#mydidae

[onenicebugperday]

Mydas fly, Diochlistus auripennis, Mydidae

Photographed in Queensland by steve_kerr

[cnestus]

some bugs i saw at work 2.V.2022 - 18.V.2022

[addicted2wasps]

The cheesiness is strong with this one. For the Dipterists. An old cartoon from 2014. 

[bowelflies]

excuse me sir, about your antennae...

[drhoz]

#1354 - Diochlistus aureipennis - Wasp-mimicking Mydas Fly

Photo by  Anthony ‘Eddy’ Edwards, in Stanthorpe, Queensland.

An excellent photo of this rare fly, that pretends to be a large wasp while it investigates dead trees. It’s likely that it’s looking for beetle grubs for the larvae to hunt.

[jacanteros]

👇🇪🇸&🇧🇷👇~ 🇬🇧 Some mydas flies are among the largest flies of the world –not the one I found–, and many species are mimics of wasps. Adult mydas flies aren’t frequently found as they spend most of their life cycle as larvae. Actually, adults live only for a few days, and while males are able to feed sucking flower nectar, females don't feed at all. Larvae are predators but, rather than searching for and devouring several prey items, they suck the hemolymph like lampreys or leeches do. 🇪🇸 Algunas moscas de la familia Mydidae están entre las más grandes del mundo (no la que yo encontré) y muchas especies son imitadoras de avispas. La pasar la mayor parte de su ciclo vital como larvas, los adultos no se encuentran fácilmente. De hecho, los adultos solo viven unos días y, mientras los machos se alimentan del néctar de flores, las hembras no se alimentan. Las larvas son depredadoras pero, en vez de cazar y devorar a sus presas, les succionan la hemolinfa como si fuesen sanguijuelas. 🇧🇷 Algumas moscas da família Mydidae estão entre as maiores do mundo (não a que eu achei) e muitas espécies são imitadoras de marimbondos. Devido a que passam a maior parte do ciclo vital como larvas, os adultos não se acham facilmente. De fato, os adultos só vivem uns poucos dias e enquanto os machos se alimentam do néctar de flores, as fêmeas nem se alimentam. As larvas são predadoras, mas em vez de caçar e devorar suas presas, elas sugam sua hemolinfa como se fossem sanguessugas. [[|]] #macro #Diptera #Mydidae http://ift.tt/2mDEx3g

[londontheatre]

Photo credit: Artwork: AKSE P19/Pentagram

Further casting is announced for the production of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. The world premiere of a new version by Jack Thorne. Directed by Joe Murphy. Starring John Boyega. Previews from Saturday 13th May 2017, press night Tuesday 23rd May 2017

The multi-award winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Woyzeck, one of the most extraordinary plays ever written.

It’s 1980s Berlin. The Cold War rages and the world sits at a crossroads between Capitalism and Communism. On the border between East and West, a young soldier and the love of his life are desperately trying to build a better future for their child.

But the cost of escaping poverty is high, and its tragic consequences unfold in this searing tale of the people society leaves behind.

John Boyega plays Woyzeck. John trained as an actor at the Identity School of Acting. The recipient of the 2016 BAFTA Rising Star Award and the Chopard Trophy at Cannes, John was most recently seen in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015). He is currently filming Pacific Rim: Uprising which he is also producing through his production company, Upper Room Productions. He will next be seen in The Circle (April 2017) followed by a principle role in Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Project set against the backdrop of the 1967 Detroit Riots (August 2017). In December 2017, he will reprise his role of Finn in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi and will also star in the Netflix original feature, Imperial Dreams. Theatre credits include Six Parties (National Theatre), Category B (Tricycle Theatre), Seize The Day (Tricycle Theatre) and Detaining Justice (Tricycle Theatre). Film and feature-length dramas include Half of a Yellow Sun (2013), The Whale (2013), My Murder (2012), Attack the Block (2011, SXSW Audience Award) and Da Brick (2011). Television credits include Becoming Human and 24: Live Another Day.

Ben Batt plays Andrews. Recent theatre credits include the acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire (Royal Exchange Theatre). Other credits As You Like It (Royal Exchange Theatre), The Funfair (HOME), Making Noise Quietly (Donmar Warehouse).

Nancy Carroll plays Maggie. Her theatre credits include The Moderate Soprano (Hampstead Theatre), Closer, The Recruiting Officer (Donmar Warehouse), The Magistrate, After the dance, for which she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress and Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards, Man of Mode, The Enchantment, The Voysey Inheritance, The False Servant, The Talking Cure (National Theatre), Arcadia (Duke of York’s), Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (RSC), House of Games, Waste, King Lear (Almeida), Mammals (Bush Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sheffield Crucible), The Lady’s Not For Burning (Chichester Festival Theatre).

Steffan Rhodri plays Captain. His recent theatre credits include This House (Garrick Theatre), The Hairy Ape (Old Vic Theatre), The Mentalists (Wyndham’s), Posh (Duke of York’s), Absent Friends (Harold Pinter), Abigail’s Party (Hampstead Theatre), The Kitchen Sink (Bush), Clybourne Park (Royal Court Theatre), and It’s A Mad World My Masters and Candide (RSC).

Jack Thorne‘s recent work includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (SFP Productions/ Harry Potter West End Theatrical), The Solid Life Of Sugar Water (Graeae Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival & UK Tour), Hope (Royal Court Theatre), Let The Right One In (Dundee Rep / Royal Court Theatre, NTS / Marla Rubin Ltd.), The Borough (Punchdrunk / Aldeburgh Festival), Stuart: A Life Backwards (adapt. Hightide / Sheffield Theatre – Edinburgh Festival & UK tour), Mydidae (Drywrite – Soho Theatre / Trafalgar Studios), The Physicists (adapt. Donmar Warehouse), Bunny (nabokov – UK tour / NYC), Red Car Blue Car, Two Cigarettes, When You Cure Me (Bush Theatre), Greenland (National Theatre), 2nd May 1997 (Bush / nabokov), Burying Your Brother in the Pavement (NT Connections), Stacy (Tron /Arcola / Trafalgar Studios) and Fanny and Faggot (Pleasance Edinburgh / Finborough / Trafalgar Studios).

Joe Murphy is a freelance director with experience working in London, on the West End, Broadway and internationally. He was Artistic Director of nabokov theatre company from 2010 to 2015, during which time the company presented the work of 88 playwrights and 496 artists across three continents. He took up his role as The Old Vic’s Season Two Baylis Director in September 2016.

Adaptation Jack Thorne Director Joe Murphy Designer Tom Scutt Lighting Neil Austin Sound Gareth Fry Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge Movement Polly Bennett Illusion Ben Hart

Cast list: John Boyega (Woyzeck), Ben Batt (Andrews), Nancy Carroll (Maggie), Sarah Greene (Marie) and Steffan Rhodri (Captain).

Further casting to be announced.

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So there I was, minding my business and this monster (it's about 2.5 inches long) lands on my cheek. 😳😳😳 #customhousecritters @usgsbiml is this a #mydidae #MydasFly ? #surprise #heartattack it's as big as that car! #perspective (at Chestertown Historic District)

[nonbinary-entomologist]

Mydas Fly

The mydas flies are a family of large flies, including the largest fly in the world. They are often mimics of wasps and other hymenoptera.

My images may not be used without my permission in publications and art.

[onenicebugperday]

Giant mydas fly, Gauromydas heros, Mydidae, Diptera

Found in South America, this species is the largest fly in the world, measuring three inches in length or more with a wingspan of about four inches.

Although not much is known about their behavior, adult males have been observed defending their territory centered on leafcutter ant nests where they will mate with females who lay their eggs nearby. Larvae live within the ant nests where they feed on beetle larvae, which in turn feed on the ants’ waste. Males feed on flower nectar while females apparently don’t feed at all.

Photo 1 by Biologoandre, 2-3 by alessandradalia, 4-5 by mcvaz, 6 by tanjamh, and 7 by jamesaikins

[synonymsforchurlish]

That unnamed thing that comes after love

I've seen a couple of things recently that haven't really hit the spot with me. Ring at BAC made out like it was going to be scary and then wasn't, Money The Gameshow was so gameshowy that the serious bits were lost. In hindsight, even Port only made me warm and fuzzy because of its geography. I had started to worry that I was hitting one of those yeah whatevs phases of my career as an audience member, where nothing gets me off for a few months. And then today I saw Mydidae. It's a proper drama about serious things performed in a tiny room with real nakedness. I'm pretty certain there was some fake wee but other than that it was all REAL and LIVE and CLOSE and IMPORTANT. And I was absolutely spellbound. It's so easy to forget, when you're as fickle and sensationalist as I am, that all you really need is a wonderful script and some incredible actors. Mydidae had all of that, even before anyone took their clothes off. Two people and one relationship and all the history and closeness and pain that lives in it. It was an hour and a quarter of the most compelling drama I think I've ever seen. And yes I know I don't go to very many drama-y plays but that's still saying something so shut up. Seriously. So good. I don't want to say too much about the story because the show is one long surprise and I want to keep it that way, but it's fair to say that it left me reeling a bit. (I don't even know what that means really. Is it a fishing thing? It definitely left me feeling a bit spinny and out of control, so maybe it is a fishing thing.) I walked over the bridge to the Hayward in a bit of a trance, but was slowly rebuilt into a human being by THIS BEAUTIFUL THING by Leo Villareal (that's a person, not a football team). It's called Cylinder II, the first exhibit in Light Show, and you can't tell from the photo but it moves like the most gorgeous cascade of rain and fireworks and shooting stars and neurons and waterfalls and big eyes and arrows and sucky growy things and tidal waves and sci-fi iris scanners and it's just the most engaging, the most calming thing I've seen in a very long time. I returned to it after looking round the rest of the exhibition and heard a young couple having the most intense post-break-up talk, about how she wants to go travelling and it's important that she does it on her own and how he just wants her to be happy and would never hold her back and about how they both thought that the other was the person they had always wanted to be with until it turned out that they didn't. Every so often one of them would say "Shall we keep moving?" and the other would reply "No, it's nice here, looking at this together."

[drhoz]

Anomalomydas mackerrasi

Australind, near Bunbury, Western Australia