  • 55. Chaoboridae – metaphor
  • 56. Ulidiidae – hidden meaning
  • 57. Ptychopteridae – details
  • 58. Conopidae – endgame
  • 59. Platypezidae – plod
  • 60. Diadocidiidae – acolyte
  • 61. Ditomyiidae – sun seeker
  • 61. Ditomyiidae – sun seeker
  • 62. Brachystomatidae – incertae sedis
  • 62. Brachystomatidae – incertae sedis
  • 63. Pollenidae – a time of gifts
  • Finale – the last post
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