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• - Characteristics, phylogeny, and images from the Tree of Life project.
  
• - Photos and information on Diptera (true flies) and links to other entomological and parasitological sites.
  
• - Research by entomologist Silvio Shigueo Nihei of the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, related to taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of flies of family Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera).
  
• - Detailed information about flies from the USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory.
  
• - Information and pictures of flies in Brisbane, Australia.
  
• - Photographs and information about flies and gnats in a garden in The Netherlands.
  
• - Detailed information on the Asilidae of Germany, including distribution maps, flight period diagrams, histograms, and information on habitat requirements. In German and English.
  
• - Full text of a book by Jim Heath telling the story of the war between bush flies and dung beetles in Australia. Includes cartoons, facts, and drawings.
  
• - Detailed information about Plecia nearctica (Diptera: Bibionidae), swarming flies that are a nuisance to motorists in the southern US.
  
• - Griffith University, Australia group that focuses on research of tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in natural habitats and agricultural systems to enable a better understanding of their biology, ecology, and evolution.
  
• - Information on the occurrence, biology, damage, and management for these introduced pests of turf and many other plants.
  
• - Images and keys for the hoverflies (Syrphidae) of northwestern Europe.
  
• - Detailed information and links.
  
• - Information about Plecia nearctica, commonly called "love bugs", which emerge en mass and form large swarms. Site includes photos, video, poetry, and links.
  
• - Information about the checklist by Paul Beuk, which can be ordered on CD-ROM.
  
• - Cecidomyiid fly whose larvae are effective predators of aphids. Description, habitat, life cycle, photo, and other information.
  
• - University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County factsheet and audio on flies found in the home, biology and control.
  
• - Information about privately funded research into the genus Arachnocampa (Type species: Arachnocampa flava Harrison, 1966).
  
• - Research on circadian rhythms and information about Chronobiology and the endogenous clock in the model organism Drosophila.
  
• - Index for flies; click on any fly for image, biology, habits, control methods.
  
• - Detailed information, including morphology, life history, and phylogeny, with bibliography and links.
  
• - Information on Chironomidae and water beetles, checklists for Florida, North and South Carolina; information on how to obtain identification manuals.
  
• - All about Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) by Igor Grichanov. General information, catalogs, keys, fossils, bibliography, and links.