Troutnut.com Fly Fishing for Trout Home
User Password
or register.
Scientific name search:

Insect Order Diptera (True Flies)

Taxonomic Navigation -?-
» Order Diptera (True Flies)
Family in DipteraNumber of SpecimensNumber of Pictures
AthericidaeWatersnipe Flies25
BlephariceridaeNet-Veined Midges00
Chaoboridae01
ChironomidaeMidges2385
CulicidaeMosquitoes15
LimoniidaeLimoniid Crane Flies415
PediciidaePediciid Crane Flies19
PtychopteridaePhantom Crane Flies13
SimuliidaeBlack Flies420
TipulidaeCrane Flies1051

23 families aren't included.
Common Name
MatchCommon Name
****True Flies
Pictures Below ↓

This is page 5 of specimens of Diptera. Visit the main Diptera page for:

  • The behavior and habitat of Diptera.
  • 9 underwater pictures of Diptera.
  • 6 streamside pictures of Diptera.

Pictures of 46 True Fly Specimens:

Specimen Page:1...3456
Tipulidae (Crane Flies) Crane Fly LarvaTipulidae (Crane Flies) True Fly Larva View 13 Pictures
Collected May 10, 2008 from the Chena River in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 20, 2011
Simuliidae (Black Flies) Black Fly LarvaSimuliidae (Black Flies) True Fly Larva View 4 Pictures
Collected March 1, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
Chironomidae (Midges) Midge LarvaChironomidae (Midges) True Fly Larva View 5 Pictures
Collected May 10, 2008 from the Chena River in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 20, 2011
Chironomidae (Midges) Midge LarvaChironomidae (Midges) True Fly Larva View 3 Pictures
Collected January 31, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
Chironomidae (Midges) Midge LarvaChironomidae (Midges) True Fly Larva View 3 Pictures
Collected July 17, 2011 from the Gulkana River in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 20, 2011
Chironomidae (Midges) Midge AdultChironomidae (Midges) True Fly Adult View 1 PicturesMidges of the family Chironomidae are probably the most widespread aquatic insect in the world.
Collected June 15, 2010 from unknown in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011
Prodiamesa Midge LarvaProdiamesa Midge Larva View 1 PicturesAnother head capsule of a chironomid showing the detail of the mouthparts.
Collected December 3, 2005 from Rock Creek in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011
Micropsectra Midge LarvaMicropsectra Midge Larva View 0 Pictures
Collected January 1, 2010 from in
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011
Limnophila True Fly LarvaLimnophila True Fly Larva View 2 Pictures
Collected February 2, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
Tipulidae (Crane Flies) Crane Fly AdultTipulidae (Crane Flies) True Fly Adult View 1 PicturesCollected near the Touchet River in Dayton, WA.
Collected June 6, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011
Specimen Page:1...3456
Top 10 Fly Hatches
BaetidaeEphemerellidaeHexagenia limbataBaetisHeptageniidaeChironomidaeIsonychiaHydropsychidaeEphemerellaEphemerella subvaria
Top Gift Shop Designs
I outfish my daddy!Electric blue Hendrickson dun.I love buggers. Big, green, wooly ones.I outfish my husband!Be the trout.
Eat mayflies.
Top Insect Specimens
Rhyacophila fuscula Caddisfly LarvaHexagenia limbata Mayfly NymphEphemerella subvaria Mayfly DunCorydalus Hellgrammite LarvaEphemera guttulata Mayfly Dun
Miscellaneous Sites