#flies — Public Fediverse posts

#Insects from a fantastic wildlife garden I visited in Paulton, near Bath - Red-belted Clearwing, Holly Blue, Bat-winged Tachnid (Phasia hemiptera) female, and Cow Parsley Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina oricalcia)
#Nature #Wildlife #Moth #Butterfly #Beetle #Flies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

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

#fly #flies #diptera #rhagionidae #insects #arthropods #Photography

Some kind of fly happy to be on the flowers

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #wildlife #insects #insect #fly #flies #flower #flowers #photography #pollinators

Some kind of fly happy to be on the flowers

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #wildlife #insects #insect #fly #flies #flower #flowers #photography #pollinators

Some kind of fly happy to be on the flowers

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #wildlife #insects #insect #fly #flies #flower #flowers #photography #pollinators

Some kind of fly happy to be on the flowers

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #wildlife #insects #insect #fly #flies #flower #flowers #photography #pollinators

Some kind of fly happy to be on the flowers

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #wildlife #insects #insect #fly #flies #flower #flowers #photography #pollinators

A very Batman-looking tachinid fly

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A very Batman-looking tachinid fly

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A very Batman-looking tachinid fly

#fly #flies #diptera #tachinidae #insects #arthropods #Photography

A very Batman-looking tachinid fly

#fly #flies #diptera #tachinidae #insects #arthropods #Photography

A very Batman-looking tachinid fly

#fly #flies #diptera #tachinidae #insects #arthropods #Photography

https://www.fogolf.com/1266758/they-told-us-this-ball-flies-straighter/ They told us this ball flies straighter… #BALL #ClubTesting #FLIES #gear #GearTesting #Golf #GolfBalls #GolfBallsVideos #GolfBallsVlog #GolfBallsYouTube #GolfClubReview #GolfClubs #GolfEquipment #GolfEquipmentVideos #GolfEquipmentVlog #GolfEquipmentYouTube #GolfGear #GolfTees #GolfTeesVideos #GolfTeesVlog #GolfTeesYouTube #Straighter #Told

https://www.fogolf.com/1266758/they-told-us-this-ball-flies-straighter/ They told us this ball flies straighter… #BALL #ClubTesting #FLIES #gear #GearTesting #Golf #GolfBalls #GolfBallsVideos #GolfBallsVlog #GolfBallsYouTube #GolfClubReview #GolfClubs #GolfEquipment #GolfEquipmentVideos #GolfEquipmentVlog #GolfEquipmentYouTube #GolfGear #GolfTees #GolfTeesVideos #GolfTeesVlog #GolfTeesYouTube #Straighter #Told

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

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

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

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

#fly #flies #diptera #syrphidae #insects #arthropods #Photography

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

#fly #flies #diptera #syrphidae #insects #arthropods #Photography

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

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

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

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

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

WildWords – Lord of the Flies

The flies come first
as rumor,

black letters of punctuation
in the cellar air,

small restless witnesses
to what I have not buried.

They find the hidden place
before I do,

the sweetness gone sour,
the secret body
given back to its elements.

I thought death
would announce itself
with trumpets,

or thunder,

or at least
a proper lament.

But here it is
in wings,

in the frantic scripture
of a thousand tiny bodies

writing circles
around the bulb.

Lord of the flies,
lord of the unclean corners,
lord of what ripens
when I refuse to look,

you do not create the death.

You only reveal it.

You rise from the wound
and make it audible.

You gather
where something has ended
and been left unnamed.

So I stand in the basement
with paper strips hanging
like sad yellow prayers,

with poison in the air,
with a broom in my hand,

and I know
this is not only about flies.

Something in me
has also gone untended.

Some old grief
has softened in the dark.

Some resentment
has been born in bitter warmth.

Some fear
has bred in the damp boxes
of the soul.

And the outer world,
faithful as a mirror,
begins to reflect what is within.

The dead thing calls forth wings.

The buried thing
becomes a cloud.

Lord above,
but Lord beneath even this,

teach me to descend
without disgust,

to find what has died,
to name it,
to remove it,

to open the window
where I can,

to let the clean wind
do its slow ministry.

For even the fly
is a witness,

even decay
is a kind of bell,

even infestation
can become annunciation

if it leads me
to the hidden corpse,

if it leads me
to the truth,

if it leads me
at last

to bury what is dead
and bless what still
wants to live.

WildWords – Lord of the Flies

The flies come first
as rumor,

black letters of punctuation
in the cellar air,

small restless witnesses
to what I have not buried.

They find the hidden place
before I do,

the sweetness gone sour,
the secret body
given back to its elements.

I thought death
would announce itself
with trumpets,

or thunder,

or at least
a proper lament.

But here it is
in wings,

in the frantic scripture
of a thousand tiny bodies

writing circles
around the bulb.

Lord of the flies,
lord of the unclean corners,
lord of what ripens
when I refuse to look,

you do not create the death.

You only reveal it.

You rise from the wound
and make it audible.

You gather
where something has ended
and been left unnamed.

So I stand in the basement
with paper strips hanging
like sad yellow prayers,

with poison in the air,
with a broom in my hand,

and I know
this is not only about flies.

Something in me
has also gone untended.

Some old grief
has softened in the dark.

Some resentment
has been born in bitter warmth.

Some fear
has bred in the damp boxes
of the soul.

And the outer world,
faithful as a mirror,
begins to reflect what is within.

The dead thing calls forth wings.

The buried thing
becomes a cloud.

Lord above,
but Lord beneath even this,

teach me to descend
without disgust,

to find what has died,
to name it,
to remove it,

to open the window
where I can,

to let the clean wind
do its slow ministry.

For even the fly
is a witness,

even decay
is a kind of bell,

even infestation
can become annunciation

if it leads me
to the hidden corpse,

if it leads me
to the truth,

if it leads me
at last

to bury what is dead
and bless what still
wants to live.

The stable fly – which I smacked while it was biting my leg.

Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90781302

#Diptera #iNaturalist #entomology #flies

The stable fly – which I smacked while it was biting my leg.

Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90781302

#Diptera #iNaturalist #entomology #flies

The stable fly – which I smacked while it was biting my leg.

Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90781302

#Diptera #iNaturalist #entomology #flies

The stable fly – which I smacked while it was biting my leg.

Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90781302

#Diptera #iNaturalist #entomology #flies

The stable fly – which I smacked while it was biting my leg.

Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90781302

#Diptera #iNaturalist #entomology #flies

Cute lil fly chilling on some yarrow.

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

#diptera #flies #marchFly #insects #macroPhotography

Cute lil fly chilling on some yarrow.

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

#diptera #flies #marchFly #insects #macroPhotography

Cute lil fly chilling on some yarrow.

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

#diptera #flies #marchFly #insects #macroPhotography

Cute lil fly chilling on some yarrow.

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

#diptera #flies #marchFly #insects #macroPhotography

Cute lil fly chilling on some yarrow.

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

#diptera #flies #marchFly #insects #macroPhotography

One of the phantom craneflies, Ptychoptera contaminata, at Lower Common Allotments, #Bath. Adults of this species are usually found on the vegetation near shallow still or slow-flowing water, in which they lay their eggs and develop as larvae. I have found two other species in the Bath area.
#Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Flies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

One of the phantom craneflies, Ptychoptera contaminata, at Lower Common Allotments, #Bath. Adults of this species are usually found on the vegetation near shallow still or slow-flowing water, in which they lay their eggs and develop as larvae. I have found two other species in the Bath area.
#Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Flies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

One of the phantom craneflies, Ptychoptera contaminata, at Lower Common Allotments, #Bath. Adults of this species are usually found on the vegetation near shallow still or slow-flowing water, in which they lay their eggs and develop as larvae. I have found two other species in the Bath area.
#Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Flies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

One of the phantom craneflies, Ptychoptera contaminata, at Lower Common Allotments, #Bath. Adults of this species are usually found on the vegetation near shallow still or slow-flowing water, in which they lay their eggs and develop as larvae. I have found two other species in the Bath area.
#Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Flies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

One of the phantom craneflies, Ptychoptera contaminata, at Lower Common Allotments, #Bath. Adults of this species are usually found on the vegetation near shallow still or slow-flowing water, in which they lay their eggs and develop as larvae. I have found two other species in the Bath area.
#Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Flies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

"Flies (Diptera) are particularly suitable transport hosts. They are highly mobile, capable of long-distance flight, and frequently visit the same types of transient habitats that pseudoscorpions depend on. By attaching themselves to a fly, pseudoscorpions can effectively outsource dispersal – reaching new habitats they could never access on their own."

https://blog.pensoft.net/2026/05/13/tiny-hitchhikers-in-a-big-world-how-pseudoscorpions-travel-on-flies/

#Flies #Pseudoscorpions #Nature