With 1500+ stunning photographs, this is the most complete photographic guide to flies ever published. The book covers over 1200 species from all fly families found in Britain and Ireland – from Craneflies to Tachinids. Some families are covered in full, such as Soldierflies and Robberflies, while a good range of species are covered from the larger families such as Hoverflies, Picture-winged Flies, House Flies and Tachinids. Other families feature representative species. Distribution maps are shown for each species mentioned.