Contains

• gadfly

  Any of various large flies that annoy livestock.

• blowfly

  Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds.

• horn fly

  Small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially...

• alula

  Scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.

• housefly

  Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.

• bee fly

  Hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and...

• tsetse fly

  Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

• flesh fly

  Fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals.

• tachina fly

  Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important...