The queen butterfly is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80–85 mm. It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white spots in a black border. The male has a black androconial scent patch on its dorsal hindwings. It can be found in meadows, fields, marshes, deserts, and at the edges of forests.
Opomyzidae is a family of acalyptrate Diptera. They are generally small, slender, yellow, brown or black coloured flies. The larval food plants are grasses, including cereal crops, the adults are mainly found in open habitats. Some species being agricultural pests.
Ematurga atomaria, the common heath, is a moth of the family Geometridae.
Xylota segnis, The Brown-toed Forest Fly, is a common species of hoverfly.
Chrysotoxum bicinctum is a species of hoverfly.
Tropidia scita is a common Palearctic species of hoverfly associated with wetlands, ponds and ditches. The larvae have been recorded living in the basal sheaths of Typha.
Psila fimetaria is a species of fly, a member of the family Psilidae.
Canace nascia is a European species of Canacidae.
Opomyza florum, common name yellow cereal fly or grass fly, is a species of acalyptrate flies.
Opomyza is a genus of acalyptrate flies.
Tetanops myopina is a species of fly in the family Ulidiidae. It is found in the Palearctic. On the bulky wedge-shaped head the orbits have a large posterior macrochaete.The antennae are reddish. The body is transparent red covered in a dense grey white.The abdomen is gloss black, partially covered white in bands and a stripe, more so in the female. There are two pairs of prescutellar acrosticals and one pair of posterior dorsocentrals. The legs are entirely reddish. Long. : 5-7 mm.
Chamaemyia flavipalpis is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic. and North Africa.
Dictya umbrarum is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic. Long. : 4-5 mm. Intensely spotted wings.The interocular space with a black mark at the anterior orbital.The face is white with a black or brown central point. The antennae are reddish, the arista yellow at the base.The body is black covered in a grey yellow pruinosity with shifting (changeant) brown spots on the abdomen.The femora are grey with a brown apical band.The tibia are yellow with a brown apical ring (anneau). For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Dictya montana is a predator of aquatic pulmonate snails with no apparent parasitoid tendency.
Elgiva cucularia is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .Long. : 5-8 mm.Overall it is coloured yellowish-brown with a bluish-gray body. The head is characterized by silky black dots at the bases of the anterior orbital setae, between the bases of the antennae and the edges of the compound eyes, and in the centre of the occiput. The third antenna segment is a little shorter than the second. The mesonotum is black with a grey ground and grey pruinosity.There are longitudinal, brown stripes on the dorsum of the thorax: two narrow in the middle and two wide on the sides. One mesopleural bristle amongst short setae.The prothorax is bare. The yellowish smoky wings are 5.2 to 6.8 mm long and have fuzzy spots on the front half. The legs and abdomen are yellow. The lower surfaces of the hind femora are equipped with setae, while the front pair lacks them.The abdomen is rufous.For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Larvae of E. cucularia are predators of aquatic, pulmonate snails in the families Lymnaeidae, Physidae, and Planorbidae.
Ilione albiseta is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .The body length is 8 to 11.2mm and the basic colour is yellowish-brown. The spot on the occiput, the spots at the base of the frontal orbital setae and the almost triangular spots at the edge of the eyes at the height of the antennae are silky dark brown. The long antennae have a whitish hairy arists. There are longitudinal, brown stripes on the yellowish-dustedmesonotum : two narrow in the middle and two wide on the sides. In addition, there is a brown band on the body below the notopleura. The prosternum is bare. Chaetotaxy of the thorax shows strong presutural acrostichal setae and 2–3 well-developed subalar setae. The wings are 6.8 to 8 mm long and usually have 5 marks: on the anterior transverse vein, the medial vein, and the two ends of the posterior transverse vein. If there are only 2 dots on the medial vein, the transverse veins are at least darkened. The legs are yellow with darkened tarsi. The lower surfaces of the femora of the hind legs are equipped with strong and dense setae in males, and with short and sparse setae in females. Males are characterized by a copulatory apparatus with non-swollen abdominal pituitary glands.For terms see Morphology of Diptera. The larva preys on Galba truncatula
Nephrotoma cornicina is a species of fly in the family Tipulidae.
Palloptera ustulata is a species of fly in the family Pallopteridae. It is found in the Palearctic The wings are diffusely shaded brown with a darker tip. The back of the head is largely black.The face and antennae are yellow.The thorax is black with a fairly long whitish pilosity .The legs,tarsi and halteres are yellowish.Long. : 4 mm.The larvae develop under the bark of deciduous trees. It is part of a species complex and difficult to determine with certainty.
Brachyopa flavescens, The Yellow Sapeater, is a fairly common species of syrphid fly. It has been observed in northeastern North America. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found around and on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae for this genus are of the rat-tailed type. B.flavescens larvae have not been described.
Blera badia, the Common Wood Fly, is a common species of syrphid fly first officially described by Walker in 1849. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies, for they are commonly found around and on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. The larvae are of the rat-tailed type, feeding on exuding sap or in the rot holes of trees.
Mallota cimbiciformis is a Palearctic hoverfly.
