Bright yellow flower opening on green lily pad leaf. Top edge of flower has a pile of three deer flies, one on top of the next, on it stacked circus - act style. Plus a spotter deer fly lower right corner.

Bright yellow flower opening on green lily pad leaf. Top edge of flower has a pile of three deer flies, one on top of the next, on it stacked circus - act style. Plus a spotter deer fly lower right corner.

Bright yellow flower opening on green lily pad leaf. Top edge of flower has a pile of three deer flies, one on top of the next, on it stacked circus - act style. Plus a spotter deer fly lower right corner.

Bright yellow flower opening on green lily pad leaf. Top edge of flower has a pile of three deer flies, one on top of the next, on it stacked circus - act style. Plus a spotter deer fly lower right corner.

Pretty sure that you were not expecting to see images like this today:

Group of Deer Flies stacked one on top of the other, on a lily pad in a Florida swamp, circus-act style.

Enjoy.

#deerfly
#LilyPad
#OrlandoWetlands
#invertebrates
#PhotographersOfBluesky

Left - Deer fly on finger, grey background centre Deer Fly looking interested in the possibilities for blood, right viciously pointy Deer Fly mouthparts making a hole for blood extraction.

Triptych no 2. This critter joined me for my macro photo walk this afternoon. Innocuous seeming, even attractive, until I discovered I had provided it with a meal! Turns out to be a Twin-lobed deerfly (Chrysops relictus).
#bloodsuckers #parasites #countryliving #deerfly

90 minutes in the garden, 12 deer flies 🌱 #gardenersofbluesky #deerfly #Ontario

Some kind of deer fly on blue fabric. It has big compound dies, a furry white face and black and yellow strips along its body abdomen. It also sports little white spots on its wings.

Some kind of deer fly on blue fabric. It has big compound dies, a furry white face and black and yellow strips along its body abdomen. It also sports little white spots on its wings.

Some kind of deer fly on blue fabric. It has big compound dies, a furry white face and black and yellow strips along its body abdomen. It also sports little white spots on its wings.

Small pools in the soft squishy moss at the top of the paramo.

#Hiking in the #Colombian #paramo 3500m up w/an #invertebrate. I'm guessing it's some type of #DeerFly, can't find the species. Any #entomologists know? There are some pools between the soft squishy mossy cushion bogs. #Socha #ParqueNacionalNaturalPisba #InsertAnInvert #backpacking #fly

#macroaddicts

#Dipteran Unknown 🪰

This #fly landed on my boot whilst on a boat cruise visiting #tanjungputing #nationalpark in #borneo #indonesia

Some dipterans have very cool #patterns in their compound eyes. These #eyes reminds me of #deerfly or #horsefly

I.D. welcome

#macroaddicts #macro #nature #wildlife