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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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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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

Female Scaeva silenitica

Female Epistrophe eligans

Female Syrphus torvus

Ovipositing female Meliscaeva auricollis

Four of the hoverflies seen in my S. Cambridgeshire garden over the weekend:

Scaeva silenitica
Epistrophe eligans
Syrphus torvus
Meliscaeva auricollis

#Diptera #Flies

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Tab. IX Muscae Ord. I.’
Colored etching drawn & engraved by Moses Harris (1730-ca.1788)
#MosesHarris, *Exposition des insectes que se trouvent en Angleterre* (Londres 1786)
#wildlife #insects #flies #entomology #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration

A freshly emerged Greater Bulb-fly, wings still not fully "inflated" on the leaf of a house plant. Presumably having crawled up from the pot soil below.

Greater Bulb-fly on my finger prior to release

Greater Bulb-fly on my finger prior to release

Greater Bulb-fly released into the sunshine on hazel trellis to warm up and fully "inflate" it's wings

A freshly emerged Greater Bulb-fly (Merodon equestris) found on a house plant this morning. So fresh that the wings were not yet fully inflated. Safely moved outside into the sun. #flies #bulbfly #bugsky

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaput #EastCoastKin

This #CraneFly had been in the same position for 3 days.

#Insects #Flies

9️⃣ Service – Flies (Pest Control)

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#PestControl #Flies #AlwaysThere

Just a little urn with a lot of #flies. What I think are Face Flies, Musca autumnalis, in the churchyard at Toft near #Cambridge. #Diptera

Drosera binata unfurling their long leaves which end in rows of trichomes (hairs) each of which bears a blob of sticky secretion to snare and digest small flies.

Cephalotus follicularis (the Albany Pitcher plant) growing in the shade, with its flat, semi-succulent winter leaves and a fresh lime green pitcher.

Cephalotus follicularis (the Albany Pitcher plant) growing in full sun, showing its darker colouration.

Several pots of Cephalotus follicularis (the Albany Pitcher plant) growing in full sun, showing its darker colouration. Starting to wake up now.

It’s Spring in the #greenhouse and the #CarnivorousPlants are waking up. The #Drosera are unfurling and will soon be a danger for #flies.

The #Cephalotus are also stirring. These have mostly been in the unheated section, roughing out the winter.

As the #Crow #Flies..

#samsung #photography #phonephotography #sky #eastcoastkin #skyscape #clouds #cloudscape

Guide to Flies of Britain & Ireland A new book on UK Flies first in 75years just recently published, have you got your copy – here are my first impressions.

📚 New Super Flies Guide 🔍 – Just out

Had a look inside and these are my first impressions. 👇

Its superb, let me know what you think, leave a comment below.
Now its time to go use it.....

#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinators #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #NaturalHistory #Books #NatureWriting

Next International Congress of Dipterology (ICDXI, ICD11) will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, between 11-16 July 2027 - details icd11.biol.pmf.hr - first registration deadline at end of February 2027

#Diptera #Flies #ICDXI

A Dark-edged Bee-fly sitting on a dead brown leaf on the ground in bright sunshine. The fly's thorax and abdomen are covered in a dense coat of brown hairs making it look rather fluffy. The wings held spread out to the side and are darkened along the front edge. The large eyes touch in the middle showing that this individual is a male (eyes of females have a gap between them). The bee-fly has a very long straight proboscis which is uses to drink nectar from flowers.

Gymnocheta viridis: a very bristly, metallic green fly sitting on a gravestone in bright sunshine.

Harbingers of Spring: my first Dark-edged Bee-fly and Gymnocheta viridis of the year. Seen in Earlham Cemetery, Norwich today. #Beeflies #Flies

#beefly #flies #spring

Eastern Yellow-backed Laphria (Robber Fly)

Just a bumblebee…psych! Actually, I’m Eastern Yellow-backed Laphria. I’m not even a bee, I’m a robber fly that eats bees! Not much eats me with this camo though. Anyway, there’s a rotting log here that’s prime for egg laying if you’re interested?
#NonHumanNeighbours #BugSky #Insects #Flies #Nature

#deathcardqualified #deathcard #tarotofthings #tarot #flies #asterisk

Photograph of a fly on a wall

The Fly #insects #bugs #flies #petsandanimals #photography

Picture of a Rot Hole for hoverflies

👍 Hoverfly Breaking News 🌎

Important conservation work happening in Scotland for the Pine Hoverfly (Blera fallax).

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

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#Hoverflies #Syrphidae #Flies #Insects #Diptera #Entomology #Pollinators #Conservation #Biodiversity #Woodland

#naturelovers #flies