Observations in the Suborder: Cyclorrhapha
English Name: Maggot Flies
This taxon contains:
Observed on: 17th October 2013
Added to iSpot: 10th May 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Observed on: 10th May 2014
Added to iSpot: 10th May 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 21st April 2014
Added to iSpot: 9th May 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
By: Neil John
Observed on: 8th May 2014
Added to iSpot: 8th May 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 12th April 2010
Added to iSpot: 4th May 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 3
Location: Dovedale, shop
Lat/Lng: -23.527751, 27.046352
small general dealer shop to side of rural village, between the village and the farms
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Observed on: 13th January 2014
Added to iSpot: 4th May 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: metallic fly caught by Tropical Tent Spider. (note: the small bright red spot which appears at the base of the fly's wing in the first photo is the result of an annoying speck of dirt inside my camera/lens)
By: johanbaard
Observed on: 1st May 2014
Added to iSpot: 1st May 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 16th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 30th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 27th March 2010
Added to iSpot: 29th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 27th March 2010
Added to iSpot: 29th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 26th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 28th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: JoeyAndAndrew
Observed on: 27th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 28th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: On fresh Rhino Dung
Observed on: 31st March 2014
Added to iSpot: 28th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Fly trapped on sticky leaf surface, not the only victim
Observed on: 13th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 26th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 25th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 25th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 18th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 22nd April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Observed on: 21st April 2014
Added to iSpot: 21st April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Big, 20mm+. Also seen visiting flower.
Observed on: 21st April 2014
Added to iSpot: 21st April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: About 20mm. Seen (although not photographed)in the flower.
Observed on: 15th October 2010
Added to iSpot: 21st April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 2nd December 2010
Added to iSpot: 21st April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 17th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: Peter Webb
Observed on: 19th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 20th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 19th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 20th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Photos of female laying egg added 25 April 2014.
Observed on: 19th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 20th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Large (about 12 mm long) dark, dull, bristly fly feeding greedily through its huge proboscis on Chrysanthemoides (Bush-tick Berry) flowers
By: warrinf
Observed on: 17th March 2014
Added to iSpot: 19th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Observed on: 17th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 18th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
Description: A little bigger and a lot fatter than a housefly. Briefly lit up a sunny forest clearing. Made no effort to feed on anything, just took a shaft of sunlight.
Observed on: 6th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 18th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 2
Description: Photos by Ken Gie
Observed on: 26th December 2009
Added to iSpot: 18th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 15th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 17th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Description: Hovers very still, darts off to new position and repeats hover.
Observed on: 30th March 2014
Added to iSpot: 17th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
By: goukammarangers
Observed on: 8th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 16th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 2
Observed on: 26th March 2014
Added to iSpot: 16th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 22nd March 2014
Added to iSpot: 16th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 15th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Huge gorgeous fellow, over 10mm long, was quite happy to pose with the lens nearly touching his back
Observed on: 15th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 5
Description: Body length about 5-6mm. Hovering flight.
Observed on: 1st March 2014
Added to iSpot: 14th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 13th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 13th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 8
Description: Clearly a fly. A wasp mimic? Constantly moved its wings back and forth in horizontal plane about twice per second. Less shy of human (camera) intrusion than Blowflies, but shot off briefly when aggressive Blow and Flesh-flies landed too close. Only fed on wet parts of fresh (5 minute old) dog dung. Older, hardened piles showed no evidence of this species. Spent most of its time a little way off the dung, wandering aimlessly doing its wing-flexes, then flying or climbing over the dung to get to the wet parts.
Observed on: 11th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 13th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 19th February 2014
Added to iSpot: 13th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Location: A1, Mahalapye
Lat/Lng: -23.50278, 26.6171
old sand pit site revegetating with grass and shrubs
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Observed on: 13th January 2014
Added to iSpot: 12th April 2014
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 13
Description: very small black fly sucking up fluid from both the attacker and the victim
Observed on: 10th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 12th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: Patrick Lane
Observed on: 9th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 10th April 2014
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Observed on: 23rd March 2014
Added to iSpot: 10th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 7th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 8th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 28th March 2014
Added to iSpot: 7th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd April 2014
Added to iSpot: 7th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
Description: I have another photo, but it is portrait orientation, and iSpot won't load portrait photos at the mo. How bizarre. EDIT: have managed to upload the photo, but yeesh it took a long time...
Observed on: 7th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 7th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Wingspan about 9mm Body length about 6.5mm Behaves like a Hover Fly.
Observed on: 3rd April 2014
Added to iSpot: 7th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Crab fly (the one with the omnidirectional wheels). About 7 mm body length.
Observed on: 5th April 2014
Added to iSpot: 6th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: Aantreklike, mak vlieg wat sterk aangelok word na liggaamsweet en blykbaar glad nie byt nie
Location: Gaborone North, home
Lat/Lng: -24.5571931, 25.9637524
4 ha agricultural smallholding within city boundary,area rapidly becoming residential. Is this urban or rural?
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Observed on: 2nd April 2014
Added to iSpot: 6th April 2014
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: attracted to house lights. Is this fly hairy enough for a Trachnid? It was not very active, just moving a couple of cms if disturbed and settling down again
