#Ephydridae

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blowing bubbles in the pond water ig.

unknown Shore Fly (family Ephydridae).

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Lipochaeta ranica

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fly mouth + ptilinum

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#2333 - Hydrellia velutinifrons

Another shore fly species, but this one is endemic to New Zealand. The first hostplant for the species was only identified in 2012, but the text of that paper is behind a paywall.

There are more than 240 described species in the genus. Some Hydrellia species are being investigated as biocontrols of Hydrilla verticillata in Florida - two native and one each from Pakistan and Australia. Hydrilla verticillata is a horrendously invasive aquatic plant, but success with the flies has so far been limited - possibly because the flies are themselves being parasitised by a native wasp.

Mt Ruapehu, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand

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Photo 1 - Ephydridae sp. / Photo 2 - Calyptratae sp.

Unidentified drain flies.

17/09/23 - Schizophora spp.

QLD:BRB - Townsville, suburban drainage ditch

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feeling the Dread lately

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Происхождение тихоходок — мелких животных, известных своей устойчивостью к экстремальным условиям среды, — долго оставалось загадочным, хотя их родство с членистоногими признавалось всеми специалистами. Новые методы молекулярно-филогенетического анализа наряду с морфологическими данными показали, что тихоходки, по-видимому, являются неотеническими личинками двукрылых насекомых семейства Ephydridae (мушки-береговушки).

https://bit.ly/2JutJyi

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Occurrence of smaller rice leafminer Hydrellia griseola (Fallen) (Diptera: Ephydridae) in the Philippines

http://dlvr.it/PmDXVL

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#2332 - Hydrellia tritici - Black Pasture Fly

An Ephydrid fly found in New Zealand and SE Australia. A pasture pest, because the larvae are leaf miners in grass. Don't ask me why they were so high up on Mt Ruapehu - there certainly wasn't any grass.

Mt Ruapehu, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand

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inktober day 11 - filipe the brine fly

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i think this one’s glitched

Ochthera sp. (Diptera: Ephydridae)

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Genus: Ochthera

...a genus of shore flies (Ephydridae) sometimes known as "Mantis Flies"  than can be found worldwide, but are mainly restricted to the Old World. Ochthera spp. get their common name due to their distinctive swollen forelegs which resemble those of a mantis. Like a mantis Ochthera spp. are predaceous and will feed on other dipterans using their spiky mantis-like forelegs.

Classification

Animalia-Arthropoda-Insecta-Diptera-Ephydridae-Ochthera

Image: Shyamal