#fliesrule

I got a hammer (flies) and everything is a nail (genetic screens)! #Drosophila #fliesrule #mammalsdrool

A hefty tachinid fly sits on a white background facing to the right. It is black with a silvery white face and iridescent blue eyes. The tip of its abdomen is metallic gold.

A hefty tachinid fly sits on a white background facing to the right. It is black with a silvery white face and iridescent blue eyes. The tip of its abdomen is metallic gold.

A hefty tachinid fly sits on a white background facing to the left, while and empty dark reddish brown moth pupa is above it. The fly is black with a silvery white face and iridescent blue eyes. The tip of its abdomen is metallic gold.

Blue Eye Samur-fly (with a golden rump to boot)

#Tachinidae: #Belvosia bifasciata; emerged from parasitizing a Hemaris sphinx moth pupa

#FlyWeek #Diptera #FliesRule