A dodgy shot of the Conopid fly Physocephala rufipes, before it flew off! #RSPBMiddletonLakes 16/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Conopidae #fly #Diptera

Sicus ferrugineus 📍Pyrenees Mountains, Spain #Entomology #Diptera #Conopidae #Photography

A pair of Sicus ferrugineus flies seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 28/06/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Conopidae #Diptera

Please can someone confirm this is Leopoldius signatus? Very early and not recorded in Montgomeryshire before! @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #ukwildlife #flies #conopidae

Sicus ferrugineus.

Eristalinus aeneus.

Eupeodes luniger.

Bit more #bugsbybike round the western levels. Nothing too exciting, a few syrphs, bee-grabber, etc. Also Med Gull at Peterstone Gout and Kingfisher along Pencoed Reen. #diptera #syrphidae #conopidae

Continuing #flyweek with what I think is a Zodion sp. Found it completely still on a leaf. Likely a bee parasite.

🪲🪳 #Conopidae #Invert #macrophotography #entomology #diptera 🌿

A mall, fluffy moth like fly sitting on a leaf. Its thorax is hairy grey with black wings and a few small patches of iridescent pale blue scales.

A small black fly sits on the bark of a tree facing down. Its eyes and face are mesmerizing with a pari of digital looking lines running across each eye.

Flies mating on a leaf. They have a large white face and jowls and small maroon eyes. The male is on top and is gently holding her eyes.

A thick yellow green fly with large maroon eyes rests on the underside of a thin leaf.

For the final night of #FlyWeek, just some cool-ass #flies.

moth fly #Psychodidae: #Setomima
aulacigastrid fly #Aulacigastridae
mating thick-headed flies #Conopidae: #Myopa
horse fly #Tabanidae: #Chlorotabanus

A thick-headed fly with a mostly yellow abdomen, and a red and black thorax perched on a green leaf. It somewhat resembles a hornet

I think this large fly is a Conops vesicularis (Hornet Grabber). If someone could confirm, I’ll pop on iRecord. Thanks.

#conopidae #EastHampshire
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Conops quadrifasciatus

Bumblebees beware! Conops quadrifasciatus is in town.
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From a meadows safari in a local conservation area 10.8.
#Conopidae #Diptera

Thick-headed flies in the garden today challenging my limited insect ID skills! Can anyone confirm if these are Physocephala rufipes and Conops flavipes?

#conopidae

Physocephala rufipes (Waisted Beegrabber), female, Ports Down, Hampshire, July '22. An impressive large species of #Conopidae that is quite common in flowery places in the south of England