Seioptera vibrans
Seioptera vibrans
Seioptera vibrans. Likt andra växthusdöingar jag samlat in aningen skraltig.
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#Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Ulidiidae #Fläckflugor #Picturewingedflies #Kärpäset #Hyönteiset #Biodiversity
The very fancy Seioptera vibrans fly, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 15/06/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #fly #Diptera #Ulidiidae
Seioptera vibrans male
Seioptera vibrans ♂ today in Bengeo garden, distinctive picture-wing fly that is rare in Herts. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #Ulidiidae
Mating pair of Myiomyrmica fenestrata flies resting on a diagonal stem. Both sexes are brownish-red in color with typically "gas-mask" looking faces and narrow wings with a single white-ish patch near the wing tip.
Mating pair of Myiomyrmica fenestrata flies resting on a diagonal stem. Both sexes are brownish-red in color with typically "gas-mask" looking faces and narrow wings with a single white-ish patch near the wing tip.
One of my summertime favorites: the ant-mimicking #fly #Myiomyrmica fenestrata (Order #Diptera, Family #Ulidiidae). I've found this species at only one location: Loda Cemetery Prairie, Loda Illinois. They look & act like #ants. I haven't a clue about their role in #tallgrass #prairie ecosystems
A fly on a white background with extremely wide and narrow eye stalks, making the head as wide as the wingspan and longer than the body. It has wings with a thick, dark wavy line, and they are held out to the side of the body.
A fly on a white background with extremely wide and narrow eye stalks, looking at the camera. It looks like a pencil sitting across the face of a fly with an eye at each end.
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I mean, do I even need to explain why? 😂
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This is a male stalk-eyed #fly from Costa Rica. Females lack the hammerhead while males "compare sizes" for a chance to mate. Evolution is magical 🪄
#Ulidiidae: #Plagiocephalus
Collected by @flyliceresearch.bsky.social
A plump, fuzzy bee fly sits on a dead pine needle on the ground. It has a white face and rump, and maroon eyes, but the rest of the body is black, with half black wings.
A gray and black peacock fly. It's holding its wings upright, with their undersides showing forward. The wings are spotted, and the fly looks like a peacock.
A small, elongate fly with small mirror patches on it. It has huge red eyes making up most of the head. It's resting on a leaf.
An extraordinarily thin black crane fly. The thin wings are also wrapped around the body, giving it a stick-like appearance. It has pale legs with dark knees.
Too many negative perceptions of true #flies, #Diptera, but they're SUPER diverse! Take a moment to appreciate a few of the many wonderful forms:
bee #fly; #Bombyliidae: #Ogcodocera
peacock fly; #Ulidiidae: #Callopistromyia
flat-footed fly; #Platypezidae: #Bertamyia
crane fly; #Tipulidae: #Orimarga
Melieria picta #Ulidiidae a saltmarsh species that can be frequent in southern England, this one from Hayling Island in the summer.
Tetanops myopinus ♂ is a member of the #Acalyptratae family #Ulidiidae associated with yellow dunes.
#Diptera #YearOfTheFly
Images taken w. @NHM_ID stacker
Great to see more #Acalypterates on the ever expanding @StevenFalk1 Flickr. Here's my single #Ulidiidae pic, Melieria cana from a saltmarsh in Wales @DipteristsForum
