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  1. A striking black-and-gold golden backed snipe fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus). The patch on her back looks like shaggy metallic fur.

  2. A little calligrapher (Toxomeris) having a snack from an Erigeron daisy.

  3. #FotoVorschlag

    'Pferde'-bremse.
    verzeiht mir dieses verbiegen des vorschlags, aber ich hab halt keine bilder von equiden, dafür von #krabbeltierchen aller art 🤷
    ich weiß, die sind nicht gerade beliebt, da mag es manche beruhigen dass die nicht mehr lebt. die sticht kein pferd mehr und auch sonst niemanden.

    #insekten #insects #BugOfTheDay #diptera #nature #biodiversity #entomology

  4. Fun fact: at least some Hybotid dance flies catch their prey with the middle legs! Look like mini mantis legs.
    Likely _Platypalpus sp._
    #Diptera #flies #entomology #macro #photography

  5. Fun fact: at least some Hybotid dance flies catch their prey with the middle legs! Look like mini mantis legs.
    Likely _Platypalpus sp._
    #Diptera #flies #entomology #macro #photography

  6. Fun fact: at least some Hybotid dance flies catch their prey with the middle legs! Look like mini mantis legs.
    Likely _Platypalpus sp._
    #Diptera #flies #entomology #macro #photography

  7. Fun fact: at least some Hybotid dance flies catch their prey with the middle legs! Look like mini mantis legs.
    Likely _Platypalpus sp._
    #Diptera #flies #entomology #macro #photography

  8. Fun fact: at least some Hybotid dance flies catch their prey with the middle legs! Look like mini mantis legs.
    Likely _Platypalpus sp._
    #Diptera #flies #entomology #macro #photography

  9. I have such painful memories of being bitten by a stable fly in Croatia a few summers ago. The mouth apparatus of the tsetse fly looks even worse.

    “Anatomy and mechanics of tsetse fly blood feeding”, Löwe et al. 2026
    elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre

    #entomology #tsetsefly #Diptera

  10. Cute lil fly chilling on some yarrow.

    (Maybe a White-winged March fly? iNat guess)

  11. I tested the Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech, the Aion Mosquito Barrier, and the Tougher Than Tom Mosquito TNT in my Pennsylvania yard. tl/dr: they don't kill mosquitoes but plenty of Americans are still buying them. #mosquitoes #grifting #pesticides #nature #biology #insects #diptera #carbondioxide #co2 colinpurrington.com/2020/08/ye

  12. I tested the Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech, the Aion Mosquito Barrier, and the Tougher Than Tom Mosquito TNT in my Pennsylvania yard. tl/dr: they don't kill mosquitoes but plenty of Americans are still buying them. #mosquitoes #grifting #pesticides #nature #biology #insects #diptera #carbondioxide #co2 colinpurrington.com/2020/08/ye

  13. I tested the Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech, the Aion Mosquito Barrier, and the Tougher Than Tom Mosquito TNT in my Pennsylvania yard. tl/dr: they don't kill mosquitoes but plenty of Americans are still buying them. #mosquitoes #grifting #pesticides #nature #biology #insects #diptera #carbondioxide #co2 colinpurrington.com/2020/08/ye

  14. I tested the Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech, the Aion Mosquito Barrier, and the Tougher Than Tom Mosquito TNT in my Pennsylvania yard. tl/dr: they don't kill mosquitoes but plenty of Americans are still buying them. #mosquitoes #grifting #pesticides #nature #biology #insects #diptera #carbondioxide #co2 colinpurrington.com/2020/08/ye

  15. das könnte eine der schlupfwespen sein, die die schwebfliege von eben nachmacht, eine aus der Gattung Aoplus.
    Aoplus, das klingt wie eine krankenkassen-App... aber egal, ich schweife ab. ich hatte gehofft, dass der weiße streifen in den fühlern es einfach macht die zu bestimmen, aber pustekuchen 🤷
    die fotos sind auch nicht wirklich gut geworden

    #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #AuwaldRunde #diptera #nature #biodiversity #entomology

  16. eine schwebfliege, die mal nicht so tut, als sei sie ein schwarzgelbes stechinsekt, sondern einen auf schlupfwespe macht:

    Rote Holzmulmschwebfliege
    Brachypalpoides lentus
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachypa

    was es nicht alles gibt, ne?
    ob das kleine gelbe kügelchen da rechts ein ei ist oder nur ein tröpfchen ausscheidungen weiß ich nicht. ich vermute letzteres.

    #insekten #insects #hoverflies #mimikry #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #AuwaldRunde #diptera #nature #biodiversity #entomology

  17. 1.
    La première fiche du jour décrit les #larves aquatiques et d'eau douce (et #imago) pour les #insectes de la famille des #Stratiomyidéq.

    COROLLA Jean-Pierre, MÜLLER Yves, LEBARD Thomas, SOHIER Sandra in : #DORIS, 13/04/2026 :
    Stratiomyidae (famille, larves) Latreille, 1802, doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/3022

    #Arthropoda #Hexapoda #Diptera #biodiversité #biodiversite #Stratiomyidea

  18. 1.
    La première fiche du jour décrit les #larves aquatiques et d'eau douce (et #imago) pour les #insectes de la famille des #Stratiomyidéq.

    COROLLA Jean-Pierre, MÜLLER Yves, LEBARD Thomas, SOHIER Sandra in : #DORIS, 13/04/2026 :
    Stratiomyidae (famille, larves) Latreille, 1802, doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/3022

    #Arthropoda #Hexapoda #Diptera #biodiversité #biodiversite #Stratiomyidea

  19. 1.
    La première fiche du jour décrit les #larves aquatiques et d'eau douce (et #imago) pour les #insectes de la famille des #Stratiomyidéq.

    COROLLA Jean-Pierre, MÜLLER Yves, LEBARD Thomas, SOHIER Sandra in : #DORIS, 13/04/2026 :
    Stratiomyidae (famille, larves) Latreille, 1802, doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/3022

    #Arthropoda #Hexapoda #Diptera #biodiversité #biodiversite #Stratiomyidea

  20. If you're making mosquito-killing buckets, a great way to monitor for larvae is to add a white yogurt lid. And if you see them, add another chunk of Mosquito Dunk ASAP or dump everything out and start over. They also permit you to easily see egg rafts and thus get confirmation that mosquitoes are indeed visiting. (The photo here has many rafts but the two in the lid are easy to find.) Larvae and egg rafts are really hard to see in murky water inside dark buckets. #mosquitoes #diptera

  21. If you're making mosquito-killing buckets, a great way to monitor for larvae is to add a white yogurt lid. And if you see them, add another chunk of Mosquito Dunk ASAP or dump everything out and start over. They also permit you to easily see egg rafts and thus get confirmation that mosquitoes are indeed visiting. (The photo here has many rafts but the two in the lid are easy to find.) Larvae and egg rafts are really hard to see in murky water inside dark buckets. #mosquitoes #diptera

  22. If you're making mosquito-killing buckets, a great way to monitor for larvae is to add a white yogurt lid. And if you see them, add another chunk of Mosquito Dunk ASAP or dump everything out and start over. They also permit you to easily see egg rafts and thus get confirmation that mosquitoes are indeed visiting. (The photo here has many rafts but the two in the lid are easy to find.) Larvae and egg rafts are really hard to see in murky water inside dark buckets. #mosquitoes #diptera

  23. If you're making mosquito-killing buckets, a great way to monitor for larvae is to add a white yogurt lid. And if you see them, add another chunk of Mosquito Dunk ASAP or dump everything out and start over. They also permit you to easily see egg rafts and thus get confirmation that mosquitoes are indeed visiting. (The photo here has many rafts but the two in the lid are easy to find.) Larvae and egg rafts are really hard to see in murky water inside dark buckets. #mosquitoes #diptera

  24. 'Verbindungen' #FotoVorschlag

    die verbindung des lebens! (alle lebensformen von vor der entwicklung der sexuellen vermehrung verdrehen jetzt ihre nicht vorhandenen augen)

    zwei
    Märzfliegen
    Bibio marci
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4r

    der name märzfliege kommt nicht vom monat, die sind eher ende april/anfang mai unterwegs, sondern von markusfliege, der markustag ist am 25. april

    #insekten #insects #diptera #BugOfTheDay #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #entomology

  25. A handsome greenbottle fly (Lucilia), dressed in his best, shiniest, exoskeleton, out on the town, looking for a mate.

  26. A handsome greenbottle fly (Lucilia), dressed in his best, shiniest, exoskeleton, out on the town, looking for a mate.

    #fly #flies #calliphoridae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography

  27. A handsome greenbottle fly (Lucilia), dressed in his best, shiniest, exoskeleton, out on the town, looking for a mate.

    #fly #flies #calliphoridae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography

  28. A handsome greenbottle fly (Lucilia), dressed in his best, shiniest, exoskeleton, out on the town, looking for a mate.

    #fly #flies #calliphoridae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography

  29. A handsome greenbottle fly (Lucilia), dressed in his best, shiniest, exoskeleton, out on the town, looking for a mate.

    #fly #flies #calliphoridae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography

  30. A picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) lurking in my strawberry patch. I probably have thousands of these in my yard, all strutting around while waving their wings. #fly #diptera #insects #nature #ulidiidae

  31. A picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) lurking in my strawberry patch. I probably have thousands of these in my yard, all strutting around while waving their wings. #fly #diptera #insects #nature #ulidiidae

  32. A picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) lurking in my strawberry patch. I probably have thousands of these in my yard, all strutting around while waving their wings. #fly #diptera #insects #nature #ulidiidae