Not buccata, which has spot(s) below/behind the eye and a pale inner cross-vein...but superb Myopa, whichever they are (not always easy from photos)!

Probably not, because the yellow lunule does not look to bleed into the margin of the tergite. More likely in the luniger area, but the frons pattern is not clear enough for me...I'd leave it at genus (which is not unusual with Eupeodes from photos...tricky lot!). 🙂

Others reporting the same problem with iRecord on Facebook.

Yup, they are johannis, same as the ones you will have posted on April 6th 2027. 😂

I don't find females very easy...they are all pretty similar. The stigma is very dark, so could be johannis? lanigerus and johannis are the main two here at the moment. Not sure!

Nothing more to add really...I've not witnessed them feeding, so not sure whether they entrap smaller insects while they suck away on them?

Norellisoma flavicorne (was N. opacum)...a small, grey dungfly with orange legs and long bristles beneath the fore femora. Found around Meadowsweet beds.

Norellisoma flavicorne, the Grey Mantis Dung Fly...a small, Meadowsweet-associated dung fly with impressive raptorial bristles on the forelegs. A common species on beds of Meadowsweet around the @ldvnnr.bsky.social . @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

A poster of the DST Leconfield BioBlitz weekends and details of the iNaturalist project.

This is DST’s 5th year of BioBlitzes for naturalists, as we work to identify the biodiversity at this restricted MOD site.

We are very grateful to everyone who has generously provided invaluable support to our progress.

Check iNaturalist DST Leconfield Conservation project.

2026 poster below.

Sallow Longhorn (Adela cuprella), posing appropriately on Salix, and an Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias), both at Allerthorpe Common @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve this sunny morning. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

Yes, I don't think there is a lack of sightings here at all...in fact I am seeing more than normal given that it's still a week of March to go.

Lovely to see...that one's Bibio lanigerus, an early-flying relative of the St. Marks Fly (Bibio marci). It appears fom mid-March onwards, usually starting to disappear as its larger relative starts to appear. 🙂

They're certainly flying in good numbers locally at the moment. I reckon you are fine with haemorrhoa.

Yes, agree with fuscata...a really striking muscid.

🦟Not just House Flies!

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Identifying and Recording Soldierflies and Allies with Martin Harvey | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants Learn how to identify soldierflies using keys, specimens, and microscopes (suitable for beginners and more experienced recorders)

If you're within reach of Northamptonshire on Sat 16 May there's a soldierfly identification workshop with the Wildlife Trust: learn how to identify soldierflies using keys, specimens & microscopes (suitable for beginners & more experienced) www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...

Sawfly by-catch having a spruce-up after removal from the sweep net. 🙂 One of a few Dark-edged Beeflies (Bombylius major) at Thornton in the @ldvnnr.bsky.social today. @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

A challenge...find the rare sawfly associated with it! This is the time, March-April. 😀 www.sawflies.org.uk/paracharactu...

Please add it to iRecord...all heleomyzid records very welcome. 🙂

Lots of Mire Mourner sawflies (Dolerus madidus) in a rushy meadow at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve today. Males with abdomen orange-banded; females with orange more extensive, over the thorax as well. Things really starting to liven up now. 😃 @ynuorg.bsky.social #symphyta #sawflies

Fantastic...do add it to iRecord. 🙂

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'As Peter says...' 😉

Yes, that's stercoraria...as soon as you see the black antennae, the ID is good. As Steve says, the rest is quite variable, but that one looks pretty normal to me. 🙂

Thanks for that...I had it at saundersi/ornata.

How about a globular springtail on a dead fallow deer to brighten up a Sunday evening? #springtails #collembola @ynuorg.bsky.social

Crack open the champagne...I just passed 1000 identifications of Suillia variegata on @inaturalist.bsky.social ! Easily the most commonly recorded spiny-winged fly across Europe....and easily the easiest member of the family to identify from a photo! 🙂 #heleomyzidae @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Yes, just regularly spaced along the costa...no longer than the costa is thick in some species, several times longer in others. I don't know the reason. Suillia ustulata here has rather impressive spines.

Scoliocentra villosa ♂ on a fallow deer corpse at #AllerthorpeCommon this week. A favourite spiny-winged fly, found around badger setts, carrion and in caves. This one rather lacking in the fore tarsal area! #Heleomyzidae @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

Trypodendron domesticum...a chunky little 3mm wood-boring beetle I see occasionally on tree trunks, though this one was on top of a dead fallow deer yesterday at #AllerthorpeCommon in East Yorkshire. @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #coleoptera

Excellent...not found any yet this year myself!