Male Eupeodes luniger hoverfly from 26/03/24 Tamworth, a smart looking Spring hoverfly Dipterists Forum StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #fly #Diptera #Syrphidae #hoverfly

A stunning female Ferdinandea cuprea hoverfly seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 21/04/24 Dipterists Forum #hoverfly #fly #Diptera #Syrphidae

Nice to see my local population of Portevinia maculata doing well, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 21/04/24 Dipterists Forum #fly #hoverfly #Syrphidae #Diptera

Not the best photo but could be Fannia lustrator, 17/04/24 Tamworth Dipterists Forum StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology Ian Andrews Steven Falk #Fannidae #fly #Diptera

A pair of Lucilia sp flies, female and male, seen 17/04/24 Tamworth Dipterists Forum Olga Sivell StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #fly #Calliphoridae #Diptera

➡️ Adults of simulids (black flies) are really eye-catching under the binocular.

✔️ Their body is covered with very colourful pilosity. Its identification is, however, one of the most challenging in Diptera vectors❗️

#Simulium
#Blackflies

Male Cheilosia variabilis hoverfly, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 21/04/24, thanks to Ian Andrews for ID help Dipterists Forum #fly #hoverfly #Diptera #Syrphidae

New paper in Zoological Studies
#diptera #spider #entomology #taxonomy #biodiversity
zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/63/63…
U.Católica del Maule CIEAM UCM

Male Platycheirus albimanus seen in my Staffs garden 26/03/24 Dipterists Forum StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #hoverfly #fly #Diptera #Syrphidae

First Dasysyrphus albostriatus of the year for me and it’s a male. 17/04/24 Tamworth Dipterists Forum StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #fly #Syrphidae #hoverfly #Diptera

Female Baccha elongata hoverfly from my Staffs garden 20/04/24 Dipterists Forum StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #hoverfly #fly #Diptera #Syrphidae

Female Pipiza hoverfly, probably P.noctiluca, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 21/04/24 Dipterists Forum #fly #Diptera #hoverfly #Syrphidae

#ムナギンクロバエ の触角。
次は何時見つかるか。年に数回発生しているらしい。
#Morinia argenticincta #Polleniidae (Calliphoridae) #Diptera #ハエはいいぞ

クモの糸にぶら下がる #セアカクロバネキノコバエ 。
警戒色にも思える色彩だが、どうなんだろう。
#Sciara thoracica #Sciaridae #Diptera

Neomyia viridescens fly I believe, from the amount of bristles, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 21/04/24 Dipterists Forum #Muscidae #fly #Diptera

My 1st Xylota segnis of the year seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 21/04/24 Dipterists Forum #Syrphidae #Diptera #fly #hoverfly

Bees & Wasps of Ireland NHM Diptera Dipterists Forum Need to see wing venation do you have any further images?

Dotted Bee-fly, Bombylius discolor
Photo Andy's Rutland
Learn more: naturespot.org.uk/species/dotted…
#Flies #Diptera #Rutland #nature #UKWildlife

Join us for the last #SESSeminar of the semester!

Dr. Rosalind Murray from UTMBiology will talk about 'Mating system evolution and female ornamentation in the dance flies (Diptera: Empididae)'.

April 19, 12 noon, hybrid.

➡️ses.uoguelph.ca/events/2024/04…

#Entomology #UofG

Noon Fly, Mesembrina meridiana
Photo Peter Smith
Learn more: naturespot.org.uk/species/noon-f…
#Diptera #Leicestershire #environment #nature #UKWildlife