| Flies
- (Diptera)
A total of 82 fly species have been
recorded on the site, and some of the files that have been recorded are
regarded as being nationally notable.
Below is a summary of the flies on the
site:
Dolichopodidae
- Long-legged flies (total 13 species recorded)
Dolichopus
strigipes (N) & Poecilobothrus
principalis (N) are typical salt marsh fly species.
Micromorphus
albipes are found in sweeping coarse grasses in costal
sites.
Phoridea
- Humped-back flies
(total 4 species recorded)
Magaselia
pallidizona (N) first Kent record
Lauxaniidea
- Acalyptrate flies
(total 4 species recorded)
Homoneura
consobrina (N) tends to be costal in
distribution
Chloropidea
- Frit/grass flies (total 11
species recorded)
Elachiptera
pubescens (N) a salt marsh species, the
larvae requires one of the coastal grasses
Camarota
curvipennis this
fly has darkened wings which fold back over the addomen like an elytra
of a beetle.
Tephritidae
- Fruit flies (total 3 species recorded)
Paroxyna
plantaginis is characteristic of salt
marshes and develops in sea aster
Sphaeroceridae
- Small dung flies (total 4 species recorded)
Leptocera
fuscipennis is characteristic of salt
marshes, often accuring in coastal mud
Scathophagidae
- Dung Flies (total 2 species
recorded)
Scathophaga
litorea a characteristic fly of the
coat, members of this genus are important predators of other flies
Limoniidae
- Limoniid crane flies (total 2 species recorded)
Psychodidae - Moth or
Drain flies (total 1 species recorded)
Scathopsidae
- Minute black scavenger flies (total 1 species recorded)
Stratimoyiidae
- Soldier flies (total 2 species recorded)
Hybotidae
- Dance Flies (total 2 species recorded)
Lonchopteridae
- Spear-winged flies (total 1 species recorded)
Syrphidae
- Hover / flower flies (total 5 species recorded)
Tephritidae
- Fruit flies (total 3 species recorded)
Otitidae
- Picture-winged flies (total 1 species recorded)
Psilidae
- Rust Flies (total 1 species recorded)
Sepsidae
- Ensign Flies (total 3 species recorded)
Sciomyzidae
- Marsh Flies (total 1 species recorded)
Pallopteridae
- Fluter-wing flies (total 1 species recorded)
Asteiidae
- Acalyptrate (total 1 species recorded)
Ephydridae
- Shore flies (total 2 species recorded)
Drosophilidae
- Vinegar flies (total 1 species recorded)
Agromyzidae
- Leaf-miner flies (total 2 species recorded)
Tachinidae
- no common (total 1 species recorded)
Sarcophagidae
- Flesh Flies (total 1 species recorded)
Calliphoridae
- Blow flies (total 2 species recorded)
Anthomyiidae
- Root Maggots (total 2 species recorded)
Muscidae
- House or Stables flies (total 7 species recorded)
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