Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Diptera

Autumn Horse Fly

Tabanus autumnalis

16-22 mm
Diptera

Balloon Dance Fly

Hilara maura

4-6 mm
Diptera

Banana Stalk Fly

Telostylinus angusticollis

8-15 mm
Diptera

Band-eyed Brown Horse Fly

Tabanus bromius

13-17 mm
Diptera

Banded Blackfly

Simulium ornatum

2-4 mm
Diptera

Banded General Soldier Fly

Stratiomys potamida

12-16 mm
Diptera

Bat Fly

Penicillidia conspicua

2-5 mm
Diptera

Bat Fly

Nycteribia kolenatii

3-5 mm
Diptera

Batman Hoverfly

Myathropa florea

12-15 mm
Diptera

Bazaar Fly

Musca sorbens

5-7 mm
Diptera

Bearded Robber Fly

Efferia aestuans

15-22 mm
Diptera

Bearded Robber Fly

Machimus atricapillus

12-18 mm
Diptera

Bee Fly

Bombylius major

8-18 mm
Diptera

Bee Killer Robber Fly

Mallophora bomboides

20-28 mm
Diptera Endangered

Belkin's Dune Tabanid Fly

Brennania belkini

1-1.5 cm
Diptera

Big-headed Fly

Pipunculus campestris

3-6 mm
Diptera

Biting Midge

Culicoides impunctatus

1-3 mm
Diptera

Biting Midge (No-See-Um)

Culicoides imicola

1-3 mm
Diptera

Black Blow Fly

Phormia regina

9-13 mm
Diptera

Black Horse Fly

Tabanus atratus

20-28 mm
Diptera

Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens

15-20 mm
Diptera

Black-Tailed Deer Fly

Chrysops niger

7-10 mm
Diptera

Blue Bottle Fly

Calliphora vomitoria

10-14 mm
Diptera

Blue Mountains Glowworm

Arachnocampa richardsae

3-5 mm
Diptera

Bot Fly

Dermatobia hominis

12-18 mm
Diptera

Bot Fly

Cuterebra fontinella

15-20 mm
Diptera

Brevipalpis Tsetse Fly

Glossina brevipalpis

12-16 mm
Diptera

Brine Fly

Ephydra hians

4-7 mm
Diptera

Bristly Tachinid

Epalpus signifer

6-10 mm
Diptera

Bristly Tachinid Fly

Nowickia ferox

12-16 mm
Diptera

Broad Centurion Soldier Fly

Chloromyia formosa

7-10 mm
Diptera

Buffalo Fly

Haematobia irritans exigua

3-4 mm
Diptera

Bumblebee-mimicking Tachinid

Jurinia frontalis

14-18 mm
Diptera

Bush Fly

Musca vetustissima

5-7 mm
Diptera

Caribou Bot Fly

Cephenemyia jellisoni

12-16 mm
Diptera

Caterpillar Tachinid

Lydella thompsoni

5-8 mm
Diptera

Chagasi Sandfly

Lutzomyia evansi

2-3 mm
Diptera

Cheese Skipper

Piophila casei

3-5 mm
Diptera Not Evaluated

Christmas Island Blue Crab Fly

Paramyia nitens

2-4 mm
Diptera

Cinnamon Tachinid

Adejeania vexatrix

12-16 mm
Diptera

Cluster Fly

Pollenia rudis

8-10 mm
Diptera

Coffin Fly

Conicera tibialis

2-3 mm
Diptera

Cold-water Glacier Midge

Diamesa cinerella

3-4 mm body length
Diptera

Comb-horned Crane Fly

Ctenophora ornata

15-25 mm body length
Diptera

Common Bat Fly

Basilia nana

2-3 mm
Diptera

Common Compost Hoverfly

Syritta pipiens

7-9 mm
Diptera

Common Crane Fly

Tipula oleracea

15-25 mm body length
Diptera

Common Fungus Gnat

Bradysia impatiens

2-4 mm
Diptera

Common Gnat

Culex modestus

4-5 mm
Diptera

Common House Fly

Musca domestica

6-9 mm
Diptera

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

4-7 mm
Diptera

Common Malaria Mosquito

Anopheles quadrimaculatus

4-6 mm
Diptera

Common Moth Fly

Psychoda alternata

2-4 mm
Diptera

Common Stiletto Fly

Thereva nobilitata

8-12 mm
Diptera

Common Thick-headed Fly

Sicus ferrugineus

8-12 mm
Diptera

Comstock's Net-Winged Midge

Agathon comstocki

5-8 mm
Diptera

Congo Floor Maggot Fly

Auchmeromyia senegalensis

10-14 mm
Diptera

Copper-Bottom Blow Fly

Lucilia cuprina

9-13 mm
Diptera

Crane Fly

Tipula paludosa

15-25 mm
Diptera

Dance Fly

Empis tessellata

10-12 mm
Diptera

Dance Fly with Feathered Legs

Rhamphomyia sulcata

5-8 mm
Diptera

Dark Giant Horse Fly

Tabanus sudeticus

22-28 mm
Diptera

Dark-winged Fungus Gnat

Sciara hemerobioides

4-6 mm
Diptera

Deer Bot Fly

Cephenemyia stimulator

12-15 mm
Diptera

Deer Fly (Chrysops)

Chrysops silacea

8-12 mm
Diptera

Deer Ked

Lipoptena cervi

5-7 mm
Diptera Endangered

Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly

Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis

2.5-3.5 cm
Diptera

Dimidiata Deer Fly

Chrysops dimidiata

8-11 mm
Diptera

Dotted Bee Fly

Bombylius discolor

10-14 mm
Diptera

Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

14-18 mm
Diptera

Eastern Calligrapher

Toxomerus geminatus

5-7 mm
Diptera

Eastern Net-Winged Midge

Blepharicera tenuipes

6-10 mm
Diptera

Eastern Tree Hole Mosquito

Aedes triseriatus

4-6 mm
Diptera

Elephant Mosquito

Toxorhynchites rutilus

8-12 mm
Diptera

Elephant Stomach Bot Fly

Cobboldia elephantis

14-18 mm
Diptera

Eupeodes Hoverfly

Eupeodes corollae

8-12 mm
Diptera

European Cherry Fruit Fly

Rhagoletis cerasi

4-5 mm
Diptera

European Malaria Mosquito

Anopheles atroparvus

4-6 mm
Diptera

European Thick-headed Fly

Myopa buccata

6-10 mm
Diptera

Eye Gnat

Liohippelates pusio

1.5-2.5 mm
Diptera

Face Fly

Musca autumnalis

7-8 mm
Diptera

False Stable Fly

Muscina stabulans

7-10 mm
Diptera

Fever Fly

Dilophus febrilis

5-7 mm
Diptera

Flat-footed Fly

Platypeza consobrina

3-5 mm
Diptera

Flat-footed Fly

Lindneromyia dorsalis

3-5 mm
Diptera

Flat-footed Fly

Agathomyia wankowiczii

3-4 mm
Diptera

Flat-footed Scuttle Fly

Metopina oligoneura

1-2 mm
Diptera

Fleck-winged Hoverfly

Dasysyrphus albostriatus

9-12 mm
Diptera

Flesh Fly

Sarcophaga bullata

10-14 mm
Diptera

Flesh Fly

Sarcophaga carnaria

10-18 mm
Diptera

Fleshfly (Dux)

Sarcophaga dux

10-16 mm
Diptera

Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster

2-4 mm
Diptera

Fusca Tsetse Fly

Glossina fusca

10-15 mm
Diptera

Fuscipes Tsetse Fly

Glossina fuscipes

7-10 mm
Diptera

Gallinipper Mosquito

Psorophora ciliata

7-12 mm
Diptera

Giant Crane Fly

Tipula abdominalis

20-35 mm
Diptera

Giant Crane Fly

Tipula maxima

30-40 mm body length, wingspan up to 65 mm
Diptera

Giant Eastern Crane Fly

Pedicia albivitta

20-30 mm body length
Diptera

Giant Net-Winged Midge

Bibiocephala grandis

10-15 mm
Diptera

Giant Robber Fly

Promachus giganteus

25-35 mm