Lateral macro of the head and thorax of a fly. Mostly pale yellow/brown with long dark antennae. Very long mouthparts.
Empis digramma female #Empididae. A distinctive pale yellow species with short bristles and two stripes on the scutum. Frequent in the north of the UK.
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A striking Empis livida fly from my #Staffs garden, 04/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Empididae #Diptera #fly
A mating pair of the yellow dance fly Empis digramma atop a fence post. Striking flies with their long proboscis and two obvious stripes on the thorax.
The dance fly Empis digramma in copula atop a fence post at Millington Pastures in East Yorkshire today. Just one pair out of so, so many at the site...hawthorns especially are crawling with these at the moment. #empididae #diptera #dipteristsforum
I believe this is Empis trigramma on the Wild Garlic at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 27/04/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera #fly #Empididae
Lateral macro of a grey fly with elongate mouthparts
Macro of a fly wing showing venation and dark markings
Rhamphomyia maculipennis, a costal #Empididae with two dark marks on the wing in females, from Hayling Island today.
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Two shiny orange and black flies with large eyes and a long proboscis seen mating mid-air. The slightly larger male is on top and the female is below, feeding on a prey item ostensibly provided by the male. They are hovering in front of some vegetation that gives an orange yellow background.
Closer shot of two shiny orange and black flies with large eyes and a long proboscis seen mating mid-air. The slightly larger male is on top and the female is below, feeding on a prey item ostensibly provided by the male. They are hovering in front of some vegetation that gives an orange yellow background.
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Easily one of the best photos I've ever taken; amazingly took only 1 shot! These dance #flies were hovering slowly, mating mid-air. As many do, the ♀️ is feeding on prey as a nuptial gift 🎁 given by the ♂️
Grateful that Geo Rojas Malavasi saw them 🙏
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My 1st and the 1st record for the reserve, Empis stercorea, seen at RSPB Middleton Lakes 18/05/24 #fly #Empididae @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
the infrequently recorded montane #Empididae Rhamphomyia albosegmentata; the uncommon, mainly northern #Hybotidae Platypalpus commutatus; the #Mycetophilidae fungus gnat Sciophila fridolini new to Scotland 2/4
Lateral macro of a hairy fly with long mouthparts
The very hairy and infrequently recorded montane #Empididae Rhamphomyia albosegmentata from Ben Lawers last month. Interestingly it's congener R. morio which was abundant in the same place when I collected in June a few years back was completely absent this July
Dagger fly, Tanzfliege, Empididae.
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All the rest are Higher Diptera or Brachycera with shorter antennae. Firstly, the #Empididae dance-fly Empis nuntia male and female. This is a common spring species 3/9
#Empididae Rhamphomyia morio, male, Ben Lawers, 26∙vi∙21. Another northern species that is infrequently recorded in the UK. #Diptera
