#Syrphidae

[platycryptus]

Spilomyia fusca, large hoverfly that does an excellent job of mimicking a bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata). Really neat fly that I’ve wanted to see for a while!

In the second clip, taken just moments after, you can see a real D. maculata butchering a horsefly. Flies are common prey for the hornets, so the mimicry of S. fusca might afford it some protection from its own model as well as other predators.

(Massachusetts, 8/17/24)

[onenicebugperday]

Hover fly with damaged eye, Asarkina sp., Syrphidae

Photographed in Singapore by budak

[jupiterswasphouse]

[VIDEO AND PHOTOS TAKEN: OCTOBER 27TH, 2024 | Video and Image IDs: A video and two photos of a yellow, brown, and black virginia flower fly (a type of hover fly). It the video, it's on a cardboard box, cleaning itself a bit, and then pausing for a solid 15 to 20 seconds and continuing to clean itself rapidly. In the photos, it's perching on a wooden stick /End IDs.]

[miyrumiyru]

Pretty pollinating flies

[snototter]

A hoverfly (Chrysotoxum elegans) in Guernsey, UK

by Nick Dean

[smilingwind]

[bitsandbirds]

He and his comfy flower. :)

Male Spotted Thintail (Meliscaeva auricollis), Ireland

[bowelfly]

Invertober week 1

[highwaytohellgrammite]

Shrink me down and put me in a dandelion.

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

You should definitely do Dioprosopa clavata! Not too much info out there about them, but they gotta be one of the most aesthetically pleasing insects out there in my opinion :)

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

A wee hoverfly (Toxomerus geminatus) resting on a blade of fennel.

[faguscarolinensis]

Palpada fucata on Fatsia japonica / Tropical Plushback on Japanese Aralia at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: MAY 31ST, 2023 | Image IDs: Six photos of a black and yellow hover fly with red eyes on the end of a human finger at different angles /End IDs.]

Big ol' eyes n shiny wings :]

[miyrumiyru]

Hornet & hoverfly love flowers!

[mushiniwa]

[smilingwind]