pinned fly in side view

pinned fly in top view

pinned fly in frontal view

screenshot of title section of scientific article describing genus Ericomyia

#FlyFriday

assassin fly Ericomyia atomentosa (Oldroyd, 1960) (USNMENT00915299; Asilidae: Laphriinae) from Madagascar: Ranomafana (more details at n2t.net/ark:/65665/3...) - monotypic genus described by Jason Londt in 2015 - beautiful fly with metallic coloration

#asiloidflies #Asilidae

A robin with an orange breast perches among bare branches with scattered berries against a pale sky, creating a serene, wintry scene.

A robin with an orange breast is flying away off bare branches with scattered berries against a pale sky, creating a serene, wintry scene.

Happy Friday! ☀️
Happy first day of spring! 🌷

I saw my first robin yesterday, a sure sign of the season 🩶
#photography #FlyFriday

Silvery fly with a beak-like tongue, red eyes , small antennae, long legs, and long pointed abdomen on a yellow flower.

Just in time for #flyfriday I saw this beauty on packera at Arabia Mt. #iNat cv suggests genus Empis, which is apparently a taxonomic challenge. Might be a species where the males bring courtship presents wrapped in silk, leading to their nickname “balloon flies”.
#flyday #insects #bugsky

Two ravens fly against a backdrop of a blue sky. Bare trees and a pine tree frame the shot.

Two ravens fly against the backdrop of a blue sky.

Two ravens flying very close together against the backdrop of a blue sky

Two ravens flying close together over a forest. A snow covered frozen lake is seen on the bottom of the frame.

#FlyFriday #photography #Sky
Another dispute 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛
The noise, the squawking!

The one raven chased the other through the trees, across the lake and into the forest.
Then came back, solo.

flesh fly sitting on sand dune

flesh fly sitting on sand dune

flesh fly sitting on sand dune

flesh fly sitting on sand dune

#FlyFriday

two unidentified flesh flies in subfamily Miltogramminae (Sarcophagidae) - photographed on a coastal dune in foggy/overcast weather at McDougall's Bay, Northern Cape, South Africa - 31 January 2026
satellite flies = kleptoparasites of solitary bees + wasps

Well. #FlyFriday and this #Raven seems to be ready to feather its nest. #OregonCoast
Pic by #Flipturns

KC-390 na timeline!

#flyfriday #flysky #embraer #kc390millenium

Fly looking much like a bumblebee in its yellow fuzz patterns, but with much bigger eyes and stubby antennae.

Close-up of fly eyes showing sparse short light hairs on the eyes.

For #flyfriday I hope soon to have fresh photos to post as spring is nearly here. For now here’s a hairy-eyed mimic fly, Mallota posticata, from this past June. Their larvae inhabit water-filled tree holes.

#insects #flyday #macrophotography #diptera

What better for #FlyFriday than a phantastic phebruary phorid lurking outside a rabbit burrow at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Cali Heath reserve in East Yorkshire, UK today?! @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

assassin fly eating a small flesh fly

assassin fly eating a small flesh fly

flowering plant on coastal dune

coastal dune habitat

#FlyFriday

assassin fly Neolophonotus sp. (Asilidae: Asilinae) with small flesh fly (Sarcophagidae) prey - photographed on a coastal dune in foggy/overcast weather at McDougall's Bay, Northern Cape, South Africa - 31 January 2026

#asiloidflies

Sunset over a snowy frozen lake with a silhouette of trees along the horizon against a warm orange sky with hints of pink. Two ravens are flying, from left to right adding a serene, peaceful tone.

Tonight’s sunset sky ~
a backdrop to watch a raven’s territorial dispute
🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 💙 🧡 🩷

Have a lovely night ✨
🍭 💭
#FlyFriday #sunset #sky #sweetdreams #photography

#FlyFriday
If it has wings?, skeet it!

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A mourning dove sits atop a prickly pear tree. It’s a cloudy sunrise.

Good morning. #scape #flyfriday #desertscape #nature #photography

A black mosquito with feathery antennae and the terminal segment of its leg white on a yellow goldenrod blossom.

For #flyfriday, a male white-footed woods mosquito (Psorophora ferox) sipping nectar from goldenrod (October ‘24)

#flyday #diptera #insects

a blue-eyed darner #dragonfly for #FlyFriday

#insects #bugs #invertebrates

When #flyfriday met #fordfriday

A robin sits on the snow.

The same robin begins to take flight.

The same robin starts to fly.

Monday was very confusing for me. It was Ground Hog's Day and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and yet I saw my first robin of Spring!?!

These two tried and true methods of prognostication seem to be at odds! Its almost as if there isn't any science behind them at all!

#Photography #FlyFriday

oh yeah, it's #FlyFriday!

erryone read @flygirlnhm.bsky.social's fly book to find out much more "weird fly facts" (tm)

Insects with long wings, transparent but with pronounced veins, mostly folded over a long thin body, small head and eyes, long legs, on the stem of a small white fleabane flower with its head near the base of the flower.

Crane fly (family Tipulidae) on a flower stem (April ‘22). One thing I love about crane flies is their (relatively) prominent halteres - the blobs on stems extending from the thorax, which flies evolved as they lost a pair of wings. #flyfriday #flyday #insects #bugsky #macro #diptera

desk space in insect collection at Iziko South African Museum with view of Lions Head

assassin fly Anasillomos chrysopos with cicada prey

two male assassin flies of Acnephalomyia leukoros mounted on single card

assassin fly Teratopomyia cyanea - first species of Asilidae described from South Africa in 1781

#FlyFriday

visiting Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town today - great collection, great flies, (partial) view of Lions Head

assassin flies:
Anasillomos chrysopos with cicada prey
Acnephalomyia leukoros males
Teratopomyia cyanea - 1st species described from South Africa in 1781

#asiloidflies

Sunset over a snowy frozen lake with dark clouds and a pink-orange glow on the horizon, creating a peaceful, serene atmosphere.

This cloud reminded me of a heart
🩵 💙
Sending much love to those who need it right now 🫶🏼

Two small flocks of birds in the sky on the right, just above the cloud, a contribution to #FlyFriday

Take good care this evening 🌙
🍭💭
#sunset #scape #lovewillwin

Mostly black fly with long body tapering to a sharp point, thin wings folded over body, big eyes and two short arcing antennae on a green leaf, with a smaller orange and black fly that it seems to be holding by the tail with its mouthparts (obscured and not in focus).

For #flyfriday a robber fly (genus Neoitamus) that has caught a hoverfly. (Tokyo, Ueno park, May ‘25) These were really numerous, many more than I have ever seen in an urban setting.

#flyday #insects #macrophotography

A tranquil sunset over a snowy frozen lake landscape with a distant silhouette of trees. Blue clouds are tinged with warm pink and apricot hues, and Canada geese fly across the sky.

#FlyFriday #scape #sunset
Check out the Canada geese flying high across the sky…

I was surprised to learn some actually stick around and don’t migrate south since there is open water in the area.

Have a lovely night 🌙✨

A fly seems to be suspended above a yellow flower, with front legs and tongue in contact. the fly has orange and black markings, clear wings extended to the sides, large eyes with vertical white stripes on their inside margins, and yellow legs. The flower has an orangish center and yellow petals.

For #flyfriday, one of the beautiful hoverflies (margined calligrapher, Toxomerus marginalis) I saw today on desert marigold in Phoenix, AZ area.

#flyday #insects #bloomscrolling

#Flyday #FlyFriday
#pelican
#birdwatcher

"That panicked look when you realize the landing spot is full..."

@adrianw-photo.bsky.social

A fly looks obliquely toward you, its compound eye a hypnotic maze of black and electric green.

If you gaze into its eyes long enough it eats your soul.
#FlyDay #FlyFriday #FlydayFriday #insect #diptera

A close up macro photograph of an orange fly with black wings on a leaf in nature

What kind of recluse is this? Is it poisonous?

#flyfriday #bugskye #entomology #photography #macro #nature

Fly with orange abdomen, black wings with a transparent border, black leathery thorax with yellow parallel lines, dark eyes with yellow inner margins.

Happy #flyfriday! This is the Swift Feather-Legged Fly, Trichopoda pennipes, which lays eggs on stink bugs. From 9/24.

#bugsky #flyday #insects #macrophotography

A raven flies near a bare tree over a snowy, frozen lake under a dim grey cloudy sky. Footprints can be seen on the lake, also a hole in the ice, and a forest is visible in the distance along the horizon.

#FlyFriday
This massive raven had been drinking💧out of the hole someone drilled for ice fishing 🎣
#ForestFriday

a #dragonfly for #FlyFriday

#insects #bugs