Cópula de la mosca Trypetoptera punctulata
Teniendo en cuenta que hoy es sábado sabadete.Trypetoptera punctulata. Cópula de este diminuto díptero, de apenas 5 mm. de longitud y distribución mediterránea. Los adultos pueden localizarse de mayo a octubre.
#insects #insectos #mosca #diptera #macro #photography #nature #naturaleza #fotografia
Algunas de dípteros
Empis (Empididae)
Muscoidea
Rhyncomyia (Calliphoridae)
Syrphidae
#Diptera #SerraSaoMamede #AlbuferadeValencia
Zero braincells detected. #NativeSpecies #Bugsky #InverteFest2026 #Mississippi #Diptera #Cute
A poster with two flies, stating "Fly Week, like shark week, but with flies, April 30th- May 6th, Post your favorite two-winged wonders using the hashtag #FlyWeek, Brought to you by @teamdiptera"
Raise your wings and mark your calendars for Fly Week! It's coming up in two weeks, from April 30th- May 6th! #FlyWeek 👀
A photo of 4 crane flies (flies which resemble large mosquitos but do not bite) resting on a white sheet. The larger Crane Fly is a female, with which 2 males are coupled in mating. A third male is trying to get in on the action
A photo of the mating throuple now that the 4th crane fly has wandered off in search of another mate. The 2 males hang from the rear of the female.
A word combination I never foresaw myself using, 'Tipulid orgy' but HERE WE ARE 😂 This began as 3 male Crane Flies of genus #Toxorhina (family #Limoniidae) attempting to mate with one female, but finally settled down to a #MenageEtTrois...
#Macrophotograpy
#WTFNature
#Diptera
#Tipulid
#CraneFly
Two flies a small distance away from each other grasp grass blades above the ground after emerging from bee nests.
A fly grasping a blade of grass is still soft and with shriveled wings. It has just emerged from a bee nest below.
A view of a heavy-bodied brown fly with large red eyes sitting on the tip of a leaf blade.
A grayish brown fly with a yellow face and reddish eyes rests on a white background. It has a long beak held under and behind its head
Most surprising find @ bee aggregation '26 were lots of thick-headed #flies emerging! They're parasitoids of adult bees, grabbing them mid-air to inject eggs into the abdomen. Eww but cool! (I guess not if you're a bee 😂) Here's one on a flower: flic.kr/p/2ocMhfV
#Conopidae: #Zodion
NC, USA
An orange ant stands alert amid several waxy looking ant larvae and pupae, while two small gray flies spin overhead.
A native Pheidole dentata big-headed ant, attacked by a pair of ant-decapitating phorid flies at UT’s Brackenridge field lab.
I love the weird faces of Criorhina ranunculi, seen at Sarehole Mill #UKwildlife #Diptera #flies
A few Baccha elongata (Gossamer Hoverfly) turn up in my S. Cambridgeshire garden every spring when the Wood Spuge is flowering.
Two males seen this afternoon.
#Diptera
Gaze upon the beauty of this mosquito wing this #Flyday 🪰💕
People hate flies, but don't realize getting rid of flies would get rid of
- chocolate (pollinator is a fly) and other plants
- poop and decaying corpses everywhere (bacterial decomposition slower/smelly)
- deweeders and pest parasitoids
A digital painting of a male Ectophasia crassipennis, a fly with a yellow and brown body, bright red eyes, and dull brown wings.
Sometimes you're in a shit mood, decide to paint a bug to change that, and end up still in a shit mood but with a painting of a fly kljhgfdghjkl
#sciart #Ectophasia #digitalpainting #artsky #diptera
A photo of a small black fly resting on a white daffodil flower.
A male fly belonging to the family Bibionidae.
I see these little guys everywhere during spring.
#entomology #insect #bug #fly #diptera
New Zealand Bat Fly specimen mounted on insect pin
New Zealand Bat Fly specimen mounted on insect pin
New Zealand Bat Fly specimen mounted on insect pin
New Zealand Bat Fly specimen data labels
#FlyFriday
paratype of New Zealand Bat Fly Mystacinobia zelandica Holloway, 1976 (Mystacinobiidae, USNMENT01312325) in #USNMDiptera collection - details here n2t.net/ark:/65665/3... (images soon there as well) - photos taken on Picturae Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor
Detail from a book showing an illustration of a Dark-edged bee-fly, annotated by hand as ‘Bombylius Major. L:’
Someone updated this copy of Thomas Moffet’s ‘Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum’ (1634) with the Linnæan name for the Dark-edged bee-fly, Bombylius major (Linnæus, 1758) and other insects. 🪰💚
Rare books #BeeFlyWatch, M.14.42 @theul.bsky.social. #Diptera
One open flower on the left with a red-eyed fly pollinator, one flower connected on the right, opening, against rust-colored background.
Happy Fly-day. We made it! 🪰
Fly on Oakleaf fleabane
(Erigeron quercifolius)
at Crew flint pen strand trails
in Bonita Springs, Florida 3-20-26
Wildflower study 3
#FlyDay #ArtYear #eck #macro #photography #macroPhotography #nature #wildflowers #flowers #diptera #flies #florida #art
Always joyful to behold! Our first 2026 #gardenwildlife record of Bombylius discolor #Diptera #Bee-fly SE Hants VC11 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social it wasn’t the only critter sunning itself this afternoon .. hence the opportunistic photo ;) #BeeFlyWatch
Next International Congress of Dipterology (ICDXI, ICD11) will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, between 11-16 July 2027 - details icd11.biol.pmf.hr - first registration deadline at end of February 2027
#Diptera #Flies #ICDXI
Golden-backed snipe flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae: Chrysopilus thoracicus) are typically encountered resting on low foliage in deciduous woodlands of eastern North America. Little is known about their life cycle, but adults are usually seen only in the spring. Cambridge Junction Michigan, 22 Jun 2025.
Golden-backed snipe flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae: Chrysopilus thoracicus) are typically encountered resting on low foliage in deciduous woodlands of eastern North America. Little is known about their life cycle, but adults are usually seen only in the spring. Cambridge Junction Michigan, 22 Jun 2025.
pinned fly in side view
pinned fly in top view
pinned fly in frontal view
screenshot of title section of scientific article describing genus Ericomyia
#FlyFriday
assassin fly Ericomyia atomentosa (Oldroyd, 1960) (USNMENT00915299; Asilidae: Laphriinae) from Madagascar: Ranomafana (more details at n2t.net/ark:/65665/3...) - monotypic genus described by Jason Londt in 2015 - beautiful fly with metallic coloration
#asiloidflies #Asilidae
Me being a beefly for @heligangardens.bsky.social - I’m one of the many messages from the wild you can listen to on your journey around the gardens
www.messagesfromthewild.com/the-bee-fly/
The hover flies are emerging here in the Midwest! I simply love this video of Eupeodes caught on a ring camera, emailed to me by a member of the public 😂 #Syrphidae #Diptera #falsespring
Der Wollschweber, ein hummelartiges Insekt, besitzt in meiner Version einen Körper aus einer blauen Wolldocke. Aus diesem Knäuel hängt ein Fadenende heraus, das zu einem angefangenen Strickstück führt. Das Insekt besitzt transparente gepunktete Flügel und einen auffällig langen Saugrüssel. Technik: Koloriertes Aquarell.
#art #illustration #animalmarch #kleinekunstklasse #surrealism #wollschweber
Das Leben eines Wollschwebers endet mit der Fertigstellung des Pullovers.
A fabulous golden fluffy fly sits on a nice fresh soggy cowpat.
Scathophaga stercoraria or Yellow Dungfly. ‘Yellow’ just doesn’t do it justice. It’s a glorious, fabulous gold and if it was a small mammal everyone would want one as a pet. They’re so fluffy!
iPhone photo, so not the sharpest but still a little beauty!
#diptera
#entomology
#hoverfly #Syrphidae #Criorhina
Spring is in the air... 🌞
#Syrphidae #Criorhina ranunculi #hoverfly #Schwebfliege #Diptera #Tussilago farfara #coltsfoot #Huflattich #Asteraceae #FliesAreCoolToo
Moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) look and fly like tiny moths but are flies. They're also called drain flies or sewage flies because they're often seen in bathrooms and near other septic lines. Their larvae feed on organic sludge that builds up in drains. Adrian Michigan, 21 Nov 2025.
Moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) look and fly like tiny moths but are flies. They're also called drain flies or sewage flies because they're often seen in bathrooms and near other septic lines. Their larvae feed on organic sludge that builds up in drains. Adrian Michigan, 21 Nov 2025.
Look for future posts about my favorite group of insects, the Diptera, when you follow me for Fanastic Fly Fridays!
Diptera, always and forever! Flies are fabulous! 🪰
Spotted Thintail (Meliscaeva auricollis)
🎨 Spotted Thintail Art Work 🖌️
Drawing/painting of this migratory distinctive hoverfly Meliscaeva auricollis.
Anyone spotted one this year yet?
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #Nature #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders
I needed to get this out of my brain.
Also don’t bring up Vollucella or else 🤛🏻
#diptera
