Help and a pictures

Okay, I've been having fun with my macro lens, but I seem to be finding more and more bugs that I have no idea what they are. How do you all identify them? Is there a site on the internet? Or a good book?

Here is an example one I just took on my back door, sorry about the dirty glass. I don't know what it is.

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I can't id them all - my book which helps me on them is this one

http://www.pemberleybo​oks.com …ritain-and-ireland/23490/

That looks like a horsefly or clegg fly to me with those eyes. Others here will I suspect know better.

Websites of the top of my head - http://www.naturespot.​org.uk/ http://bugguide.net/no​de/view/15740

Nice pics btw

Lovely captures.
A soldier fly Stratiomyidae, probably Hermetia illucens

www.bugguide.net is good for US bugs

Brian v.

Google is your friend! https://www.google.com​/#q=Identify+insects+i​n+USA

Thanks, Solider fly looks to be it. I'm used to looking up birds so I know generally how to classify them to find them faster, but insects are new to me. I'll try out the sites everybody mentioned.

Great eyes on that fly. You should be able to find lots of dragonflies, TX has more species (225) than any other State. Guy from Austin on Flickr shoots many around Yett Creek.