Longrock SSSI Whitstable Kent 9/11. Saw this striking fly which looks good for Ectophasia crassipennis a recent addition to the British list but have been seen in more frequently in the county @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #flies #insects #tachinid #inverterbrates #ukwildlife

A female Ectophasia crassipennis tachinid fly rests on the wooden insides of a moth trap.

Ectophasia crassipennis was interesting bycatch in the Upton garden moth trap last night #Tachinid #Diptera

I thought they were flies, didn't fly like bees, but I'd never seen flies swarming & feeding on a flower like that before. Just reading up on #Tachinid flies, seems like they could fit the bill, and I would be thrilled if they ate all the Japanese Beetles.

One of my favourite #Tachinid flies, the tiny Cistogaster globosa, very hard to photograph on windy Wild Carrot! seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 12/07/25, a female @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera #Tachinidae

My yearly July visit from the #Tachinid fly Gastrolepta anthracina in my #Staffs garden, 04/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera

A small hairy #Tachinid fly, possibly a Dufouria? Seen at #RingsteadBay 26/05/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera #fly

Could this the #Tachinid fly Dufouria chalybeata? Seen 04/05/25, Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs #Tachinidae #fly @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera

Thelaira solivaga, the Orange-sided Thelaira fly, a #Tachinid, seen 04/05/25 Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Tachinidae #fly #Diptera

The metallic green #Tachinid fly Gymnocheta viridis, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 20/04/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Tachinidae #Diptera #fly

Well I've already got 2 IDs incorrect today so lets go for this small #Tachinid fly as Phania funesta, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 20/04/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Tachinidae #fly #Diptera

Tachina ursina
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Phasia hemiptera, male, 7 April 2025, Putney Heath, SW London (VC17). #UKDiptera #Tachinid

Tachinid fly and Brimstone butterfly

Tachinid fly and Brimstone butterfly

I wasn't sure if this #Tachinid fly intentionally jumped onto the Brimstone, but it did seem to be perched, lying in wait. Species suggestions welcome #Diptera

You can't get more #spring than this emerald prince of March: Gymnocheta viridis. Earlham Cemetery, Norwich.

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Garden Friends: Crazy Cool Fly (Bee-like Tachinid) My first sighting of this species of fly, over two days in late September: Hystricia abrupta, sometimes called Bee-like Tachinid Fly. I have...

🧵3 Blog post with more pics, video links (Spectra/Peertube included) and more details about #Tachinid flies- a vast subject I barely hint at! 🌿🌱 #NaturalGardening #PollinatorGarden #insects #biodiversity
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Tachinid fly looking surprised at being spotted behind a leaf.
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