Female striped horsefly (Tabanus lineola) by Thomas Shahan (From https://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/4915106328)

Dear Readers,  I think this was a mega-tricky quiz, so thank you to Sarah and to Fran and Bobby Freelove who all had a go! Sarah got a most respectable 5/10, but Fran and Bobby managed 8/10. so well done, and I promise to be kinder tomorrow 🙂

A) 7) Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)

B) 8) House Fly (Musca domestica)

C) 3) Golden Horsefly (Atylotus fulvus)

D) 10) Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)

E) 1) Giant Cranefly (Tipula maximus)

F) 4) Banded General (Stratiomys potamida)

G) 5) Dark-edged Beefly (Bombylius major)

H) 2) St Mark’s Fly (Bibio marci)

I) 9) Greenbottle  (Lucilia sericata)

J) 6)  Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Photo Credits

Photo A by Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo B by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo C By AfroBrazilian – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26873272

Photo D by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo E by James Lindsey at Ecology of Commanster, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo F by Pjt56, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo G by jp hamon, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo H by Rocktrotter, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo I by NobbiP, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo J by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons