Dipterists Society
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Our mission is to advance the scientific study, understanding, and appreciation of the insect order Diptera, or true flies.
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Happy New Fungus Gnats! 🥂🦟🦟
Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social
The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t
Enjoy!
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Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social
The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t
Enjoy!
@rudolf-meier.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Happy New Fungus Gnats! 🥂🦟🦟
Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social
The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t
Enjoy!
@rudolf-meier.bsky.social
Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social
The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t
Enjoy!
@rudolf-meier.bsky.social
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Periscelis wheeleri, the most grumpy old man fly I've ever seen
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Periscelis wheeleri, the most grumpy old man fly I've ever seen
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A new genus and new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore. Paper authored by Fly School instructor Dalton Amorim, Fly School I alumnus @derschwingfliegen.bsky.social, and others
Happy New Fungus Gnats! 🥂🦟🦟
Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social
The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t
Enjoy!
@rudolf-meier.bsky.social
Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social
The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t
Enjoy!
@rudolf-meier.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A new genus and new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore. Paper authored by Fly School instructor Dalton Amorim, Fly School I alumnus @derschwingfliegen.bsky.social, and others
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Don't let this delicate little muppet fly fool you - larvae are voracious predators of armored scale insects! A member of the "gall" midge family, it has abandoned plant feeding for a meat-based diet (like many others).
#Cecidomyiidae: #Dentifibula viburni
Host = white prunicola scale; #Diaspididae
#Cecidomyiidae: #Dentifibula viburni
Host = white prunicola scale; #Diaspididae
January 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Don't let this delicate little muppet fly fool you - larvae are voracious predators of armored scale insects! A member of the "gall" midge family, it has abandoned plant feeding for a meat-based diet (like many others).
#Cecidomyiidae: #Dentifibula viburni
Host = white prunicola scale; #Diaspididae
#Cecidomyiidae: #Dentifibula viburni
Host = white prunicola scale; #Diaspididae
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My first louse (flat) flies of the year! Stenepteryx (Crataerina) hirundinis puparia (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) with flies emerging about 5 months early. I probably should have kept them somewhere cooler!
January 4, 2026 at 5:48 AM
My first louse (flat) flies of the year! Stenepteryx (Crataerina) hirundinis puparia (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) with flies emerging about 5 months early. I probably should have kept them somewhere cooler!
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Learn more about #diptera Funding available for Summer field meeting 2026 #fieldcraft #entomology #pollinators #foodwebs #detritivores
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk
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December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Learn more about #diptera Funding available for Summer field meeting 2026 #fieldcraft #entomology #pollinators #foodwebs #detritivores
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Enjoy a lovely walk through a Colombian mountain-top forest with @tshahan.bsky.social! We suggest watching the whole video (youtu.be/sgGlXNOct9I?...), but if you want to skip to the flies 🪰 you can click here: youtu.be/sgGlXNOct9I?...
Amazing!
Amazing!
Macro Photography in COLOMBIA - Ep 2: SPIDERS, Flies, Orthopterans and more!
YouTube video by Thomas Shahan
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December 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Enjoy a lovely walk through a Colombian mountain-top forest with @tshahan.bsky.social! We suggest watching the whole video (youtu.be/sgGlXNOct9I?...), but if you want to skip to the flies 🪰 you can click here: youtu.be/sgGlXNOct9I?...
Amazing!
Amazing!
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my modest collection of flies with WIDE heads 🙇
a hammer-headed Richardia (Ecuador),
a stalk-eyed Chaetodiopsis (Mozambique),
a pointy-eyed Ophthalmoptera (Colombia),
and an antlered Richardia (Colombia)
why though? male-male competition? sexual selection? chime-in if you know!
a hammer-headed Richardia (Ecuador),
a stalk-eyed Chaetodiopsis (Mozambique),
a pointy-eyed Ophthalmoptera (Colombia),
and an antlered Richardia (Colombia)
why though? male-male competition? sexual selection? chime-in if you know!
December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
my modest collection of flies with WIDE heads 🙇
a hammer-headed Richardia (Ecuador),
a stalk-eyed Chaetodiopsis (Mozambique),
a pointy-eyed Ophthalmoptera (Colombia),
and an antlered Richardia (Colombia)
why though? male-male competition? sexual selection? chime-in if you know!
a hammer-headed Richardia (Ecuador),
a stalk-eyed Chaetodiopsis (Mozambique),
a pointy-eyed Ophthalmoptera (Colombia),
and an antlered Richardia (Colombia)
why though? male-male competition? sexual selection? chime-in if you know!
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Day 20 of #InsectAdvent
Nearly there, eyes on the prize of Christmas Day. Talking of eyes, some of the best eyed creatures are stalk-eyed flies including Plagoiocephalus latifrons (image @bertonemyia.bsky.social) we saw in Costa Rica
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Nearly there, eyes on the prize of Christmas Day. Talking of eyes, some of the best eyed creatures are stalk-eyed flies including Plagoiocephalus latifrons (image @bertonemyia.bsky.social) we saw in Costa Rica
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December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Day 20 of #InsectAdvent
Nearly there, eyes on the prize of Christmas Day. Talking of eyes, some of the best eyed creatures are stalk-eyed flies including Plagoiocephalus latifrons (image @bertonemyia.bsky.social) we saw in Costa Rica
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Nearly there, eyes on the prize of Christmas Day. Talking of eyes, some of the best eyed creatures are stalk-eyed flies including Plagoiocephalus latifrons (image @bertonemyia.bsky.social) we saw in Costa Rica
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Just in time for the holidays, a little gift: FLY TIMES Issue 75 (Fall 2025)! 🪰 📰 🎁
Check it out for all the latest Diptera/fly news.
**Don't forget to check out the call for grant applications through the society too!**
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Check it out for all the latest Diptera/fly news.
**Don't forget to check out the call for grant applications through the society too!**
dipterists.org/assets/PDF/f...
December 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just in time for the holidays, a little gift: FLY TIMES Issue 75 (Fall 2025)! 🪰 📰 🎁
Check it out for all the latest Diptera/fly news.
**Don't forget to check out the call for grant applications through the society too!**
dipterists.org/assets/PDF/f...
Check it out for all the latest Diptera/fly news.
**Don't forget to check out the call for grant applications through the society too!**
dipterists.org/assets/PDF/f...
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Day 16 #InsectAdvent
The Nativity story is set in a stables in Bethlehem where the People were surrounded by animals, not all of them welcome. The stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Muscidae) gives the gift of a painful 'bite' to all attending mammals
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The Nativity story is set in a stables in Bethlehem where the People were surrounded by animals, not all of them welcome. The stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Muscidae) gives the gift of a painful 'bite' to all attending mammals
@dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Day 16 #InsectAdvent
The Nativity story is set in a stables in Bethlehem where the People were surrounded by animals, not all of them welcome. The stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Muscidae) gives the gift of a painful 'bite' to all attending mammals
@dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
The Nativity story is set in a stables in Bethlehem where the People were surrounded by animals, not all of them welcome. The stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Muscidae) gives the gift of a painful 'bite' to all attending mammals
@dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
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Day 15 #InsectAdvent
And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
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And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Day 15 #InsectAdvent
And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
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Day 14 #InsectAdvent & Christmas cards are being sent/ received
Can you imagine having to write a card to this soldierfly - Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides. It has the longest name in the Animal Kingdom. Luckily the address is short..
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Can you imagine having to write a card to this soldierfly - Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides. It has the longest name in the Animal Kingdom. Luckily the address is short..
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December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Day 14 #InsectAdvent & Christmas cards are being sent/ received
Can you imagine having to write a card to this soldierfly - Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides. It has the longest name in the Animal Kingdom. Luckily the address is short..
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Can you imagine having to write a card to this soldierfly - Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides. It has the longest name in the Animal Kingdom. Luckily the address is short..
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
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Day 13 #InsectAdvent & have you decorated the tree yet?
What about this tree? This in fact the hairy whorls of a male Chaoborid or Phantom midge’s antennae. Packed full of sensors, this ‘tree’ is more than a mere decoration
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What about this tree? This in fact the hairy whorls of a male Chaoborid or Phantom midge’s antennae. Packed full of sensors, this ‘tree’ is more than a mere decoration
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Day 13 #InsectAdvent & have you decorated the tree yet?
What about this tree? This in fact the hairy whorls of a male Chaoborid or Phantom midge’s antennae. Packed full of sensors, this ‘tree’ is more than a mere decoration
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
What about this tree? This in fact the hairy whorls of a male Chaoborid or Phantom midge’s antennae. Packed full of sensors, this ‘tree’ is more than a mere decoration
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Check it out! A new blow fly phylogeny just dropped 🔍 🪰
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Calliphoridae #blowflies
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#Calliphoridae #blowflies
Phylogenomics and the evolution of larval feeding habits in the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Phylogenomic data from anchored hybrid enrichment provide a new phylogeny of Calliphoridae that delimits the family and confirms division into eight monophyletic subfamilies.
Fossil-calibrated diver.....
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December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Check it out! A new blow fly phylogeny just dropped 🔍 🪰
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Calliphoridae #blowflies
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Calliphoridae #blowflies
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For #FlyFriday or #Flyday why not a new podcast with me talking flies with Paul McGuinness on #WildLives (ignore the one of the worlds experts - many better than me!!) #bbcwildlife
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Why flies matter, with Dr Erica McAlister
Podcast Episode · Wild Lives · 05/12/2025 · 50m
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December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
For #FlyFriday or #Flyday why not a new podcast with me talking flies with Paul McGuinness on #WildLives (ignore the one of the worlds experts - many better than me!!) #bbcwildlife
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
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Its day 2 of #InsectAdvent
I think that this little fly ate too many mince pies! Welcome to Platyna hastata - whose bum maybe as wide as they are long!
Soldierflies or Stratiomyidae are some of the most eye-catching of the flies.
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I think that this little fly ate too many mince pies! Welcome to Platyna hastata - whose bum maybe as wide as they are long!
Soldierflies or Stratiomyidae are some of the most eye-catching of the flies.
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Its day 2 of #InsectAdvent
I think that this little fly ate too many mince pies! Welcome to Platyna hastata - whose bum maybe as wide as they are long!
Soldierflies or Stratiomyidae are some of the most eye-catching of the flies.
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
I think that this little fly ate too many mince pies! Welcome to Platyna hastata - whose bum maybe as wide as they are long!
Soldierflies or Stratiomyidae are some of the most eye-catching of the flies.
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
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Gift Guide continued! (2/3) #Diptera #GiftGuide #FlyDay
@ecologysupplies.bsky.social
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@toldentops.bsky.social
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@toldentops.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Gift Guide continued! (2/3) #Diptera #GiftGuide #FlyDay
@ecologysupplies.bsky.social
@dipterists.bsky.social
@toldentops.bsky.social
@ecologysupplies.bsky.social
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@toldentops.bsky.social
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Day 6 of #InsectAdvent
Done all your prep for you Xmas party? Decorations up, food organised and your outfit looking amazing. Then relax like this Bombylius discolor - sitting down in its finest waiting for the action to start…
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Done all your prep for you Xmas party? Decorations up, food organised and your outfit looking amazing. Then relax like this Bombylius discolor - sitting down in its finest waiting for the action to start…
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Day 6 of #InsectAdvent
Done all your prep for you Xmas party? Decorations up, food organised and your outfit looking amazing. Then relax like this Bombylius discolor - sitting down in its finest waiting for the action to start…
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Done all your prep for you Xmas party? Decorations up, food organised and your outfit looking amazing. Then relax like this Bombylius discolor - sitting down in its finest waiting for the action to start…
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
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Day 5 of #InsectAdvent
The imbiber. The one that’s always finishing every last drop of wine
Rhingia campestris - the Heineken fly so called as it refreshes the parts other insects cannot reach..cheers
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The imbiber. The one that’s always finishing every last drop of wine
Rhingia campestris - the Heineken fly so called as it refreshes the parts other insects cannot reach..cheers
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Day 5 of #InsectAdvent
The imbiber. The one that’s always finishing every last drop of wine
Rhingia campestris - the Heineken fly so called as it refreshes the parts other insects cannot reach..cheers
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
The imbiber. The one that’s always finishing every last drop of wine
Rhingia campestris - the Heineken fly so called as it refreshes the parts other insects cannot reach..cheers
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
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Day 3 of #InsectAdvent
For our Nativity themed posts what about a specimen from Natal (Portuguese for Christmas) that comes equipped with the best drinking straw!
Prosoeca ganglbaueri (Nemestrinidae) could even steal your drink from across the room
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
For our Nativity themed posts what about a specimen from Natal (Portuguese for Christmas) that comes equipped with the best drinking straw!
Prosoeca ganglbaueri (Nemestrinidae) could even steal your drink from across the room
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Day 3 of #InsectAdvent
For our Nativity themed posts what about a specimen from Natal (Portuguese for Christmas) that comes equipped with the best drinking straw!
Prosoeca ganglbaueri (Nemestrinidae) could even steal your drink from across the room
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
For our Nativity themed posts what about a specimen from Natal (Portuguese for Christmas) that comes equipped with the best drinking straw!
Prosoeca ganglbaueri (Nemestrinidae) could even steal your drink from across the room
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
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Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Exciting new episode today is SPIKY, featuring our first ever guest the incredible @flygirlnhm.bsky.social. Spoiler alert - there may be some flies! m.youtube.com/watch?v=8si6...
Our first guest brings a powderpuff with wings | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep14
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
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Legs, wings, spines abound!
Fungus gnat fornication.
Making more lil' flies.
#Mycetophilidae
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Fungus gnat fornication.
Making more lil' flies.
#Mycetophilidae
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Legs, wings, spines abound!
Fungus gnat fornication.
Making more lil' flies.
#Mycetophilidae
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Fungus gnat fornication.
Making more lil' flies.
#Mycetophilidae
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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A dipterist's dipteron, the elusive Borboropsis puberula. The only member of the family in the UK. Restricted to the Scottish Highlands. This one from Ben Lawers is probably the 7th UK record.
#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A dipterist's dipteron, the elusive Borboropsis puberula. The only member of the family in the UK. Restricted to the Scottish Highlands. This one from Ben Lawers is probably the 7th UK record.
#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social