#WorldBeeFlyDay #FlyWeek

with international travel, got my days mixed up - here is my post for World Bee Fly Day (1 day too late) - Apatomyza sp. or Crocidium sp. (Bombyliidae: Crocidiinae) from Namibia - observed + collected October 2024 with @ento-allan.bsky.social

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Hello! We plan on having Fly Week occur annually, so mark it on your calendar! It starts on #WorldRobberFlyDay and ends on #WorldBeeFlyDay 🪰✨

White fly with velvety body surface, transparent wings, black eyes, and five black marks on thorax on a white flower.

Maybe I just missed #WorldBeeFlyDay but here is the prettiest one I’ve found, Apolysis quinquenotata (I think) from Sevilleta NWR near Albuquerque. #Flyweek #insects #bugsky

Anastoechus sp, bee flies sitting in the rain

A bee fly sitting in a hand

A bee fly on a woman's nose

Lordotus sp. Sitting on a creosote bush

Happy World Bee Fly Day! I'll take any chance to show off these cuties we found hiding out in the Creosote during a rain storm at Beaver Dam Wash in UT! Lordotus and lots of Anastoechus (iirc). #FlyWeek #Fliesarecool #WorldBeeFlyDay

Happy World Bee Fly Day! Here is one of the most colorful bee flies I’ve encountered, Zinnomyia brincki. Collected in Namibia.

#FlyWeek #WorldBeeFlyDay #TeamDiptera