#diptera
Black Scavenger Fly (Sepsidae)
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#Fly #Diptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #Flies #Insect #Insects #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
A bit late for #FlyDay. Anyway, please enjoy this lovely syrphid fly, a striking dark brown/black with bright yellow stripes nectaring on a bright purple/blue aster with a yellow center.
#Flies #Diptera #Syrphidae #Syrphus #NativePlants #Pollinators #HabitatGardening #UrbanHabitat #UrbanNature #MacroPhotography
I went for a run yesterday. Saw a red fly. Photographed it. Shared it on #iNaturalistNZ. (As I do.)
Turns out it's the first observation of the species from Ōtautahi-Christchurch city on #iNaturalist, and the fourth from Canterbury.
All Canterbury observations of this species on #GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, are from iNaturalist.
Discovery is easy!
It's #FlyDay! What I like about this one, found recently at Cherry Beach, is the bits of pollen you can see on its face and legs.
We’ve just named a new species of fly from Yemen! And it came out of a flower from #Kew - read more about it here:
https://jeffollerton.co.uk/2023/11/01/weve-just-named-a-new-species-of-fly-from-yemen-and-it-came-out-of-a-flower-from-kew/
A bristle fly, Prosenoides assimilis, taking nectar from an aster. Texas.
There were still a few flowering goldenrod plants in the area, and as dusk fell they were swarmed with hyperactive little crane flies, many mating. I'm surprised *any* of my photos came anywhere close to turning out.
#FlyFriday #FlyDay #CraneFlies #insects #flies #Diptera #Tipulidae
@nev Crazy, eh? Here's a pic of the transparent sleeve sans larva. This is something that a lot of flies in the Mycetophilidae do. Predaceous, I suspect. #fly #diptera #FungusGnat
Found this strange fly larva on a rotting log a few weeks ago. It was inside a transparent, gooey sleeve suspended over a hole by silk threads. When the flash went off it zipped back into the shadows. Anyone know what it is? Mycetophilidae? Media, PA, USA. #fly #diptera #entomology #nature #insects
Goldenrod Gall Fly (Eurosta solidaginis) Gall
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#Diptera #Gall #Goldenrod #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #Flies #Insects #Galls #Plant #Plants #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
A couple of flies I photographed this morning. #Entomology #Insects #Diptera #Photography #InsectPhotography
Happy #FlyDay the 13th. This is a Large Crane Fly (Tipulidae sp.) in the process of making tiny crane flies and was photographed in Solento. I saw a few of these, and the pictures just don't do them justice. These were amazing looking flies.
For Friday Flyday, here's a brightly colored Australian blow fly, Amenia chrysame, photographed in the Yarra Ranges National Park.
#Arachtober 12: Mesh-web weavers (family Dictynidae) are so small they can easily make a web in a single leaf. This one has caught a long-legged fly (family Dolichopodidae).
#DailySpiderPic #spiders #Araneae #Dictynidae #Diptera #Dolichopodidae
A Beetle Fly, genus Celyphus, spotted at MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Singapore, on 18 May 2023. A fly that looks like a beetle with that shield over its wings, it is tiny, but recognizable by its strange looks.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162264599 ]
#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Flies #Diptera
A portrait of a Gnat Ogre with lunch. This tiny robber fly was enjoying its midge lunch until I decided to shove my camera in it is face. Then it just like a puppy with a toy, it seemed to be showing off its prize.
#FlyDay #Insects #Arthropod #Diptera #Predation #InsectInteraction
Monthly totals of specimens of the Tachinid fly Eumea linearicornis that I have collected in the area of Reading, UK since April 2014. This is another case of a female-only autumn generation (which might or might not be a disruptive consequence of the warming climate).
179 new drosophilid genomes #Drosophila #Diptera #Drosophilidae #Genome
#FlyDay: These gorgeous big crane flies (family Tipulidae) were out in force down by the lake last week, hanging out on tree trunks! Check out the brilliant green eyes.
#FlyFriday #bugstodon #insects #flies #CraneFlies #Diptera #Tipulidae
Found a fly infected with some sort of fungus. I think the victim might be a midge (Chaoborus punctipennis?). Media, PA, USA. #fly #diptera #insects #entomology #fungi #fungus #mycology #nature #FlyDay #FungiFriday
Something a little different for #FlyDay! These fantastical polka dots are induced by the dogwood eyespot gall midge, _Parallelodiplosis subtruncata_. Yes, these too are flies. They don't really harm the tree.
More on this species: https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/dogwood-eyespot-gall-midge
#FlyFriday #bugstodon #insects #flies #Diptera #Cecidomyiidae
A narrow-headed marsh fly, they show up early in the year and stay late.
Ivy flowers are buzzing with #pollinators at the moment, including this hornet mimic #hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)
#autumn #insects #ivy #diptera #FlyFriday
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Eastern Calligrapher (Toxomerus geminatus) on an American Aster (Symphyotrichum sp.)
#HoverFly #Fly #Flies #Diptera #Aster #Flower #Plant #Bloomscrolling #Florespondence #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Happy #FlyDay! The other day I was waiting around in the park with no macro lenses, so I had to make do with manual focus and an unflappable flesh fly(?).
Found a stump this week with several Zelia lurking about. In at least one species in the genus, females give birth to motile larvae, depositing them at the holes in decomposing wood made by beetles. The larvae then crawl along the tunnels until they find hosts to burrow into. #fly #diptera #zelia #tachinidae #insect #nature #entomology #FlyDay
Inaturalist tells me that both of these are quadrate snipe flies (Chrysopilus quadratus), but their coloration is very different. Does anyone know why? They both look like males, with their head-encompassing (holoptic) eyes. Is there just this much color variation, or have I mis-identified them?
#fly #flies #FlyFriday #rhagionidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
This Asian tiger mosquito kept landing on my keyboard while I was googling p-Menthane-3,8-diol, a repellent that is marketed under the wholesome name, "oil of lemon eucalyptus." #mosquito #diptera #insect #nature #entomology
A mosquito, gathering a blood meal from a knuckle of the hand that wasn't holding the camera. I admire her white tufts and bristly antennae.
#fly #flies #mosquitos #culicidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
Any gall fans able to help with identification? On western juniper in Prineville, Oregon, USA. cc @bugid #gall #galls #diptera #insect #nature #entomology #inaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148511677
Just an ordinary muscoid fly for #FlyFriday. Night is a good time to photograph flies as they are more likely to stay put.
:inaturalist: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/182405239
Despite appearances, this photo wasn’t taken in a studio, but on a late afternoon walk with the sun low on the horizon and no flash at all: the sun was my flash, shining on from under my camera.
Siphona sp. (tentative ID) http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181805824
It's Friday Flyday! So often, when I find Lauxaniid flies, they're mating. These ones are from Belize (left) and Ecuador (right).
Nematoceran fly —aka mosquito or midge-like— sipping nectar, its head and paintbrush antennae (the size alone labels it as male: their purpose is to locate females) bobbing up and down as if listening to heavy metal. Wish I recorded a video.
Faintest idea what species this is, I have not.
How cool. I never managed to identify these maggots from a microbial mat in Yellowstone National Park. By comparing with the larvae of alkaline flies in the video, I see they also have spiky prolegs–perhaps members of the same family, since most dipterans don't have them at all.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28847629
Digging a bit, I have this other adjacent observation of adult flies walking on those waters https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28847765 labeled as Ephydridae ... they are likely related if not the same species.
#iNaturalist #Diptera #entomology #insects #Yellowstone #flies #FlyDay
According to https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343983-Volucella-zonaria there are many observations in the UK indeed, but I've only ever seen Volucella zonaria once in the UK.
The large hoverfly I see frequently, at least in Cambridge, is the yellow-haired sun fly, Myathropa florea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180250789 This one seems like a mimic as well, but its larvae grow on detritus in moisty ground.
Hornet mimic hoverfly, Volucella zonaria http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179384134 which not only resembles (somewhat) a hornet, but also lays its eggs in a hornet nest and its larvae grow up as commensals therein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volucella_zonaria#Biology Badass!
#iNaturalist #FlyDay #Diptera #flies #entomology #insects #Mimics
For #FlyDay, a woodpecker fly (_Medetera_), a kind of long-legged fly (family Dolichopodidae). These seemingly ubiquitous predatory flies sit on tree trunks propped up on their front legs, hence the name.
An unidentified bristly, golden fly staring into the abyss.
#fly #flies #diptera #insects #arthropods #flyfriday #photography
Mystery midget: #iNaturalist auto-suggestion didn’t even guess the insect order correctly. Holds itself like a mosquito, but only measures about 2.5 mm. Found on a pebble beach by a white pine tree secondary forest.
Friday Flyday! Here's a male Nemotelus soldier fly from Texas who's got his eyes on you. And everything else. Pretty much a complete surveillance unit.
We've made it to #FlyDay! I think this might be Neurigona deformis (Dolichopodidae). When the flash went off it would dart away, then return in a fraction of a second to almost exactly the same spot (something long-legged flies tend to do). On a rotting log in Media, PA, USA. #fly #diptera #insect #entomology #moss #nature
I am sad and angry over trees next door being cut down so I had a croissant and took a LOT of bug pics and now I'm going to take a sad nap :blobsad:
- baby zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_)
- long-legged fly (_Condylostylus_?, family Dolichopodidae) on hostas
- bumblebee (_Bombus_?) on coneflower
- pseudoscorpion (Cthoniidae? Neobisiidae?) :pseudoscorpion:
#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #spiders #pseudoscorpions #flies #bees #bumblebees #macro • #Arachnida #Araneae #Salticidae #Pseudoscorpiones #Hymenoptera #Apidae #Diptera #Dolichopodidae
It's not the best photograph but I think that blur above the ant's pronotum is Apocephalus coquilletti, a scuttle fly that injects eggs into Camponotus workers. After completing their development the fly apparently causes the ant's head to pop off, using it, I guess, as some sort of escape pod. The fly was amazingly good at tracking every evasive maneuver the ant attempted, making it seem like they were joined by a metal rod. Found it yesterday and now I'm obsessed with finding more. #phoridae #diptera #fly #insects #entomology #ants #nature
A beautiful little Condylostylus: a fearsome jewel.
#fly #flies #dolichopodidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
A little sepsid fly watches the photographer while blowing a bubble and lazily waggling its wings back and forth. "Whatcha doin'?", it says.
#fly #flies #sepsidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
An encounter between beetle, fly, and human.
#beetle #beetles #fly #flies #coleoptera #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
Plant makes fake bee blood to lure in jackal flies.
These flies make me laugh so hard. They're basically a sex drive that's manifested as much eye as little fly wings can hold, all so they can find other sex drives.
Thank God it's #FlyDay!
#insects #flies #hoverflies #Diptera #Syrphidae #macro #FridayFlyDay #FlyFriday
First thing this morning my 4 y/o spotted this beautiful orange fruit fly on the rose bush, a perfect start to #FlyDay.
ID help is always appreciated.
It's Friday Flyday! Here's a snail-eating fly (Sciomyzidae, Dichetophora sp.), from Australia.
So, it's #Flyday Friday.
A pretty little Condylostylus with rainbow eyes and wings.
Yay! The CSIRO's "Anatomical Atlas of Flies" is available once again. This is an online interactive atlas of fly anatomy. It was originally implemented in Flash, and died when Flash died, but it's been resurrected now as JS and HTML.
This is a great resource for anybody who loves flies (and isn't that everybody?)
got sunburnt sat by the pond watching the bugs but it was worth it ☀️ (don't be like me and always wear suncream folks)
• marmalade hover fly (Episyrphus balteatus)
• blue emperor (Anax imperator)
• black tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
• tapered drone fly (Eristalis pertinax)
bonus: lots of blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum)
#dragonfly #dragonflies #damselfly #damselflies #insect #insects #dronefly #droneflies #hoverfly #hoverflies #pond #odonata #diptera #entomology #myphotos
Somebody in Cleveland, Mississippi, sent me some photographs of mosquitoes massed near her front door. Images aren't that clear but I'm wondering whether anyone can help me ID them. They look like Anopheles quadrimaculatus, and that might make sense given rice farming in area. #mosquito #mosquitoes #diptera #Mississippi
Look out little fly! Do you see what's behind those stamens?
#fly #flies #syrphidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #spiders #arachnids #photography #flowers #FlowersOfMastodon
A handsome "swift feather legged fly" (Trichopoda pennipes). See his elegant fringes?
Dipterists definitely missed a good naming opportunity here. He should have been a "Fast Feather Footed Fly."
#fly #flies #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
A female Gymnoclytia on a daisy. The females are black and white. The males are brown and orange.
#fly #flies #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography #pollinators #flowers #FlowersOfMastodon
A Violet Leafwalker (Chalcosyrphus chalybeus). These flies are wasp mimics. They even flick their wings the way mud-dauber wasps do. From some angles they are dark, Darth Vader black. From other angles they have the color of cobalt blue bottles.
#fly #flies #syrphidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #FlyFriday #photography
Happy #FlyDay Marsh flies (Dictya sp.) usually eat snails and slugs as maggots. Then they grow up to be these gorgeous flies all dressed up for a '30s themed party. I especially love the feathery arista on this one.
Flies are so great. Look at that eye. Look at those colors. No shade to bees, because bees are amazing too, but folks, we are sleeping on the beauty and importance of pollinating flies.
#flies #diptera #pollinators #Oregon #nature #JusticeForFlies
Bonus #FlyDayFriday
This dance fly (Rhamphomyia sp?) is practicing its disco. It was hanging out on my windowsill and was later released outside after busting a few moves for me.
A yellow dung fly (#Scathophaga stercoraria) looking for prey.
Although its Latin name suggests that it feeds on dung, it is actually a hunter of smaller insects.
#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #insects #diptera #flies #scathophagidae #scathophagastercoraria #yellowdungfly #fliegen #dungfliegen #gelbedungfliege