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**Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed** @coprolite9000@pixelfed.hylobatidae.org · 2h

Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed @coprolite9000@pixelfed.hylobatidae.org

Bugs? Bugs, from yesterday.

Metallic blue beetle: Agelastica alni?
Fly on old flower: Rhagio tringarius?
Cranefly: Tipula sp.?
Beetle on grass: Cantharis sp.?

(Even these rough identifications are an insight into a hidden world!)

#macrophotography #insects #flies #craneflies #beetles #Derbyshire

Dark blue, iridescent and metallic beetle - on a craggy cliff of an old stone wall - gingerly poking at a ragged cord of spider silk.

Fly with bulbous, pale green compound eyes, a translucent, pale yellow and black abdomen and folded, transparent wings on an old meadow flower.

Cranefly - all long, skinny limbs, body and wings - sprawled between some bright green leaves of spring grass.

Small, slender beetle - dark, long wing cases with a fine fuzz of hairs - perched on a green grass leaf.

#derbyshire

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**Flatbush Gardener** @xris@ecoevo.social · 1d *

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Flatbush Gardener @xris@ecoevo.social

@colinpurrington
I don't *think* I have any rot holes in the three trees on my property (though the cherry is a possibility). NYC iNat obs only start in 2023; likely gone unobserved until then.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=674&preferred_place_id=1&taxon_id=361289

Aside from being a new species record for my garden, my observation stands out:
* Earliest. No other May obs. FOY 2025.
* All other obs in green spaces: cemeteries, parks, natural areas.

iNaturalistObservationsElegant Flies from New York City, US, NY

#iNaturalist #MasterNaturalist #Insects

**Sharon Cummings Art (Back Up)** @SharonCummingsArt@mastodon.social · 2d

Sharon Cummings Art (Back Up) @SharonCummingsArt@mastodon.social

Colorful Fly Fishing Lure. New in my classic Color Fusion series!

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-fly-fishing-lure-art-sharon-cummings.html

Colorful vintage fly fishing lure by artist Sharon Cummings.

#fish #fishy #fishes

**Harry** @FrancoisVillon@mastodon.online · 5d *

5d *

Harry @FrancoisVillon@mastodon.online

Fotos & Videos - Woche 21-2017
Compilation Week 21-2017

https://archive.org/details/064855
#Wochenschau -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/47012

Internet ArchiveFotos & Videos - Woche 21-2017 / Weekly slideshow 21-2017 : Harry Göhde : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveSlideshow mit Fotos und Videos aus der einundzwanzigsten Woche 2017weitere Fotos: http://fotos.goehde.comMusik: Josh Woodword - Perfect | The Nest |...

#niederrhein #vögel #schwäne

**Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed** @coprolite9000@pixelfed.hylobatidae.org · 6d

Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed @coprolite9000@pixelfed.hylobatidae.org

Monday? More miscellaneous May #macrophotography! Marvellous.

Moth: no idea. There's hundreds of 'em!
Metallic fly: Probably a blow-fly, maybe Lucilia sp.?
Snooty fly: Perhaps Rhagio scolopaceus?
Bee: Mining or mason bee, potentially Andrena sp.? (Don't tell the poor thing about the Cuckoo wasps, anyhow...)

#moths #flies #bees #macroMonday #Derbyshire

Small white moth, beady black eyes and holding on to a vertical stem of grass, seen partially from underneath.

Glossily metallic blue-green fly with red-brown eyes, on a large, sunlit green leaf.

Stern-looking grey-brown fly with spotted wings, holding on to green grass, peering rather snootily at the camera.

Small, dark bee in spring sunshine on a broad, pointed leaf.

#derbyshire

**Nori** @norwayskandinavien.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 24

May 24

Nori @norwayskandinavien.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

1/ #insects #Insekten #Natur #Garten #nature #garden #flies #Fliege Eine #Narzissenschwebfliege der Gattung Merodon der Gattung im Garten Fotos leider teilweise unscharf.

Eine Narzissenschwebfliege auf einer Blüte von Gänseblümchen.

**Nori** @norwayskandinavien.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · May 23

May 23

Nori @norwayskandinavien.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

1/ #insects #Insekt #flies #Schwebfliegen #nature #Natur #Garten #garden Eine Hainschwebfliege auf einer Blüte von einem Gänseblümchen.

Stephan* @stephan@them.cheeky.wales · May 21 *

May 21 *

Stephan* @stephan@them.cheeky.wales

I saw a dragonfly this afternoon, two twigs next to it was a Stratiomys longicornis, the long-horned general. It is a European species of soldier fly.

Took a photo and back home I noticed it was laying eggs.

#Nature #NaturePhotography #flies #soldierflies

Stratiomys longicornis, the long-horned general, is a European species of soldier fly. Upside down on an old branch laying eggs

**Cascade Pine** @cascadepine@mas.to · May 21

May 21

Cascade Pine @cascadepine@mas.to

This beauty is a Golden-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea).

An insect sitting on a leaf. It looks like a bee, having black and yellow stripes, but a closer look at its head and eyes shows that it’s a fly.

#insects #diptera #bugs

Continued thread

**Albert Cardona** @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz · May 18

May 18

Albert Cardona @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz

And a fly hunting another fly:

Coenosia sp. predating upon what looks like a bibionidae fly.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282131214

iNaturalistTiger Flies (Genus Coenosia)Tiger Flies from Hedgerley Close, Cambridge, Anglaterra, GB on May 18, 2025 at 01:25 PM by Albert Cardona. With prey

#iNaturalist #Diptera #flies

**Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed** @coprolite9000@pixelfed.hylobatidae.org · May 18

May 18

Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed @coprolite9000@pixelfed.hylobatidae.org

Miscellaneous #macro shots from earlier today - including some bonus #lichensubscribe... #Derbyshire, near Black Rocks above Cromford.

#insects #beetles #flies #macrophotography

Iridescent, metallic green beetle on a birch leaf.

Fearsome-looking beetle - albeit a rather natty iridescent green with pink edges - on twigs and sprigs of heather.

Small black fly with bright, outstretched wings - on the tip of a nettle leaf.

A tiny forest of lichen - blue-grey towers topped with bright orange-red blobs - growing out of a rotten old tree stump.

#macrophotography

**Bryan Wright** @catselbow@fosstodon.org · May 16

May 16

Bryan Wright @catselbow@fosstodon.org

Another bee-mimicking robber fly. This one has caught a beetle.

We see a large yellow and black fly perched on the edge of a caterpillar-gnawed green leaf. The fly has a black body and luxurious golden fur on its back and head. Its two finger-shaped antennae stick out above its black bean shaped eyes. Dangling from its long mouthparts, pierced through its thorax, is the corpse of a small black and brown beetle.

#fly #flies #flyfriday

**Willa** @wplalonde@lgbtqia.space · May 15

May 15

Willa @wplalonde@lgbtqia.space

The dandelions (𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦) were out en masse at Thompson Park on our last hike, and there were many tiny critters fully enjoying them.

Clockwise, from top left:
1. One of many fields of dandelions
2. Hoverfly (family Syrphidae, species undetermined) on a dandelion
3. Tiny bee (probably a sweat bee, family Halictidae, species undetermined) on a dandelion
4. Two ants (family Formicidae, species undetermined) on a dandelion

A field of grass with about a gazillion dandelions throughout, making it more yellow than green. There are a couple of lone trees in the field, and a line of shorter trees at the edge.

Closeup of a stripey fly-- lengthwise stripes on the thorax, widthwise stripes on the abdomen-- perched on a dandelion flower.

Another closeup of a dandelion flower, this one currently home to two ants.

This final dandelion flower has a rather small bee seemingly cuddling its center.

#BloomScrollingWithInsect #InsectThursday #hymenoptera

**Bryan Wright** @catselbow@fosstodon.org · May 13

May 13

Bryan Wright @catselbow@fosstodon.org

A beautiful crane fly, kind enough to pose for me a little while.

A close-up of an orange crane fly, seen from the side, showing the fly's thorax and head.

The long, emaciated shape of the fly's head might remind you of a horse's skull. At its end elaborate mouthparts emerge: two long skinny appendages pointing forward, then bending sharply down, then bending again so that they're tucked under the fly's chin.

Two long, equally angular antennae sprout forward from the fly's forehead, then immediately elbow up and back. They are periodically ringed by bristles, making them look like stems of equisetum.

The fly's eyes are huge multifaceted emerald balls.

Its long skinny legs crisscross the picture, to big to be contained.

In the background we see only a grass green blur.

#fly #flies #diptera

**Harry** @FrancoisVillon@mastodon.online · May 13

May 13

Harry @FrancoisVillon@mastodon.online

Fotos & Videos - Woche 19-2017
Compilation Week 19-2017

https://archive.org/details/064328
#Wochenschau -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/47012

Internet ArchiveFotos & Videos - Woche 19-2017 / Weekly slideshow 19-2017 : Harry Göhde : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveSlideshow mit Fotos und Videos aus der neunzehnten Woche 2017weitere Fotos: http://fotos.goehde.comMusik: Gian Berselli - Flute Journey In Bm | CC-BY 3.0

#niederrhein #frühling #spring

**Bryan Wright** @catselbow@fosstodon.org · May 12 *

May 12 *

Bryan Wright @catselbow@fosstodon.org

This handsome bee-mimicking robber fly has caught a smaller fly for dinner. Happy fly / poor fly !

We look down on a fuzzy yellow and black insect that stands on a broad green leaf. At first glance, we might have thought we were looking at a rather skinny bumblebee, but it's really a robber fly in bee's clothing. Its body is a basic-black leotard and it's thrown a shaggy yellow fur coat over its shoulders. Around its black-bean eyes there are fuzzy yellow eyebrows, and over its mouth hangs a yellow moustache. The spiky mouthparts have pierced through the thorax of a hapless smaller fly, whose body dangles, lifeless, waiting to be wolfed down by this covert predator.

#fly #flies #diptera

**Brett Hodnett** @Cyclesoc@c.im · May 11

May 11

Brett Hodnett @Cyclesoc@c.im

#SilentSunday

A deerfly sitting on a flat grey surface taken from the side of the fly. The fly is in sharp focus, and in the quite distant background and slightly out of focus is a red canoe on a beach with coniferous trees along the back of the beach.

#Fly #Flies #Diptera

**Colin Purrington** @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks · May 10

May 10

Colin Purrington @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks

Lots of ants, flies, and beetles have been showing up in the pawpaw patch. Apparently highly attractive to scorpionflies (Mecoptera), too, though I've yet to see them. #annonaceae #pawpaw #tree #plants #flies #ants #pollinators #flowers #insects

Brownish-purple, downward-facing bloom on a tree branch.

**neville park** @nev@flipping.rocks · May 9

May 9

neville park @nev@flipping.rocks

#FlydayFriday: 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.