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March flies (Diptera: Bibionidae) spend most of their lives as larvae in shallow soil. Once or twice a year those of the same species in a given area pupate and emerge as adults in unison. They then spend just a few days mating and laying eggs before they die. Palmyra Michigan, 28 May 2017.
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
March flies (Diptera: Bibionidae) spend most of their lives as larvae in shallow soil. Once or twice a year those of the same species in a given area pupate and emerge as adults in unison. They then spend just a few days mating and laying eggs before they die. Palmyra Michigan, 28 May 2017.
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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!
Did you know 1000+ species of fly were described in 2025?? What a year! #Diptera #FliesAreCool
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Did you know 1000+ species of fly were described in 2025?? What a year! #Diptera #FliesAreCool
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🎨 White-clubbed Glasswing Art Work 🖌️
Painting of White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pyrastri) – also known as one of the hockey stick hoverflies
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #Nature #NatureIllustration
To learn more visit hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
Painting of White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pyrastri) – also known as one of the hockey stick hoverflies
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #Nature #NatureIllustration
To learn more visit hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🎨 White-clubbed Glasswing Art Work 🖌️
Painting of White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pyrastri) – also known as one of the hockey stick hoverflies
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #Nature #NatureIllustration
To learn more visit hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
Painting of White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pyrastri) – also known as one of the hockey stick hoverflies
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #Nature #NatureIllustration
To learn more visit hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
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Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are voracious predators of other insects. They patiently wait for prey to pass by and then grab them. They use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to inject digestive enzymes and then suck out the insides. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, 17 Jun 2017.
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are voracious predators of other insects. They patiently wait for prey to pass by and then grab them. They use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to inject digestive enzymes and then suck out the insides. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, 17 Jun 2017.
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Greater bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombylius major) are found in woodlands thoughout much of North America. Adults are usually seen in the spring feeding on wildflowers. Their larvae, however, are parasitoids of wild bees. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, 11 Apr 2016.
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Greater bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombylius major) are found in woodlands thoughout much of North America. Adults are usually seen in the spring feeding on wildflowers. Their larvae, however, are parasitoids of wild bees. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, 11 Apr 2016.
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Day 23 of #InsectAdvent
As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
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As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
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December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Day 23 of #InsectAdvent
As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
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As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
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Dune Villa 'twerking' as @flygirlnhm.bsky.social describes it!
- possibly filmed for the 1st time?
Took me over an hour to film this much footage because the ruddy thing just keep fly and flying and flying, fast and low and stop for about a second before flying and flying....
#bugsky #ukwildlife
- possibly filmed for the 1st time?
Took me over an hour to film this much footage because the ruddy thing just keep fly and flying and flying, fast and low and stop for about a second before flying and flying....
#bugsky #ukwildlife
August 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dune Villa 'twerking' as @flygirlnhm.bsky.social describes it!
- possibly filmed for the 1st time?
Took me over an hour to film this much footage because the ruddy thing just keep fly and flying and flying, fast and low and stop for about a second before flying and flying....
#bugsky #ukwildlife
- possibly filmed for the 1st time?
Took me over an hour to film this much footage because the ruddy thing just keep fly and flying and flying, fast and low and stop for about a second before flying and flying....
#bugsky #ukwildlife
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Day 24 of #InsectAdvent and the flying reindeer have arrived!
Oh no they haven’t…
It’s a Ricardia sp (Richardiidae) that I collected from Honduran Cloud Forest, one of the many species of antlered flies.
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Oh no they haven’t…
It’s a Ricardia sp (Richardiidae) that I collected from Honduran Cloud Forest, one of the many species of antlered flies.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Day 24 of #InsectAdvent and the flying reindeer have arrived!
Oh no they haven’t…
It’s a Ricardia sp (Richardiidae) that I collected from Honduran Cloud Forest, one of the many species of antlered flies.
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Oh no they haven’t…
It’s a Ricardia sp (Richardiidae) that I collected from Honduran Cloud Forest, one of the many species of antlered flies.
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A handsome suit of armor on this female Nemotelus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A handsome suit of armor on this female Nemotelus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
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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
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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
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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
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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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new favorite insult, thanks to this gorgeous syrphid fly: WAVY MUCKSUCKER #thatsastopsignyouwavymucksucker
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
new favorite insult, thanks to this gorgeous syrphid fly: WAVY MUCKSUCKER #thatsastopsignyouwavymucksucker
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Day 9 of #InsectAdvent and our thoughts turn to a Christmas vacation.
And where best to go than Christmas Island where we can find Syritta maritima - one of the compost hoverflies whose larvae (the munching maggots) will recycle our leftovers
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And where best to go than Christmas Island where we can find Syritta maritima - one of the compost hoverflies whose larvae (the munching maggots) will recycle our leftovers
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December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Day 9 of #InsectAdvent and our thoughts turn to a Christmas vacation.
And where best to go than Christmas Island where we can find Syritta maritima - one of the compost hoverflies whose larvae (the munching maggots) will recycle our leftovers
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And where best to go than Christmas Island where we can find Syritta maritima - one of the compost hoverflies whose larvae (the munching maggots) will recycle our leftovers
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.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
Wondering what to get the fly-obsessed person in your life? Wonder no longer! Introducing Team Diptera's Gift Guide! (1/3) #GiftGuide #Diptera @chentomology.bsky.social @fossilforager.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Wondering what to get the fly-obsessed person in your life? Wonder no longer! Introducing Team Diptera's Gift Guide! (1/3) #GiftGuide #Diptera @chentomology.bsky.social @fossilforager.bsky.social
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A blue blowfly is resting on a group of Fatsia(?) buds between nectar sucking sessions. (11/27/25)
#invertebrates #diptera #invertefest
#invertebrates #diptera #invertefest
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A blue blowfly is resting on a group of Fatsia(?) buds between nectar sucking sessions. (11/27/25)
#invertebrates #diptera #invertefest
#invertebrates #diptera #invertefest
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For #InsectAdvent, I present a head as hairy as that of Santa Claus himself.
This gorgeous beardy-wierdy belongs to the beefly NHMUK016433577_Trichophthalma_porteri_PT (& soon to be available on the @nhm-london.bsky.social data portal)
#digitisation #diptera
This gorgeous beardy-wierdy belongs to the beefly NHMUK016433577_Trichophthalma_porteri_PT (& soon to be available on the @nhm-london.bsky.social data portal)
#digitisation #diptera
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
For #InsectAdvent, I present a head as hairy as that of Santa Claus himself.
This gorgeous beardy-wierdy belongs to the beefly NHMUK016433577_Trichophthalma_porteri_PT (& soon to be available on the @nhm-london.bsky.social data portal)
#digitisation #diptera
This gorgeous beardy-wierdy belongs to the beefly NHMUK016433577_Trichophthalma_porteri_PT (& soon to be available on the @nhm-london.bsky.social data portal)
#digitisation #diptera
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🎄 Day 3 - Today we celebrate ecological heroes known as #Diptera 🪰
Some True flies are predators, others feed on fungi or live on or inside hosts as parasites. They're vital pollinators, decomposers & can teach us about disease spread.
More facts about Diptera 🔽
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#InsectAdvent
Some True flies are predators, others feed on fungi or live on or inside hosts as parasites. They're vital pollinators, decomposers & can teach us about disease spread.
More facts about Diptera 🔽
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#InsectAdvent
Classification of Insects - Diptera
Robber Fly, Asilidae (c) TienHeng Low 2010
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December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎄 Day 3 - Today we celebrate ecological heroes known as #Diptera 🪰
Some True flies are predators, others feed on fungi or live on or inside hosts as parasites. They're vital pollinators, decomposers & can teach us about disease spread.
More facts about Diptera 🔽
buff.ly/q92eCgg
#InsectAdvent
Some True flies are predators, others feed on fungi or live on or inside hosts as parasites. They're vital pollinators, decomposers & can teach us about disease spread.
More facts about Diptera 🔽
buff.ly/q92eCgg
#InsectAdvent
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🐛 Hoverfly Genera 🐝
Buzzing with facts! An acrostic postcard all about Syrphus hoverflies. Learn & Share! 🌸 #Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
Buzzing with facts! An acrostic postcard all about Syrphus hoverflies. Learn & Share! 🌸 #Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🐛 Hoverfly Genera 🐝
Buzzing with facts! An acrostic postcard all about Syrphus hoverflies. Learn & Share! 🌸 #Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
Buzzing with facts! An acrostic postcard all about Syrphus hoverflies. Learn & Share! 🌸 #Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
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Happy (belated) #flyday! Here's a Syritta pipiens (common compost fly) I saw earlier.
#diptera #fly #syrphidae #hoverfly #photography
#diptera #fly #syrphidae #hoverfly #photography
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Happy (belated) #flyday! Here's a Syritta pipiens (common compost fly) I saw earlier.
#diptera #fly #syrphidae #hoverfly #photography
#diptera #fly #syrphidae #hoverfly #photography
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November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM