Learn about freeloader flies, which dare share the dinner of spiders, mantids and other predatory insects much larger than themselves.

Read a short introduction about the family Milichiidae (Diptera, Schizophora) or visit the species pages (see Navigation) with information about and photos of common, beautiful and/or important species.

As part of the EDIT project, this website includes a revision of the genus Milichiella, as an example for a web revision. For more information on Diptera see The *new* Diptera Site. For a comprehensive catalog of Milichiidae see the Diptera portal.

New additions

• Check recent posts.
• Online publication: Milichiidae of the Lake Kerkini region in Greece (January 2010)
• Interactive key to males of Milichiella (August 2009)
• Species pages with descriptions, images and maps for all Milichiella species (August 2009)

Navigation

A click on a term in the 'Classification' menu will open the child taxa and the species page for this term. You can also click on 'Taxonomy' above the search field, enter a term (genus + species name) and search.