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  1. #Prosena #siberita (#Tachinidae, #Diptera) is a species of #fly native to #Europe, #Asia, and Australia; it has been present in the #USA as an introduced species (#neozoon) since around 1925, as its #larvae are #parasitoids of beetles of #Scarabaeidae and were used for the #biologicalcontrol of the Japanese beetle. The #adults feed on nectar.

    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin, August 2026

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    #photos:
    © S.F.Wirth, Berlin #Blankenfelde, August 2026

  2. Some flies from Haycombe, near #Bath, at the weekend - Common Tachinid (Tachina fera), Bat-winged Tachnid (Phasia hemiptera) female, Red-patched Tachinid (Eriothrix rufomaculata), Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum) female
    #Nature #Wildlife #Diptera #Flies #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife

  3. Phasia hemiptera (male), an endoparasitic tachinid fly on a Wild Carrot flower. The hosts of this species are usually Green and Forest Shieldbugs. Until this year, I haven't seen one in Bath since 2008!
    #Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Fly #Diptera #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

  4. #insektenSamstag 😍

    erst dachte ich es sei ein weiteres mal eine igelfliege de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igelflie , aber bei genauerer betrachtung der bilder, insbesondere dieser hinterteilsansicht, stellte sich heraus, dass das nicht hinkommt, sondern eine verwandte ist, Nowickia ferox.

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

  5. @PLOSBiology

    Comments from the academic editor:

    "I do agree that the paper is worth publishing. This is because such studies combining a range of fields, from phylogeny and functional morphology to biomechanics and physics are extremely hard to execute and therefore quite rare. They also are important for gaining a more comprehensive picture and bridging fields."

    #Diptera #flight

  6. heute nominiere ich zum #BugOfTheDay eine schwebfliege, die nicht nur optisch so tut als sei sie eine biene und mindestens so groß ist wie eine, sondern auch noch so heißt, die

    Mistbiene
    Eristalis tenax
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistbiene

    #insekten #insects #hoverfly #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro #diptera

  7. zur abwechslung mal kein schmetterling sondern eine fliege die so tut als sei sie eine wespe. die gehört aber nicht wie die meisten so wespenmimikri betreibenden zu den schwebfliegen sondern zu den blasenkopffliegen, erkennbar an - wer hätte das gedacht - der blase auf dem kopf.
    ungewöhnlich sind auch die für fliegen sehr langen fühler

    Wespendickkopffliege
    Conops flavipes
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conops_f

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

  8. Banded General (Stratiomys potamida) soldierfly on a Wild Carrot flower

    This is a huge and striking soldierfly, resembling a large wasp, but is completely harmless. They breed in wetland habitats. An uncommon species, but apparently increasing.
    #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Fly #Diptera #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #InsectPhotography

  9. @loren Since I failed in my first attempt.... you actually just get a fly this time... Happy birthday!

    #Insects #Fly #Diptera #SriLanka #Microchrysa