A small fly sits on a green leaf. It looks like a moth, with a very fluffy head and thorax to the right, and dark, fluffy wings held roof-like behind it. The wings are adorned with scattered, small, icy blue scales.

A small fly sits on a green leaf. It looks like a moth, with a very fluffy head and thorax to the right, and dark, fluffy wings held roof-like behind it. The wings are adorned with scattered, small, icy blue scales.

Fluffy.
Sparkly.
Adorable.

These are not the things you usually say about a fly, but here we are.

Let this little creature warm your heart 🥰

#Psychodidae #Setomima nitida
North Carolina, USA (w/ @dradriansmith.bsky.social)

A close-up macrophotograph of a moth fly (family Psychodidae) perched on a green leaf. The fly is covered in dense, fuzzy hairs, giving it a moth-like appearance. Its wings are spread flat and display dark veins and mottled patterns. The body and legs are also covered in fine hairs, with the fly facing away from the camera. The leaf has a visible network of veins and a serrated edge, contrasting against a black background.

#Psychodidae, I keep finding gorgeous #Diptera. This fuzzy one was near my new home away from home in the UK.

#Entomology #Invert 🪲🪳 🌿

A mall, fluffy moth like fly sitting on a leaf. Its thorax is hairy grey with black wings and a few small patches of iridescent pale blue scales.

A small black fly sits on the bark of a tree facing down. Its eyes and face are mesmerizing with a pari of digital looking lines running across each eye.

Flies mating on a leaf. They have a large white face and jowls and small maroon eyes. The male is on top and is gently holding her eyes.

A thick yellow green fly with large maroon eyes rests on the underside of a thin leaf.

For the final night of #FlyWeek, just some cool-ass #flies.

moth fly #Psychodidae: #Setomima
aulacigastrid fly #Aulacigastridae
mating thick-headed flies #Conopidae: #Myopa
horse fly #Tabanidae: #Chlorotabanus

Graphical abstract of: Land use and cover changes and sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) assemblages in an emerging focus of leishmaniasis

A new article in #RESMedVetEnt reports on land use and cover changes and #SandFly (#Diptera: #Psychodidae) assemblages in an emerging focus of #leishmaniasis

See the article 🔽
doi.org/10.1111/mve.12791

@wiley.com

Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Family Psychodidae) Moth Flies and Sand Flies from Lane County, OR, USA on February 16, 2025 at 03:43 PM by Mike Palmer. gleaned from the side of house. 8112

Happy #MothflyMonday!
#bugsky #insects #iNaturalist #diptera #psychodidae
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#WildlifeUK , #Wildlife , #NatureUK , #Nature , #InsectsUK , #Insects , #Psychodidae

Preserving morphology while extracting DNA: a non-destructive field-to-museum protocol for slide-mounted specimens Our study aimed to develop an optimised laboratory protocol ensuring the preservation of morphological structures and extraction of high-quality DNA sequences from Psychodidae (Insecta, Diptera) speci...

🚨Hot off the press🚨 👉 optimized laboratory protocol for preserving morphological structures and extracting high-quality DNA from moth flies: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#laboratoryprotocol #optimization #highqualityDNA #DNA #Psychodidae @leibnizlib.bsky.social #GBOLIII #DarkTaxa