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.