APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Diptera - Strandline Fly Maggots (Diptera images)
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A Beach fly
Dipterous Insect
- washed up on strandline 1

A Beach fly
Dipterous Insect
- washed up on strandline 2

A Beach fly
Dipterous Insect
- washed up on strandline 3

A Beach fly
Dipterous Insect
- feasting seagulls 1

A Beach fly
Dipterous Insect
- feasting seagulls 2

17.11.10 - Maggots were found being washed up by the thousands on the incoming tide on the beach at Marazion, Cornwall. The sea state was very rough and a huge flock of seagulls alerted us to the fact that something edible was being washed up. On close inspection we found thousands if not millions of fly maggots. I assume that the maggots had been feeding on rotting kelp that had been washed up and buried by storms earlier in the year.

Diptera Strandline Fly Maggots Insecta Marine Arthropod Diptera Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.