Flies are amazingly diverse group of insects! To show off some of that diversity, here are 15 species around where I live in Raleigh, NC flying in slow motion.

Special thanks to Matt Bertone for his still photography and help with specimen identification. Follow him here:   / bertonemyia  

00:00 - house fly
00:26 - cheese fly
01:12 - blow fly
01:33 - robber fly
01:54 - thick-headed fly
02:15 - crane fly
02:35 - non-biting midge
02:55 - gall midge
03:37 - hover fly
04:04 - soldier fly
04:22 - fungus gnat
04:44 - dark-winged fungus gnat
05:10 - lauxaniid fly
05:26 - picture-winged fly
05:46 - black onion Fly

Scientific names & frames per second captured:
House fly – Musca domestica, 8,000fps
Stink fly or cheese fly - Coenomyia ferruginea, 6,000fps
Blow fly – Lucilia sp., 6,000fps
Robber fly – Cerotainia macrocera, 6,000fps
Thick-headed fly – Zodion sp., 3,200fps
Crane fly - Tipula sp., 6,000fps
Non-biting midge - Family – Chironomidae, Chironomus, 6,000fps
Gall Midge - Family Cecidomyiidae, 6,000fps
Gall midge larva – Camptomyia sp., 6,000fps
Hover fly – Family – Syrphidae: Syrphinae, 6,000fps
Yellow soldier fly/ compost fly – Ptecticus trivittatus, 6,000fps
Fungus gnat, Mycetophilidae, 6,000fps
Dark-winged Fungus Gnat - Odontosciara nigra, 4,000fps
Lauxaniid fly – Minettia sp., 6,000fps
Picture-winged fly – Pseudotephritis vau, 6,000fps
Black Onion Fly - Tritoxa flexa, 6,000fps

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