The fly #Ectophasia #crassipennis (#Phasiinae, #Tachinidae,) has a Palearctic distribution and prefers #warmth. In Germany, warmth-favored areas are populated. Contrary to older literature referring to southern/southwest #Germany, the species also occurs in #Berlin. The #brood lives endoparasitically in #truebugs, often on #Pentatomidae. #Globalwarming favors the expansion of the original distribution of #warmthloving#species. #Biodiversity
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Happy #FridayFlyday! I was astonished to see this ENORMOUS, ferociously bristled fly, the size of a bumblebee, visiting the garden goldenrod. I had no idea flies could get this big, at least not here.
It stared me down when my picture-taking annoyed it. I backed off, as I figured the beast could give me a concussion if it flew into my head with enough force.
Click for bristle butt and intimidating eye contact
#FlyFriday #bugstodon #insects #flies • #Diptera #Tachinidae
Friday Flyday! This Zelia vertebrata bristle fly has all the legs you need. Photo from Tennessee.
Igelfliege / Tachina fera / Tachinaire sauvage
Februar 2020
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Igelfliege auf weißen Blüten
Tachina Fera on White Flowers
Februar 2020
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Phasia hemiptera ist gut an der fuchsroten Behaarung zu erkennen. Die Männchen gehören mit zu den farbenreichsten Fliegen.
A bristle fly, Prosenoides assimilis, taking nectar from an aster. Texas.
Found a stump this week with several Zelia lurking about. In at least one species in the genus, females give birth to motile larvae, depositing them at the holes in decomposing wood made by beetles. The larvae then crawl along the tunnels until they find hosts to burrow into. #fly #diptera #zelia #tachinidae #insect #nature #entomology #FlyDay
#Wanzenfliegen (Phasia hemiptera) legen ihre Eier an Baumwanzen (Gattungen Palomena und Pentatoma) ab. Die Larven fressen sich anschließend in die Wanze hinein und führen zu deren Tod.
A fly I haven't seen before (possibly Hemyda aurata?) This poor guy was missing its left hind leg. The whole time I was there, the fly kept jabbing its abdomen at the leaf. A female depositing eggs? A confused male? I would have guessed that those naughty bits are some kind of clampy thing that belongs to a male.
I came across this old photo of a handsome tachinid fly that I never identified. I love the stepped geometric black and white pattern on his abdomen. He's sitting on a wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia).
Another bristly fly from Oregon up close. I'm struggling to ID it, but possibly Peleteria, a genus that goes after caterpillars. I initially thought name meant furry in some way ("peletería" is a fur shop in Spanish, it seems), but it just references an entomologist's name (Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier). #fly #tachinidae #diptera #insect #nature #flower
A handsome "swift feather legged fly" (Trichopoda pennipes). See his elegant fringes?
Dipterists definitely missed a good naming opportunity here. He should have been a "Fast Feather Footed Fly."
A female Gymnoclytia on a daisy. The females are black and white. The males are brown and orange.
A bristly tachinid fly visits a purple aster. Flies are underappreciated pollinators.
Cylindromyia bicolor, die Art gehört zu den Raupenfliegen (#Tachinidae)
Ihre Larven parasitieren Wanzen und überwintern im lebenden Tier. Die adulte #Fliege ernährt sich dann von Nektar und bestäubt dabei auch Wild- und Nutzpflanzen.
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