It is normal to see many varieties of flies around the garden and many help with pollination. But most flies don't "eat" things - no teeth or mandibles - they just suck on things. Dave

I also have earwigs, snails & large pill bug populations feeding on my strawberries. I also took a cue from seeing the strawberry farmland with it's rows of raised mounds covered in black plastic, so when I planted my berries I did mound them up, but forewent the black plastic(toxic). My berries are planted in a front yard bed which has wood chip mulch. I believe this may contribute somewhat to creating a hospitable habitat for the bugs, but it also keeps the surface dry(mostly) while helping the soil underneath retain moisture, fostering beneficial microorganisms which contribute exponentially to the fertility of the soil & plants, and subsequently requiring less watering. I find that I can minimize my losses of berries considerably by 1) only watering in morning to mid-day to avoid moisture at night which is when they feed. Watering at night seems to make them come out & eat everything. Also, don't water from above getting the plants themselves wet as this again encourages bugs to come up on them & feed. Instead opt to do a good soak once or twice a week. Drip lines are great, but I just put the hose on a trickle & leave lying on the ground for a while. 2) walking through the plants every day or so and flipping ripening berries up over the top of the plant so they are as far from the ground as possible. I find if they are not wet AND not touching the ground they will not get "munched". Also there is a natural predator of pill bugs, a spider about one-half inch long with a brown rear body and a reddish front body. It has prominent fangs, long front legs, and is timid as it usually runs for cover when disturbed or seen. Its common name is Woodlouse spider. They are everywhere and harmless to people. The scientific name is Dysdera Crocata and it feeds almost exclusively on pill bugs(aka woodlouse). They live under objects on the ground like stones etc. where pill bugs live. The long "fangs" are used for feeding on the pill bugs not you! If you can find one or order them from somewhere put it in your strawberry bed and I guarantee you both will be very happy :-) Utilizing these methods in concert I have been able to harvest more strawberries daily than this house of 5 can possibly eat without using a single chemical, so I don't worry too much when I do loose a few to the bugs. Good luck :-)

What little I can see appears to me to be a slug, a not particullarly usefull critter in the garden except as a food for toads and snakes. There are a number of ways to control slugs which can be a real problem in a well mulched garden since that does create the conditions, cool and moist, they prefer to live in. Saucers of stale beer, sprinkling iron phosphate (one brand name is Sluggo) around, spraying foliage with cold, caffienated coffee (this has worked for me although there are some that will maintain it does not), encouraging predators (toads and snakes) to hang around. Here is a link that might be useful: About Slugs

Assassin bugs look alot like leaf footed bugs in their early stages. In fact they are very closely related. Leaf footed bugs suck the juices out of tomatoes leaving them marbled looking and suseptable to bacterial infections. You must destinguish because leaf footed bugs can devistate your crop yield (I know from experience). The leaf footed bugs are generally found on the tomatoes, although you can also find them on the leaves. When they become adults, their black feet are enlarged at the base making it look like a black leaf (hence the name). Once they become adults they reproduce like bunnies and are very hard to control. Honestly, they are worst than hornworms. Good luck.