Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Diptera

New Zealand Sandfly

Austrosimulium ungulatum

2-4 mm
Diptera

New Zealand Sandfly

Austrosimulium australense

2-4 mm
Diptera

Noisy Tachinid

Tachina fera

9-14 mm
Diptera

Northern Black Fly

Simulium venustum

2-4 mm
Diptera

Northern House Mosquito

Aedes hexodontus

5-7 mm
Diptera

Nose Bot Fly of Horses

Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

10-14 mm
Diptera

Notch-horned Cleg

Haematopota pluvialis

8-12 mm
Diptera

Ochraceum Black Fly

Simulium ochraceum

1.5-3 mm
Diptera

Old World Screwworm

Chrysomya bezziana

8-11 mm
Diptera

Olive Fruit Fly

Bactrocera oleae

4-5 mm
Diptera

Onchocerciasis Black Fly

Simulium damnosum

2-4 mm
Diptera

Orange Wheat Blossom Midge

Sitodiplosis mosellana

2-3 mm
Diptera

Oriental Fruit Fly

Bactrocera dorsalis

6-8 mm
Diptera

Oriental Latrine Fly

Chrysomya megacephala

8-12 mm
Diptera

Ornate Soldier Fly

Odontomyia ornata

8-12 mm
Diptera

Orthoclad Stream Midge

Orthocladius oblidens

3-5 mm
Diptera

Owl Midge

Clogmia albipunctata

2-5 mm
Diptera

Ozark Stiletto Fly

Thereva frontalis

8-11 mm
Diptera

Painted Bee Fly

Hemipenthes morio

7-12 mm
Diptera

Painted Soldier Fly

Sargus cuprarius

10-14 mm
Diptera

Pallidipes Tsetse Fly

Glossina pallidipes

9-14 mm
Diptera

Parasitic Bee Fly

Winthemia rufopicta

6-9 mm
Diptera

Pear Leaf-curling Midge

Dasineura pyri

1-2 mm
Diptera

Pedician Crane Fly

Pedicia rivosa

18-25 mm body length
Diptera

Pellucid Hoverfly

Volucella pellucens

14-17 mm
Diptera

Peruvian Sandfly

Phlebotomus perniciosus

2-3 mm
Diptera

Petroleum Fly

Helaeomyia petrolei

5 mm
Diptera

Phantom Crane Fly

Bittacomorpha clavipes

10-15 mm body
Diptera

Phantom Midge

Chaoborus crystallinus

8-10 mm
Diptera

Picture-Winged Fly

Delphinia picta

5-8 mm
Diptera

Pied Hoverfly

Scaeva pyrastri

12-16 mm
Diptera

Pigeon Louse Fly

Pseudolynchia canariensis

5-7 mm
Diptera

Plain-faced Dronefly

Eristalis arbustorum

9-11 mm
Diptera

Polynesian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes polynesiensis

3-5 mm
Diptera

Progressive Bee Fly

Exoprosopa fasciata

10-16 mm
Diptera Data Deficient

Pyrenean Snow Fly

Chionea belgica

3-4 mm body length
Diptera

Queensland Fruit Fly

Bactrocera tryoni

6-8 mm
Diptera

Rain Fly

Haematopota crassicornis

9-12 mm
Diptera

Red-footed Robber Fly

Dioctria rufipes

9-13 mm
Diptera

Red-tailed Flesh Fly

Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis

10-14 mm
Diptera

Reindeer Nose Bot Fly

Cephenemyia trompe

14-18 mm
Diptera

Reindeer Warble Fly

Hypoderma tarandi

13-17 mm
Diptera

Rift Valley Fever Mosquito

Aedes mcintoshi

4-6 mm
Diptera

River Midge

Rheotanytarsus exiguus

3-5 mm
Diptera

Robber Fly

Promachus rufipes

15-30 mm
Diptera

Robber Fly

Promachus leoninus

25-40 mm
Diptera

Rose Midge

Dasineura rhodophaga

1-2 mm
Diptera

Saltmarsh Mosquito

Aedes sollicitans

5-7 mm
Diptera

Sand Fly

Phlebotomus papatasi

2-3 mm
Diptera

Sand Gnat

Culicoides furens

1-2.5 mm
Diptera

Sand Robber Fly

Philonicus albiceps

12-18 mm
Diptera

Satellite Flesh Fly

Sarcophaga africa

8-14 mm
Diptera

Scarlet Robber Fly

Laphria flava

15-25 mm
Diptera

Screwworm Fly

Cochliomyia hominivorax

8-12 mm
Diptera

Seaweed Fly

Coelopa frigida

5-8 mm
Diptera

Secondary Screwworm Fly

Cochliomyia macellaria

8-12 mm
Diptera

Semaphore Fly

Poecilobothrus nobilitatus

5-7 mm
Diptera

Sergenti Sandfly

Phlebotomus sergenti

2-3 mm
Diptera

Sheep Ked

Melophagus ovinus

4-7 mm
Diptera

Sheep Nose Bot Fly

Oestrus ovis

10-12 mm
Diptera

Silvius Horse Fly

Silvius alpinus

8-11 mm
Diptera

Slender Robber Fly

Leptogaster cylindrica

8-12 mm
Diptera

Small-headed Fly

Ogcodes pallidipennis

4-8 mm
Diptera

Snail-killing Fly

Tetanocera elata

7-10 mm
Diptera

Snipe Fly

Rhagio scolopaceus

10-15 mm
Diptera

Snow Crane Fly

Chionea valga

5-8 mm body length
Diptera

Snow Fly

Chionea araneoides

5-8 mm
Diptera

Snow Pool Mosquito

Aedes communis

4-6 mm
Diptera

Soldier Fly

Odontomyia tigrina

8-12 mm
Diptera

Sonorensis Biting Midge

Culicoides sonorensis

1-3 mm
Diptera

South African Robber Fly

Alcimus tristrigatus

18-26 mm
Diptera

South American Horned Treefrog Fly

Richardia telescopica

8-14 mm
Diptera

South American Malaria Mosquito

Anopheles darlingi

4-5 mm
Diptera

South American Robber Fly

Microstylum magnum

30-40 mm
Diptera

Southeast Asian Malaria Mosquito

Anopheles dirus

3-5 mm
Diptera

Southern House Mosquito

Culex quinquefasciatus

4-6 mm
Diptera

Southern Long-legged Fly

Chrysotus gramineus

2-3 mm
Diptera

Southern Net-Winged Midge

Blepharicera cherokea

6-9 mm
Diptera

Spine-legged Robber Fly

Diogmites angustipennis

12-18 mm
Diptera

Spotted Crane Fly

Nephrotoma appendiculata

15-25 mm body length
Diptera

Spotted Wing Drosophila

Drosophila suzukii

2-3 mm
Diptera

Stable Fly

Stomoxys calcitrans

6-8 mm
Diptera

Stalk-Eyed Fly

Teleopsis dalmanni

6-10 mm body (eye span up to 25 mm)
Diptera

Stilt-legged Fly

Rainieria antennaepes

8-12 mm
Diptera

Stink Bug Tachinid

Trichopoda pennipes

8-12 mm
Diptera

Striped Deer Fly

Chrysops caecutiens

8-11 mm
Diptera

Striped Deer Fly

Chrysops vittatus

8-11 mm
Diptera

Striped Horse Fly

Tabanus lineola

12-16 mm
Diptera

Subarctic Crane Fly

Prionocera turcica

12-18 mm body length
Diptera

Subarctic Flesh Fly

Sarcophaga nigriventris

8-14 mm
Diptera

Sundaicus Malaria Mosquito

Anopheles sundaicus

3-5 mm
Diptera

Sunflower Maggot Fly

Strauzia longipennis

5-8 mm
Diptera

Swallow Louse Fly

Ornithomya avicularia

5-7 mm
Diptera

Sweat Fly

Hydrotaea irritans

5-7 mm
Diptera

Swede Midge

Contarinia nasturtii

1.5-2 mm
Diptera

Sweet Itch Midge

Culicoides obsoletus

1-3 mm
Diptera

Tachydromia Dance Fly

Tachydromia umbrarum

2-3 mm
Diptera

Tangle-veined Fly

Nemestrina reticulata

12-18 mm
Diptera

Tangle-veined Fly

Nemestrina longirostris

15-20 mm
Diptera

Tanypod Predatory Midge

Tanypus punctipennis

4-7 mm