#brachycera

[operating-potato]

Hey remember this guy?

Well guess what?

Behold this even greener bug!!!

Anyways shoutout to my sister for finding it :)

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Conopid fly mayhaps?

Have you seen a conopid fly (Family: Conopidae)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onJan 8, 2025

Photos thanks to the wikipedia commons and Marlin.

[flighty-flycatcher]

📍 Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina 🗓 Date: April 25, 2026 🐾 Media: Image 🌿 Species: Lesser Variegated Snipe Fly (Rhagio punctipennis) 📝 Notes: Slender predatory fly commonly found in forests, woodland edges, meadows, and shaded vegetation across parts of North America. Adults typically display mottled brown, yellow, and smoky wing patterns that provide camouflage while resting on leaves, logs, or low vegetation.

Often observed perched motionless before making short rapid flights to capture small insects in midair or from nearby surfaces. Larvae develop in soil, decaying wood, and leaf litter where they are also predatory, feeding on other small invertebrates within moist forest habitats.

🔗 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/353776089

[rattyexplores]

Very large robber fly attacking a cicada. I took this photo years ago, and for some reason I just forgot about it. I don't know how considering how interesting it is.

17/11/20 - QLD:WET coastal rainforest nursery Predator - Diptera: Dolopus sp. Prey - Hemiptera: Cicadoidea sp.

[unnaturalcuriositiesblog]

[worldofleaves]

[animalids]

Bee louse (Braula coeca)

Photo by Miles Zhang

[faunalregion]