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 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