#Blowfly

[onenicebugperday]

Copper-tailed blowfly, Chrysomya chloropyga, Calliphoridae

Found in southern Africa. Larvae feed primarily on carrion or dung while adults are nectar feeders and important pollinators.

Photos 1-2 by johanheyns, 3 by cecileroux, and 4-6 by alandmanson

[miyrumiyru]

It's kinda scary that sleeping on the wall while her friend is getting eaten by house centipede...

[fungalscrungle]

My favourite evil boy

[alcnfr]

What I am taking for a Blue Blowfly (Calliphora vicina) out by the fruit feeder this morning...

[charring58]

#Scathophagidae are a small family of Muscoidea which are often known as dung flies, although this name is not appropriate except for a few species of the genus Scathophaga which

[redrcs]

Vicious Origami

In my garden

I have no idea what it is, but it smelt like rotting meat and the blowflies loved it. It lasted about 24 hours and is now shrivelling.

[aussiebuggirl]

Yellow-headed Snail Parasitic Blowfly - Amenia imperialis

NSW, Aus, 6 Jan 2021

[drhoz]

The Great ACT-NSW-NZ Trip, 2023-2024 - Pancake Rocks

After St Arnaud we headed pretty much due west to the coast, and turned down towards Greymouth. Happily we had time to stop at Pancake Rocks on the way, a fascinating geological formation that has so far survived the massive erosion associated with the creation of the Southern Alps, and constant pounding by the Tasman Sea. The waves have broken through in a few places, but we missed high tide and the blowholes blasting out fountains of seawater.

Pancake Rocks was originally formed off the coast, where shelly sediments was buried under thick layers of deep sediment, and converted to limestone. The horizontal layers are not in fact a product of the original deposition, but are stylobedding -imperfections in the limestone propagate sideways as the calcium carbonate starts to dissolve under one spot but not another, creating softer mudstones seperating the limestone layers. 25 million years later, the entire area has been uplifted, shifted 450km northeast, and most of the overlying rocks is gone.

One story about the creation of the area is that of the demigod Tūterakiwhanoa, who opened out the river channels to the coast by pushing the mountain ranges apart with his thighs - possibly the only time in history that manspreading has done something useful.

There's quite a nice walk around the top of the cliffs, and a number of interesting plant species in abundance, including the world's southernmost palm species.

A few of the species I'd seen before and have discussed earlier.

[djevilninja]

There's always a smile On everyone's face, And when you walk Through that door, You know, you know, You got the right place.

Blowfly - Funky Party

[hornedfagbeetle]

this little guy is hanging out with me :)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Extreme macro focus on a small blowfly. Loechel used advanced focus stacking techniques to create this incredibly sharp image. Taking multiple photos at different focus distances results in an image with a greater depth of field.

Photograph: Craig Loechel

[miyrumiyru]

Nose fly is vacuuming a common poppy.

(M) 점박이초록파리 (Stomorhina obsoleta)

[neverstopcapturingmoments]

SUNDAY VIBES

[arterseesabug]

An incredible model: so beautiful and patient

[fantabulisticity]

Some more bugs I've seen recently! And I've spotted this same lacewing multiple times in the last week.