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I have two specimens of this Eustalomyia species. Is it possible to determine as E. hilaris from my very poor photos!

This keys straight-forwardly to Sylvicola punctatus. Cell M1 pointed and no patterning on the wing tips. Can someone confirm I've got that right?

Can somebody help me with the ID for this fly? I have been looking for a possible match but can't find anything that could direct me to even the family.

It was find near water, a very small fly and difficult to photograph. Thank you

I found this fly in my garden about 3 weeks ago. It was very territorial, chasing anything flying by. I think it may be an anthomyiidae ?

I found this fly on ivy a week ago, on the seaside (South Gower). I just don't know where to start .... Can somebody help me with this? Thank you.

Sylvie

Hi, my most recent Clusiodes ? albimanus is by far the darkest that I have ever seen, and reviewing previous specimens has reminded me that they are a motley crew, which I was never absolutely sure. Based on having a presutural dorsocentral, post verticals present, and three orbitals, the upper one being sometimes quite weak. The Diptera Info site shows albimanus as resembling mine quite closely in its Gallery section but several identified in the forum have pale legs.

Does anyone recognise this species please?

I collected this Muscidae at over 800 metres altitude in the Cairngorms last June (DF Field week). I just cannot run it down with keys or descriptions. It does not appear to be one of the British Drymeia (very densely hairy eyes), or any Phaonia, or Helina. It's not Spilogona as far as I can make out, nor Thricops. Where am I going wrong?! Can anyone suggest anything? My best bet is Spilogona I guess, so meanwhile I am going to be running through descriptions of Spilogona species. Do any Spilogona have the dilated gena of this fly?

I've just found a male Neria that I'd identified as N.cibaria, probably on the basis of the colour of the upper frons, i.e. orange right up to the anterior ocellus, BUT with the post abdomen of N.commutata.  I've trawled internet images (though I know they can be unreliable) and find the upper frons is shown as velvety black in this species (as described in Darwyn's key). 

I occasionally get sent photographs to identify in Lincolnshire, and this illustrates a group that I can't handle. Any level of identification would be useful to provide feedback and keep people interested. It was photographed 31/8/20 in coarse vegetation and scrub on damp ground.