flypocalypse

adult, he/she flys and other bugs blog #flypocalypse – og posts

[microecobus]

Theoretically, there are 17 million flys per each person. And i want to kiss all of them

[thedawner]

Edited some Spade fursuit photos! Suit is made by the wonderfull @crunchchute (bsky link)

[narrative-bunny1864]

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOKY DHIT GUYS LOOK ST THE BEAUTY THAT JUST CAME TO SEE ME WJEN INWAS SMOKING

THE PICTURES ARE SO BLURRY MY HAND WAS SHAKING LIKE CRAZY :((((

Can anyone tell me about the moth if it is recognizable enough 😭😭 id love to know more about it :))

[thankyouforthefunny]

Someone on Instagram reels rescued a Yellowjacket

[great-american-chapel]

Emerging dragonfly at 1am

[mlleclaudine]

Photo by Brian Valentine

[waspdaily]

Today's wasp of the day is Cerceris gilesi!

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

This brightly colored blockhead digs its nest in loose sandy ground and then packs it in to form little cells for each of its eggs. Then it's grocery time! While this genus of wasps are often called "weevil wasps", they also seek out other beetles. In fact, weevils are often not even their first choice and instead just what they'll settle for if a juicier beetle can't be found.

Bonus:

"hemlo!"

[waspdaily]

The tiniest tangerine

[wasp-with-a-computer]

Resting mud dauber wasp

Found this girl trying to sunbathe but she's occasionally bothered by 1 or two wasps.

[cats-and-space]

She’s so pretty!! Lookit her!!!

[ciircuitdragon]

“Hey, that’s me!”

[waspdaily]

the green wasp you posted reminded me of my favorite wasp, the emerald cockroach wasp! i'd love to see you feature them :)

Today's wasp of the day is the emerald cockroach wasp (Ampulex compressa)!

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

How do you solve the issue of your food staying fresh? Keep it alive! But if it's alive how do you keep it in place? Paralyze it— but its too heavy to move by yourself, so no, full paralysis won't cut it. So what else can you do? Perform a lobotomy of course!

The emerald cockroach wasp, also known as the jewel wasp, is able to target the exact spot in a cockroach's ganglion that basically controls its instinct to run away. With the roach subdued, the wasp will tug on the roach's antennae to lead it to its new home: a cozy little hole where it will simultaneously babysit and be eaten alive by the wasp's larvae over the course of roughly a week. Yay for bug on bug neuroscience!

[waspdaily]

She's beauty, she's grace, she'll make you forget the ability to escape

[onenicebugperday]

South African bont tick, Amblyomma hebraeum, Ixodidae

Photos 1-3 (males) by ryanvanhuyssteen, spidamn8, and jaheymans. Photos 4-5 (females) by henk_v_h and jaheymans, and photo 6 (engorged female) by alexanderr

Please note that negative comments on this post will get you blocked! This is a bug-positive space and that includes parasites.

[libutron]

Lycaena virgaureae by stephan_amm on Flickr.

[hawkpartys]

i really like old species descriptions

the species in question

[c-rowlesblogs]

diplopoda is millipedes and chilopoda is centipedes btw

“melancholy ferocity”? Yeah that’s fair

“dull stupidity”??? You leave her ALONE how DARE you

[michaelnordeman]

The Criorhina ranunculi is a large and very convincing bumblebee mimic. Its dense, shaggy coat and somewhat rounded shape make it easy to mistake at first glance for a small bumblebee, but its hovering flight and large fly-like eyes reveal that it is in fact a hoverfly.

It appears in early spring and is often seen visiting flowering willow, where it feeds on nectar and pollen. The flight period is short, and encounters with the species are therefore easy to miss.

The larvae develop in decaying wood inside rot holes in mature broad-leaved trees, which means the species is closely associated with older woodland and traditional landscapes where such trees are allowed to remain.

Although the species occurs across much of Europe, it has long been considered rare in Sweden and is strongly linked to habitats rich in old hollow trees. In Värmland it has historically been very seldom recorded. The individual shown in these photographs, taken in spring 2025 while visiting flowering willow, was the first I have ever observed here.

Criorhina ranunculi/humlelik pälsblomfluga. Värmland, Sweden (1 May 2025.)

[rose-grimm-spirit-does-dumb-shit]

Hi can i have bug pls pls pls pls

Giant Blue Mantis, alternatively known as the Blue Asian Mantis

[lilspark-offical]

Praying mantis.

[waspdaily]

Sorry for no wasp today— the queue ran out and while I have a bunch of wasps in the drafts (about 50...) I havent had the time or energy to finish up researching them to a satisfying enough degree. I should be able to get back on that soon though. In the meantime, if you have any wasps you'd like to see, be it a specific one, a certain family, or even just a color feel free to send an ask and I'll see what I can do. Your own wasp observations or experiences are also always welcome.

Take this funky sawfly hugging a leaf as an apology:

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[bogleech]

Holy shit I thought this was a dragonfly nymph for a second!