When your commitment to the bee impersonation bit is so strong you fly around wearing a full fur coat even though it’s hot and pollen keeps sticking to it. [Narcissus bulb fly, Alameda, CA 4-4-26] #entomology #macro #flies

Big Rods and Silver Fish Jump like a Willy's in Four Wheel Drive

One more shameless plug for my latest piece on Substack. The name says it all, but I do have some nice pictures of fish.
#flyfishing #AtlanticSamon #salmon #Steelhead #Scotland #SpeyFishing #flies

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A swift feather legged fly on goldenrod flowers. Its wings are open, opaque, and smoky brown. It has 2 large dark brown eyes, 2 small black antenna, and a black face with yellow stripes around the eyes. Its thorax is slightly fuzzy and black with 4 yellow, vertical stripes at the top and a yellow horizontal stripes that splits it in half. Its abdomen is slightly fuzzy and pumpkin orange. Its thick halteres are pumpkin orange. 4 black legs are visible, with its hind legs having black 'feathering.' The goldenrod flowers are yellow. The background is various green goldenrod parts.

A swift feather legged fly I saw at Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, PA from Sept 2022.

#dslr #nikon #insectphotography #insect #flies #fly #swiftfeatherleggedfly #trichopodapennipes #pennypackecologicalrestorationtrust #pennsylvania

Female Fannia tuberculata.

Should be Fannia tuberculata if I'm not mistaken.
More (in Swedish) here:
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#Invertebrate 🐙
#Flies 🪰
#Diptera #Fanniidae
#Biodiversity

Hoverflies in Historical Books part 1 Exploration of hoverflies within historical books & manuscripts, examining the scientific understanding each portrayed or intended.

📚 Hoverflies in Historical Books P1 🔍

Join me to discover more as I leaf through dusty shelves in search of hidden wonders.👇
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Syrphidae #Booksky #ArtHistory #NatureIllustration #NaturalHistory #HiddenWonders #HistSci #Scicomm #Naturewriting
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A fly on the border of a plant pot. The fly somewhat resembles a wasp, with yellow bands and dots over a mainly black body. Even its wings are folded back.

We also saw several very beautiful flies! (I never thought I would say that).

This, for example, is a Carolinian elegant, found in the eastern United States, from New Hampshire all the way down to the Andes region in Ecuador.

#flies #insects #invertebrates

I'm supposed to be out here surveying native plants today, but the #arthropod world has been throwing a lot of dramatic scenes my way. youtube.com/shorts/HyFde... #spiders #insects #flies #arachnids #bugs #nature #Oregon 🌿

Small fly with orange thorax and abdomen, and black head and legs, at rest on a fence post

A side view of the same fly, this time sat on my finger

A few more insects were active in sheltered spots this afternoon, including this colourful female Downland Bibio (Bibio anglicus), one of the species in the St Mark's Fly family #flies

Temperatures of around 9C this morning meant that this Dark-edged Bee Fly was sitting motionless on a leaf. Footherly, S.Staffs. #beeflies #flies

Round-bodied fly, covered in fluffy, glossy, chestnut brown hair - sitting in the sunshine on a vividly green leaf with spindly legs, and wings outstretched. Fly's head is small, with globular compound eyes (touching at the middle, indicating a male) - and a long, dark, pointed proboscis points straight outwards from the head.

Another, similar bee-fly - basking above some sunlit soil. Eyes this time are separated by a band of fluff - indicating a female.

Been busy - but with the spring sunshine this week? Bugs galore! And I finally managed to get some photos of bee-flies - Bombylius major.

Cute, round and fluffy? Of *course* they're parasites - lobbing eggs into the nests of solitary bees...

#Derbyshire #insects #macrophotography #flies #beeflies

Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis

Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis

Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis, with leaf mine.

Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis.

Mine collected 25.02.2026, fly emerged 02.04 2026.

#Diptera #VC55 #flies

Thelaira solivago

NatureSpot Photo of the Month March 2026
The NatureSpot Photo of the Month for March is this series of images of Thelaira solivago, taken by NatureSpot contributor Dylan. Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/265729
#Leicester #Leicestershire #Rutland #Diptera #flies

https://hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com/2026/03/spring-smoothtail-epistrophe-eligans.html

🦟 Spring Smoothtail 🔍

Yesterday I published an article about spotting the Spring Smoothtail hoverfly in April, and then, on my daily walk, there it was—freshly emerged and soaking up the sunshine a day early.

#Hoverflies #Syrphidae #Flies #Insects #Entomology #Pollinators #Nature #NatureWalk

I really enjoy Narcissus Bulb Flies. They’re large, they wear flashy clothes and they’re bemusingly territorial. They’re unmistakable from 20 feet away. And they love Geranium incanum like all the native bees do. Presented in SloMoVision. [Alameda, CA 3-31-26] #pollinators #flies

The Fly in Your TV

🪰 Fun glitch art piece created for you. 🪰

#photography #glitchart #glitchcore #flies #fly #digitalart #horror #creepy

HoverflySpotter Mar 26 Sightings – part 2 Welcome to the spring everyone part 2 – this week sightings include Bagworms, Didymodons, Bees, Ladybirds, Hoverflies and I built a BugSnug.

🦟 Bush full of Flies & Didymodons 🌱

Welcome to the spring everyone🌸 🌼 🌷🌱🦋 🌞
Sightings part 2 - #flies, #hoverflies, #birds, #butterflies, #ladybirds, mosses & more...

Let me know what you have spotted.

#Insects #Moss #Bees #NaturalHistory #Bugs #NatureWriting
#SpringSightings

I am a fly: what are you?

#7SyllableSentence #EastCostKin

#WordGames #Puzzles #Words #Language

#Flies #Insects

In a hyperdiverse group it shouldn’t be surprising that #flies keep evolving new and unexpected strategies… but a new way to fly?

Flying like dandelion seeds (or have you ever seen those wind tunnel experiences where you can try freefall?)

#diptera
#entomology
#insects

Two new species of Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) Alexander, 1919 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from northern China Only one species of the subgenus Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) Alexander, 1919 was previously known from northern China. Herein, two new species from northern China are described: Pseudolimnophi...

Two new species of #crane #flies within the #subgenus Pseudolimnophilia have recently been described from northern China, and P. inconcussa is reported for the first time from Shaanxi Province.

This study also provides a key to the #species of the subgenus occurring in China 👇

A common drone fly at rest on a piece of wood. The drone fly is mainly dark brown/black and has some orange markings and hairs to mimic a honey bee.

A Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) warming up.
#FlyDay #Flies

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

This 1977 #FlyTying #book has lots of #diagrams to help you learn this almost lost #art. $25. #Booksky #fishing #angling #lures #flies

#zok #sacred 天の鉄槌 - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixiv ゾクは土足で聖地に踏み入った。 欲に塗れ、殺人、掠奪と云う名の汚れを巻き散らす。 鉄槌のトライデントは容赦せん。肥沃の大地と共に有る。 ゾクのウザイ蠅を、ゾウを凍てつく矢で焼き尽くす。 敗北は必然、汚れたドブネズミは死を残し、去って行く。 コサックの大スズメバチはゾウを撃ち、亀を

天の鉄槌
古代文明帝国に終焉を・・・

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#zok #set #set #sacred #land #filthy #greed #scatter #stench #murder #plunder #trident #show #mercy #stand #fertile #burn #flies #freeze #elephant #arrow #inevitable #filthy #sewer #rat #leave #only #death #flee #great #hornet #Cossack

#trident #mercy Heaven’s Iron Hammer - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixiv The Zok set foot into the sacred land with their filthy shoes. Drenched in greed, they scatter the stench of murder and plunder. The trident

Heaven’s Iron Hammer
The end of the ancient civilization empire...

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#zok #set #set #sacred #land #filthy #greed #scatter #stench #murder #plunder #trident #show #mercy #stand #fertile #burn #flies #freeze #elephant #arrow #inevitable #filthy #sewer #rat #leave

#freeze #arrow Небесний молот - ポイズン雷花の小説 - pixiv Зок увійшов на святу землю в брудному взутті. Увесь у жадобі, він розсіює скверну, що зветься вбивством і грабунком. Тризуб небесного молота

Небесний молот
Кінець давній імперії цивілізації…

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#zok #set #set #sacred #land #filthy #greed #scatter #stench #murder #plunder #trident #show #mercy #stand #fertile #burn #flies #freeze #elephant #arrow #inevitable #filthy #sewer #rat #leave #only #death #flee

天の鉄槌｜ポイズン雷花 ゾクは土足で聖地に踏み入った。 欲に塗れ、殺人、掠奪と云う名の汚れを巻き散らす。 鉄槌のトライデントは容赦せん。肥沃の大地と共に有る。 ゾクのウザイ蠅を、ゾウを凍てつく矢で焼き尽くす。 敗北は必然、汚れたドブネズミは死を残し、去って行く。 コサックの大スズメバチはゾウを撃ち、亀を撃ち、陸ウニを撃つ。 大スズメバチはドブネズミの群れをひき肉へ変える。 ゴキブリでさえ食べぬ汚れたひき肉。 コウノトリは...

天の鉄槌
古代文明帝国に終焉を・・・

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#zok #set #set #sacred #land #filthy #greed #scatter #stench #murder #plunder #trident #show #mercy #stand #fertile #burn #flies #freeze #elephant #arrow #inevitable #filthy #sewer #rat #leave #only #death #flee #great #hornet #Cossack

Heaven’s Iron Hammer｜ポイズン雷花 The Zok set foot into the sacred land with their filthy shoes. Drenched in greed, they scatter the stench of murder and plunder. The trident of the Iron Hammer shows no mercy. It stands with the ferti...

Heaven’s Iron Hammer
The end of the ancient civilization empire...

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#zok #set #set #sacred #land #filthy #greed #scatter #stench #murder #plunder #trident #show #mercy #stand #fertile #burn #flies #freeze #elephant #arrow #inevitable #filthy #sewer #rat #leave #only

Небесний молот｜ポイズン雷花 Зок увійшов на святу землю в брудному взутті. Увесь у жадобі, він розсіює скверну, що зветься вбивством і грабунком. Тризуб небесного молота не знає пощади. Він стоїть разом із родючою землею. Спалити...

Небесний молот
Кінець давній імперії цивілізації…

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#zok #set #set #sacred #land #filthy #greed #scatter #stench #murder #plunder #trident #show #mercy #stand #fertile #burn #flies #freeze #elephant #arrow #inevitable #filthy #sewer #rat #leave #only #death #flee #great

These bugs have ability to create heat to avoid freezing to death Scientists investigated how the tiny, wingless insects that crawl across snow are able to survive in freezing cold temperatures.

Scientists investigated how the tiny, wingless insects are able to survive in freezing cold temperatures.

#flies #snowflies #insects #bugs #science #Studies #research #science

裁きの時　Час суду｜ポイズン雷花 ゾクは土足で　聖の境を踏み荒らし、 欲の泥をしたたり落として　影を曇らせた。 殺め、奪い、名ばかりの力を誇るたび、 大地は静かに、鉄槌のトライデントを握りしめる。 肥沃の土は怒りの息をはらみ、 ウザき蠅の群れを　凍てつく矢で焼き払う。 敗北は兆していた―― 汚れたドブネズミは、死の臭いだけを残して遁げてゆく。 コサックの大スズメバチは 巨象を撃ち、甲羅を砕き、棘の海胆をも貫く。 その羽ばたきは...

裁きの時
汝らよ、鉄槌の時がやって来た。震え上がりたまえ。
Так, настала година суду; тремтіти від страху.

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#ＡＩ生成 #zok #with #unclean #upon #sacred #boundary #mud #desire #shadow #time #killed #boasted #hollow #power #earth #quietly #iron #trident #fertile #soil #breath #wrath #away #vile #flies