#Syrphidae
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platycryptus · 3 months ago
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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)
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onenicebugperday · 11 months ago
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Hover fly with damaged eye, Asarkina sp., Syrphidae
Photographed in Singapore by budak
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snototter · 2 months ago
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A hoverfly (Chrysotoxum elegans) in Guernsey, UK
by Nick Dean
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smilingwind · 2 months ago
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razehider · 4 months ago
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it's outrageous that i once showed this photo to someone and they were delighted until they learned it wasn't a bee. i can accept "your composition is dogshit" or "i don't know you, why are you showing me bugs" but i will not stand for disrespect towards my friend Eristalis tenax who provides me with such joys as bumping into my forehead or scaring other bugs i'm trying to photograph by bumping into their foreheads
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bowelfly · 1 year ago
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Invertober week 1
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highwaytohellgrammite · 8 months ago
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Shrink me down and put me in a dandelion.
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coolbugs · 1 year ago
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Bug of the Day
A wee hoverfly (Toxomerus geminatus) resting on a blade of fennel.
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miyrumiyru · 8 days ago
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Sunlight appreciating flies ☀
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bluebelly-sun-serpentine · 23 days ago
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November 1st, 2024
I think this is maybe a purple bromeliad fly (Copestylum violaceum) but please correct me if I'm wrong. A big beautiful creature, whatever their name.
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jupiterswasphouse · 1 year ago
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[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 :]
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mushiniwa · 10 days ago
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reanimateobjects · 1 year ago
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cabo-se · 6 months ago
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How to say in English. The Hover fly and the Bee ?
This is a fans art for a Chinese children book which I also don’t know how to say in English .Maybe is Cootie Academy. Not important. Nobody cares.
But I really think the flower fly sounds better than hover fly. How do you say that.
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smilingwind · 26 days ago
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razehider · 3 months ago
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forgive me for grabbing the plant where these two Paragus flies were mating but the invasion of privacy was caused by their affront to my personal morals. not because of the public sex part, don't get me wrong, i just don't think an animal should be allowed to look this ridiculous
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stop that. get normal proportions
(June 26th, 2024)
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