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Chuckling Duck<p>Wife: I saw something cool today.</p><p>Me (excitedly): Was it a wasp stashing flies in its nest for its babies? Cause that's what I saw.</p><p>Wife: Ah...no.</p><p>Me: *shows her the video of wasp*</p><p>Wife: So, my cool thing...</p><p>Me: *stares blankly*</p><p>The video: <a href="https://lone.earth/w/sxKQzrVmteahxKEdzUqxes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lone.earth/w/sxKQzrVmteahxKEdz</span><span class="invisible">Uqxes</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/crabronidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crabronidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FridayFlyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayFlyday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/FridayFlyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayFlyday</span></a>: just encountered this gorgeous metallic bronze-green-blue soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae) in the garden! It was very placid and let me get lots of photos.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flyday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flies</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SoldierFlies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoldierFlies</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Stratiomyidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stratiomyidae</span></a></p>
Pavel Kviatko<p>Flyday Friday catch! A Dioctria robberfly, probably. Caught it while it was snacking on a march fly.<br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a>: Warm weather has returned and so have what I call "zebra flies", _Anthomyia_! With their dark red eyes and striking black and white stripes they are very appealing. </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/FlyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flies</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Anthomyiidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthomyiidae</span></a></p>
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Chuckling Duck<p>Some tiny gall midges with hairy wings for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Flyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flyday</span></a>.</p><p>Manitoba, Canada.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cecidomyiidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cecidomyiidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FridayFlyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayFlyday</span></a></p>
Chuckling Duck<p>Long body, long legs, long mouth.</p><p>🎶 These mouths were made for sucking,<br>So that's just what they'll do....🎶 </p><p>Eugnoriste sp. (a dark-winged fungus gnat; Sciaridae).</p><p>Collected from a Lactuca (Blue Lettuce) flower. Manitoba, Canada. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Flyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flyday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/sciaridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciaridae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/flies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FridayFlyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayFlyday</span></a></p>
Chuckling Duck<p>A green midge (Chironomidae) for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/flyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flyday</span></a>.<br>Manitoba, Canada.<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FridayFlyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayFlyday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/chironomidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chironomidae</span></a></p>
Chuckling Duck<p>A hairy gall midge for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyFriday</span></a>.</p><p>Sunflower Purse Gall Midge (Asphondylia helianthiglobulus, Cecidomyiidae).</p><p>Manitoba, Canada. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FridayFlyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayFlyday</span></a></p>
Chuckling Duck<p>Tired: TGI Friday<br>Wired: TGI Flyday</p><p>An iridescent blue fly in a microscope's spotlight. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/flyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flyday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/flydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flydayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a></p>
Arachtober<p>Crab Spider and Hoverfly <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arachnid</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flydayfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flydayfriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wildlifephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifephotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/AracnOctubre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AracnOctubre</span></a></p>
Arachtober<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> 4th is also <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/FlyDayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyDayFriday</span></a>!<br>Crab Spider (Mecaphesa dubia)<br>Four-speckled Hover Fly (Dioprosopa clavata)</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/AracnOctubre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AracnOctubre</span></a></p>
Chuckling Duck<p>It's <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyDay</span></a>! The 1st observation on iNaturalist of this species in Manitoba from my very own yard. Possibly a new provincial record?</p><p>Orange-tailed Wood Fly (Blera analis).</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/syrphidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syrphidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/224706336" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ca/observations/22</span><span class="invisible">4706336</span></a></p>
neville park<p>Happy <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/FlydayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlydayFriday</span></a>! This beautiful robber fly was a great photo subject. They're not very afraid of humans. They remind me of helicopters.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> observation: <a href="https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/225381582" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ca/observations/22</span><span class="invisible">5381582</span></a> :inaturalist: </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flyday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flyday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/FlyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flies</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Asilidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asilidae</span></a></p>
Arachtober<p>Rotting pumpkins are good hunting places for jumping spiders to catch flies.</p><p>Happy <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/FlyDayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyDayFriday</span></a>! <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a></p>
Arachtober<p>Caught in a web. <br>Happy <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/FlyDayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyDayFriday</span></a>!<br><a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arachnid</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a></p>
Arachtober<p>Happy <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/FlyDayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyDayFriday</span></a>!<br>Crab Spider (Thomisidae) and Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens)<br><a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arachnid</span></a></p>
Arachtober<p>Happy <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/FlyDayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyDayFriday</span></a> the 13th. I just finished my presentation for the Texas Master Naturalist State Meeting on Spooky Spiders of the Rio Grande Valley. It went great. 36 attended.</p><p>Ground Crab Spider<br>Robber Fly</p><p><a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a></p>
Joe Rojas-Burke<p>Lepidophora lutea, a bee fly photographed in Woodstock, NY</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/flydayfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flydayfriday</span></a></p>
Arachtober<p>Eriophora edax caught a fly.<br><a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/FlyDayFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlyDayFriday</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arachnid</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spider</span></a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a></p>
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