A pair of mating fungus Gnats, genus Allactoneura, spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore on 21 Dec 2024. They are only a few mm in length, so steady hands were needed to take these shots.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255752288 ].
Spotted soldier fly (Stratiomys maculosa), Lakeview Mountains, California, today
#nature #NaturePhotography #bugs #bugstodon #flies #diptera #SouthernCalifornia
There is a species of fly whose larvae live inside shed moose antlers. Apparently the males camp out on the antler and jockey for prime positions (ie spots where females will want to deposit their eggs). Not sure this is proper Wikipedia verbiage but it is notable: "the males are astonishingly bellicose". This world is nuts. #TIL #diptera #insects #ecology
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopiophila_litigata
Maggots. We really don't give then enough credit. They can do so much with so little:
"Sensation of electric fields in the Drosophila melanogaster larva", Tadres et al. 2025 (Matthieu Louis' lab).
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00299-4
Front legs, who needs them right? It's not only mantis who dispense of them for walking. But to be fair midgets don't really ever walk. So the sensory neurons at the tips of their legs (hence flies can taste with their feet) may here have become part of a second pair of antennae.
Microtendipes sp. midget in full double antennae mode. The bushiness of its actual antennae suggests it's a male.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268734651
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Dark-edged Bee-fly today near #Bath #Somerset #UK
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Dotted Bee-fly (Bombylius discolor) in flight today in #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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I recharged my mosquito traps yesterday: fresh water, some leaves, then a sticky card in the upper part to make sure the pregnant females don't escape. Wish stores would sell these so that more people used them. #mosquitoes #mosquito #insect #diptera
Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major). People have various ways of marking the start of spring, the appearance of these is mine. In #Bath #Somerset #UK
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First bee fly of the season: Bombylius major. Cambridge, UK.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267537047
#iNaturalist #Bombylidae #beeflies #Diptera #entomology
Galls on a fallen red oak leaf, made by gall midges (Cecidomyiidae).
Trypetoptera punctulata. Cópula de este diminuto díptero, de apenas 5 mm. de longitud y distribución mediterránea. Los adultos pueden localizarse de mayo a octubre.
#insectos #insects #macro #mosca #fly #diptera #photography #nature #naturaleza #fotografia
A handsome fly (Lucilia?) lapping at sap flowing down the side of a sugar maple. This little rivulet attracted many flies and wasps looking for a treat in an otherwise still wintery landscape. Spring is coming!
#BREAKING: the witch hazel flowers are fully unfurled. These flies are taking advantage—I was surprised to see them out and about!
Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Snapped last August, Loire Atlantique, France
Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2qddFXh
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#photography #insect #wildlife #mywork #SoldierFly
A Limoniid Crane Fly (family Limoniidae) spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore on 24 Nov 2024. A large fly with even longer legs.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254289640 ].
Mascle de Bibio marci, dípter de la família Bibionidae, conegut com a mosca de març. Les larves es desenvolupen al sòl, on s'alimenten de matèria orgànica en descomposició. Una espècie comuna a Europa, on es troba en prats, boscos oberts i zones agrícoles. Tot i el seu aspecte de mosca voluminosa, és inofensiva per als humans.
If you live in Ontario and like leaf miners, Charley Eiseman would be grateful for pics of ones living on ornamental geraniums. He'd be extra happy if you'd collect the leaves and rear the larvae into adulthood (it's fun). Details in link. Photo of Agromyza nigrescens on dusky crane's-bill by Hannah Mews (CC BY-NC). #LeafMiners #insects #diptera #flies #entomology #inaturalist #geranium #ontario #toronto https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/33779/journal/107467
