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The society aims to promote the study, recording and conservation of true flies (Diptera). Our focus is on the British Isles, but we foster links with dipterists throughout Europe and further afield.

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Can't make the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Dipterist Day 2025 in Cambridge this Saturday 15th November - fear not! Sign up through the link in the page below and we'll send you the recordings. The wonders of Modern technology...
dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...

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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
The wonderful Adrian &I have gone Korean!

Metamorphosis - How Insects are changing our world by myself with Adrian Washbourne or now known as Little Conquerors has been published by @gombooks

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November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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sjthomasbotany.bsky.social
I'm currently updating and making corrections to the Ephydridae key prepared for the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social workshop. Please let me know if you've noticed any errors or anything that might need updating. Comments, DM or email to sjthomasbotanyATgmail.com please.

#Diptera #entomology
Cover page of keys to the British Ephydridae with lateral macro images of two small ephydrid flies
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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davebriceflies.bsky.social
@linbrice.bsky.social just updated the Website, it's been a busy 18 months dipteraid.co.uk/projects/ looking ahead to next year already. Anyone ecologists needing help with diptera backlog from this year? Or planning lots of diptera work next year, please contact me if I can help.
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The head of a Sciomyzid snail killing fly Coremacera marginata.
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
dipteristsforum.bsky.social
It's that time of year again, Dipterists Forum 'Dipterists Day & AGM' 🪰

Nov 14th 2025- a day in the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Diptera collections

Nov 15th 2025 - Dipterists Day and AGM

For more details please go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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linbrice.bsky.social
Looking forward to my first visit to @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Dipterist Day in Cambridge. Great group of people and non members welcome: dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
Dipterists Day 2025 - Cambridge | Dipterists forum
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November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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woodpeckercentral.bsky.social
A wasp-mimic Drone fly (Monoceromyia trinotata) for #insectthursday.
Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Aug 2025.

#macroPhotography #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #natgeoyourshot #Himalayas #nature #entomology #biodiversity #Nikon #insectencounter #niffeature2025 @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
dipteristsforum.bsky.social
We will be there! Come and say hi and see our fantastic flies!
amentsoc.bsky.social Amateur Entomologists' Society @amentsoc.bsky.social · Jul 13
🪲 Love #insects? Got art, photos, science projects or specimens to share? Book a space at the #aesfair Annual Exhibition – 27 Sep 2025 Kempton Park Racecourse, Surrey! Exhibitors get free entry! 🐜Details + booking form: www.amentsoc.org/events/listings/01112 #amentsoc
July 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
An amazing observation and photo by Bryony Chapman of the Hornet Robberfly tucking into a spicy meal of Nicrophorus carrion beetle @carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social - these robberflies really are the boss of insect predators 🦁 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
A large Hornet Robberfly among grass stems, with a almost equally large carrion beetle as its prey grasped between its legs - photo by Bryony Chapman
July 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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lisawilliams30.bsky.social
The absolutely fabulous Stomorhina lunata! This is a female, seen at Brankley Pastures, #Staffs, 29/07/25 #Calliphoridae @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera
July 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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lisawilliams30.bsky.social
I've no idea who this small stripy fly is seen in a Mayweed flower, can anyone help please? Brankley Pastures, #Staffs, 29/07/25 @suillia.bsky.social @geoffwilkinson.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social @lancefly.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera
July 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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lisawilliams30.bsky.social
Hmm, definitely should have took a specimen. 28/05/25, Brankley Pastures, #Staffs. Blaesoxipha erythrura (which shouldn't occur here), Ravinia pernix, or another #Sarcophagidae? Thanks @suillia.bsky.social @lancefly.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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lisawilliams30.bsky.social
Cheilosia illustrata in the Canal Meadow at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 25/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae
July 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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sjthomasbotany.bsky.social
Very unexpected & rare: Anticheta obliviosa female #Sciomyzidae from saltmarsh on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Previously known in the UK from fens around Huntingdon and singles from Cheshire and Yorkshire - all inland. Nice find for a quick evening sweep
#ento #diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Anterolateral macro of a mostly blackish fly with patches of silvery dusting, orange hind legs and orange areas on the head
May 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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naturebureau.bsky.social
Picture-winged Flies pages are now laid out for our NEW #FliesofBritainandIreland due Autumn 2025 - pre-order now at bit.ly/4dqQI8Z & save £££s on published price @gailashton.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social
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May 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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suillia.bsky.social
Pedicia rivosa...simply one of my favourite true flies and a good indicator of species-rich, boggy woodland up on the North York Moors. Fen Bog today. @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #pediciidae #hairyeyes
May 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Amazing clip of courtship behaviour in dance flies (Empis subgenus Xanthempis) - this seems to be a male on the left and female on the right?
jaiiiiiii1.bsky.social Jai 🪲📷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (VC59) @jaiiiiiii1.bsky.social · May 10
Any dipterists know what the hell these Empis sp. are up to? There was a swarm of about a dozen of them on these plants, and these two were properly shadowboxing each other, absolutely killing me watching it back

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May 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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nature-in-charge.bsky.social
Very happy to find a visitor in my kitchen yesterday, the first record of Clusia flava on iRecord in 2025. Favours rotting wood and damp woodland - chuffed that it likes my garden in Leeds enough to come in and tell me! Thanks @suillia.bsky.social for confirming ID
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May 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
My after work strolls along the country lanes of West Sussex are glorious

Check out Rhingia campestrus aka the Heineken fly aka the common snout - names because of its retractable snout (mouthparts) - getting into parts other insects can’t reach

@dipteristsforum.bsky.social #insects #hoverflies
May 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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lisawilliams30.bsky.social
Anasimyia lineata, a Duckfly! Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 14/05/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #fly #hoverfly #Diptera
May 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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kitenet.bsky.social
Enjoyable day with @dipteristsforum.bsky.social in Derbyshire looking for flies - we found one or two 😃 these are dance flies (Empididae) doing their thing 🕺 💃
May 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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suillia.bsky.social
Dysmachus trigonus ♀ (Fan-bristled Robberfly) sparkling in the afternoon sun at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve (and doing well to avoid the deep Salix 'snow' which was carpeting everything to an extent not seen for years). @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
A bristle robberfly Dysmachus trigonus sits atop a grass stem, keeping itself clear of the snow-like Salix seeds which are carpeting everything this year.
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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lisawilliams30.bsky.social
A lovely bronze coloured Gymnocheta viridis fly seen at Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs 04/05/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Tachinidae #fly #Diptera
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
We're now up to ten species of soldierflies & allies recorded as adults in 2025 😀 As well as the 2 bee-flies we have
Spring Heath Robberfly; Downlooker Snipefly; Murky-legged Black Legionnaire; Black-horned Gem; Black Colonel; Yellow-legged Black; Coastal Silver-stiletto; Common Awl-fly
Photo collage of four of the species seen so far in 2025: Lasiopogon cinctus, Spring Heath Robberfly (photo by Peter Kinsella) Rhagio scolopaceus, Downlooker Snipefly (photo by Naomi Addleton) Odontomyia tigrina, Black Colonel soldierfly (photo by Terry Crow) Acrosathe annulata, Coastal Silver-stiletto (photo by Peter Kinsella) The other species seen so far in 2025 are: Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major Dotted Bee-fly, Bombylius discolor Beris chalybata, Murky-legged Black Legionnaire soldierfly Microchrysa polita, Black-horned Gem soldierfly Pachygaster leachii, Yellow-legged Black soldierfly Xylophagus ater, Common Awl-fly
April 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM