House Fly? Blow Fly?

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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jul 31, 2021

Not sure what this fly is but I saw it in Dorset today. There were lots of shiny blue and shiny green flies as well. All quite small.

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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jul 31, 2021

A green one!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 31, 2021

The first one appears to be a hover fly (family Syrphidae). Compare with Rhingia rostrata - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhingia_rostrata
The greenish one likely is a blow fly (family Calliphoridae), but I would like to see a full dorsal view.
See https://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19446

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