Elisa Coghlan · @asile
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Steven Bodzin, pun-ctuator · @stevenbodzin
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Happy #flyday from this compost fly, Ptecticus trivittatus, seen in New York City. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52706902#activity_identification_feb87fcb-5277-4bdd-8c55-680dae3de895
Ben S · @twizzt
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Perhaps this is actually a better shot. You can see the spine on its back a little better and its eyes are more in focus.
Ben S · @twizzt
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Albert Cardona · @albertcardona
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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
#flyday #flies #yellowstone #insects #entomology #diptera #inaturalist
Albert Cardona · @albertcardona
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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!
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nastusia · @nastusia
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@nev there is a #FlyDay ?? Then I have to share my today's observation.
I think it is a Tachina magnicornis. I love this spikes! A real punk fly!
better quality here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180135490
lenahallesaale · @lenahallesaale
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Steven Bodzin, pun-ctuator · @stevenbodzin
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For #Flyday here are the psychedelic compound eyes of the common, friendly, and relatively clean black soldier fly Hermetia illucens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58498837
Takako 🐀 · @otterX
188 followers · 1238 posts · Server mindly.social
Robber fly?
It was buzzing by the window, so I relocated outside.
#fly #flyday #bugsarecool #bekind
Cary · @crenquis
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Happy #FlyDay
Here's a robber fly; Bee Killer -- Mallafora fautrix.
I guess they will eat just about any flying insect, but prefer honey/bumble bees.
#flyday #mallafora #california #robberfly #beekiller
Ben S · @twizzt
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Ben S · @twizzt
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Happy #FlyDay
An interesting picture winged fly from the Colombian cloud forest. This is probably complex Paragorgopus mallea.
Chris Price · @studiochris
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Ben S · @twizzt
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Happy #FlyDay This shot cost me dearly and I nearly dropped my camera. It was rushed and therefore poorly lit and framed, but those eyes are cool as hell. If you listen close enough, you just might hear the next word that came out of my mouth...
#flyday #flydayfriday #diptera #insects #nature #photography
neville park · @nev
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It's #FlydayFriday! Here's a picture-winged fly (family Ulidiidae) I recently found in a community garden.
#flydayfriday #flyday #flyfriday #insects #flies #Diptera #Ulidiidae