Containing true flies (with two wings) a relatively recent, but highly successful order.  All photographs taken with Canon EOS 300D and MP-E 65mm, with fill in flash unless otherwise stated:

Fly (Mesembrina meridiana) on forsythia blossom

Canon300D and 100mm f2.8 macro lens with fill in flash

Fly (?sp.) on water droplet
Fly (Polietes Lardarius) on viburnum leaf

Canon300D and 100mm f2.8 macro lens with fill in flash

Infested Lesser House-fly (Fannia canicularis)
Fly (?sp.) on blade of grass
Fruit-fly
Cluster-fly (Pollenia rudis) on Leaf
Robber flies
Hover flies (Syrphus ribesii)

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