#tachinid — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: insect: cool golden fuzzy fly
@nature A stunner for #FlyDay #InsectFriday My feeling was that it reminded me of #tachinid flies, though not the type I usually see
#ArthroBeauty #Flies #nature #insects #Alberta #BorealForest -
pics in collage in main post, continued.
Top centre, smallish #dragonfly possible Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum internum or similar.
Bottom left a cool waspbigger than yellowjackets, for scale, on a garden raspberry leaf.
Centre leafcutter bee approaching onion flowers.
Right a cool #Tachinid #fly probably Archytas genus. parasitic on other insects like other tachinids, but also spending time nectaring. My first year seeing them, and these were my closest photos! -
photos in collage main post above:
top left: native Erigeron philadelphicus in a rock garden (I try to pull before they seed, which they do very quickly! as they are over eager seeders!); right: from the foothills/mountains west of here, Eurybia sibirica, in the garden, with a cool #Tachinid fly.
Centre left: local native Geranium richardsonii which has found abundant home (by itself) in the gardens, always tons of them, though I have to pull mounds! Centre: Geranium sanguineum album in shade