#FLIES

[heartnosekid]

antlered flutter flies (toxonevra superba) | this_mama_fetz on ig

[insecquidae]

FUN. BUG. FRIDAY.

whatthefuckisthis

its amazing

small-headed fly

[dosiadove]

i need more friends who love bugs. I cant take telling people i love bugs and there reaction being "i hate them i kill everyone i see", or "ew" ( and then giving me a weird look. where are the bug lovers? where are my friends? let me show you my collection, lets draw insects together, lets make power points of our favorites.

[platycryptus]

Look at this beautiful green soldier fly (Odontomyia cincta) that landed on my hand while I was sitting next to a pond!

Soldier flies are best known for the species that feed on decaying matter like manure and compost, but O. cincta is one of many where the larvae are aquatic and feed primarily on algae.

(Massachusetts, 6/17/22)

[humblegrub]

What’s an underrated bug you think the people should know about?

!!! what an excellent question !!!

as a rule of thumb, any one without a common name deserves more love and attention.

A specific answer? Geminaria canalsis. Why does it look like that?? Muppet ass animal. PS those are NOT its eyes.

please pop YOUR TOP UNDERRATED BUG in the replies and reblogs!

[apsciencebylyn]

Day 21 of my 2024 favorites: a stunning (and very large) Tunneling Teddy Bear, rabbit botfly (Cuterebra buccata)

Lots of flies have a bit of a macabre life cycle and botflies certainly fall in that category, but this is a truly magnificent creature all the same. 🖤

[hellsitegenetics]

BEHOLD! Could any truly time-rich person who enjoys gene memes actually genuinely attempt an invite of humble drosophila? To awe the tumblrinas with this task of devotion and enviable skill? All of you, gaze upon my superior posting ability!

String identified: ! C a t t-c g acta g attt a t a? T a t ta t t ta t a a ? A , ga tg at!

Closest match: Drosophila melanogaster strain ANU-1 mitochondrion, complete genome Common name: Common Fruit Fly

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[ms-scarletwings]

Never thought I would see a fly rocking a double mohawk before

Not exactly sure what this beaut is, but Strauzia genus was about as satisfactory as I did narrow it down.

[i-3at-s0ap]

BUG AHEAD!

Meet my little bathroom friend Claudia! She is a bathroom moth fly (aka Clogmia albipunctata) and she is so cute!!!!! She is a member of the Diptera order meaning she is a true fly, even though she is fuzzy like a moth. All these photos were taken by me :D

[ichneumoniid]

Let me in

LET ME IN

(Diogmites sp, 7/12/2024)

[myxomycota]

Lycogala conicum by allthingsfungi

[phoronopsis]

we all know people who go out of their way to be rude on bug appreciation posts are annoying as heck but sometimes they manage to read the room so absurdly poorly that it's just funny. You'll see a photo with 200 notes by someone called "flylover4ever" with the caption "look at this beautiful blowfly I found on my morning bug hunt 😊" and every comment note and tag is something like "look at that coloring!" "what beautiful eyes you have 😍" "KISSING HER ON THE TERGAL PLATE" and then there's just one rando person being like "EWWW kill it with fire 🤮". And it's like how did you even get here. are you lost, where did you even come from

[ex0skeletal-undead]

A Mask of Flies, book cover design by Sam Wolfe Connelly

[humblegrub]

how do flies bite?

[apsciencebylyn]

You've probably heard of bee flies; but allow me to introduce you to micro bee flies (Mythicomyiidae). Silly little sesame seeds 💛