I wonder if that constant airborne movement dissuades Beeflies?

Any #dipterists know?

One for @flygirlnhm.bsky.social and anyone on #beeflywatch (don’t know how many #dipterists have seen this but can’t face scrolling 1.5k followers!).

#diptera in art!

Also for any #dipterists !

@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social

Detailed dissection work that #dipterists do to identify a specimen.

Not sure how these are retained, loose in EtOH in vials?

A technique I used for other taxa in my MSc: drop of UV resin on a slide, arrange specs with a pin, add cover slide & expose to UV.

It’s easier with #ants on a point!

Lovebugs (Genus Plecia) Lovebugs from Samagi Uyana, Maththegoda, Sri Lanka. on January 9, 2021 at 12:03 PM by Asanka Gallege

If any #Diptera #fly experts #Dipterists are out there who are familiar with the family #Bibionidae in tropical Asia please have a look at the comments under the following @inaturalist.bsky.social observation:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

A dead fly sits on top of a cow parsley flower (Umbelliferae). Its body, particularly its abdomen bears a large number of spore-bearing fungal growths.

A live fly sits beside (and had crawled all over) a dead fly. Its body, particularly its abdomen bears a large number of spore-bearing fungal growths. The live fly kept returning to the dead one.

Hey #dipterists @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social I found this dead fly 🪰 on cow parsley in Cornwall with significant fungal growth but apparently gripped onto the flower.

Other flies seemed to be drawn to it. I don’t know if there was a scent lure? Is this a bit #thelastofus?

It's #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! Many thanks to Jack Neff who identifies our bees (and can sometimes be talked in to helping with wasps), the #Dipterists listserv, and the many professional and amateur beetle and lep enthusiasts who help my lab!