#tachinidae — Public Fediverse posts
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A little tachinid fly (possibly Cryptomeigenia) sitting on a leaf. I love the shape and color of the eyes.
#fly #flies #diptera #tachinidae #insects #arthropods #photography
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A little tachinid fly (possibly Cryptomeigenia) sitting on a leaf. I love the shape and color of the eyes.
#fly #flies #diptera #tachinidae #insects #arthropods #photography
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I wasn't that excited about this stock standard photo of a darkling beetle (Eleodes goryi), until I noticed the parasitic tachinid fly egg attached above the insect's midleg. This beetle is on borrowed time.
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Tachinidae family Teneriffe Park #MacroMonday #photography #insects #macro #diptera #Tachinidae #nature #EastCoastKin
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Two Tachinid flies - Tachina fera and Eriothrix rufomaculata - parasitic flies on moth caterpillars.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #insect #ukwildlife #entomology #tachinidae #diptera #fly #ukflies #ukinsects -
The fly #Ectophasia #crassipennis (#Phasiinae, #Tachinidae,) has a Palearctic distribution and prefers #warmth. In Germany, warmth-favored areas are populated. Contrary to older literature referring to southern/southwest #Germany, the species also occurs in #Berlin. The #brood lives endoparasitically in #truebugs, often on #Pentatomidae. #Globalwarming favors the expansion of the original distribution of #warmthloving#species. #Biodiversity
© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2024
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A tachinid fly perched on pussytoes (Antennaria).
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Happy #FridayFlyday! I was astonished to see this ENORMOUS, ferociously bristled fly, the size of a bumblebee, visiting the garden goldenrod. I had no idea flies could get this big, at least not here.
It stared me down when my picture-taking annoyed it. I backed off, as I figured the beast could give me a concussion if it flew into my head with enough force.
Click for bristle butt and intimidating eye contact
#FlyFriday #bugstodon #insects #flies • #Diptera #Tachinidae
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Friday Flyday! This Zelia vertebrata bristle fly has all the legs you need. Photo from Tennessee.
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Igelfliege / Tachina fera / Tachinaire sauvage
Februar 2020
https://archive.org/details/077550
#Igelfliegen -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/46934#TachinaFera #TachinaireSauvage #animals #protostome #arthropod #insects #pterygota #neoptera #flies #tachinidae #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #slide #slideshow
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A slender tachinid fly sunning itself on a leaf.
#fly #flies #FlyFriday #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Ectophasia crassipennis ✧
Ectophasia crassipennis is a species of flies in the family Tachinidae and the subfamily Phasiinae. It is present in southern Europe and warmer parts of central Europe. Adults can reach a length of about 5 to 9 millimetres (0.20 to 0.35 inches). Their large compound eyes are red, while the body varies between black and...
#Tachinidae #Europe #Ectophasia #Estonia #Keila #Wikipedia
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A bristle fly, Prosenoides assimilis, taking nectar from an aster. Texas.
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Found a stump this week with several Zelia lurking about. In at least one species in the genus, females give birth to motile larvae, depositing them at the holes in decomposing wood made by beetles. The larvae then crawl along the tunnels until they find hosts to burrow into. #fly #diptera #zelia #tachinidae #insect #nature #entomology #FlyDay
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A fly I haven't seen before (possibly Hemyda aurata?) This poor guy was missing its left hind leg. The whole time I was there, the fly kept jabbing its abdomen at the leaf. A female depositing eggs? A confused male? I would have guessed that those naughty bits are some kind of clampy thing that belongs to a male.
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I came across this old photo of a handsome tachinid fly that I never identified. I love the stepped geometric black and white pattern on his abdomen. He's sitting on a wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia).
#fly #flies #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography #nature
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Another bristly fly from Oregon up close. I'm struggling to ID it, but possibly Peleteria, a genus that goes after caterpillars. I initially thought name meant furry in some way ("peletería" is a fur shop in Spanish, it seems), but it just references an entomologist's name (Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier). #fly #tachinidae #diptera #insect #nature #flower
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A handsome "swift feather legged fly" (Trichopoda pennipes). See his elegant fringes?
Dipterists definitely missed a good naming opportunity here. He should have been a "Fast Feather Footed Fly."
#fly #flies #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
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A female Gymnoclytia on a daisy. The females are black and white. The males are brown and orange.
#fly #flies #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography #pollinators #flowers #FlowersOfMastodon
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Flies galore, of the parasitoid kind:
Tachinid fly, Gymnostoma rotundanum http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165099855 . The #Tachinidae lay eggs on the surface of their host—often other insects—with such strong glue that removing the egg would kill the host. Often even drop larvae directly on the hosts.
Thick-headed fly, Physocephala visatta http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165098840 The #Conopidae are internal parasites of bees and wasps—intercepting them in mid flight, the female’s abdomen has a “can opener” to insert an egg between the abdominal tergites of the host.
Beefly, Lasiopa sp. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165105614 The #Bombylidae drop their eggs while in flight near the entrance of solitary bee nests. The larvae crawl in and take over the bee’s resources of nectar and pollen, either starving or directly eating the bee larva.
All the adults happily sip nectar; the larvae, meanwhile, rival parasitoid wasps in their lifestyle and effectiveness.
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A bristly tachinid fly visits a purple aster. Flies are underappreciated pollinators.
#fly #flies #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #nature #photography #macrophotography #plants #pollinators #sunshine
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A very bristly little fingertip tachinid for #FlyFriday.
#fly #flies #tachinidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #nature #photography #macrophotography