Flies
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Acidia cognata
Allocotocera pulchella
Allodiopsis rustica
Argyra argentina
Argyra argyria
Argyra diaphana
Argyra ilonae
Argyra leucocephala
Argyra perplexa
Austrolimnophila ochracea
Baccha elongata
Murky-legged Black Legionnaire - Beris chalybata
Bibio johannis
Bibio lanigerus
Bibio lepidus
Bibio leucopterus
Bibio longipes
St Mark's Fly - Bibio marci
In 2017 the reserve was covered in these flies! A good year for them.
Bibio nigriventris
Bibio pomonae
Bicellaria nigra
Bicellaria vana
Dark-edged Bee-fly - Bombylius major
This is the common 'bee-fly' which is associated with Primroses. During the spring these insects hover at Primroses.