#bristle fly

[onenicebugperday]

Feather-legged bristle fly, Trichopoda lanipes, Tachinidae

Found throughout the eastern United States and down into Mexico, this species, like other bristle flies, is a protelean parasitoid with primarily true bug hosts. Adults feed on flower nectar, true bug honeydew, and pollen.

Photos 1-2 (female) by smeckert and 3-4 (male) by louiseinva

[quilbug-cam]

Do you see it?

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How about now?

I genuinely didn't notice the flower spider stalking the fly in the background until I looked over my photos afterward!!!

One of the coolest photos I've ever taken imo... it's so thematic!!

🪲ID Guess: Bristle Fly 🪲ID Guess: Flower Crab Spider 🌿Date: November 2025

[michaelnordeman]

Pales pavida, a bristle fly in the family Tachinidae. Värmland, Sweden (September 3, 2016).

[spiffyspidr]

Pretty fly on a white guy (:

[drhoz]

#2643 - Protohystricia sp.

A genus of 4 Tachinid flies endemic to Aotearoa. That's the only information I have on them.

Lake Tekapo, Aoteaaroa New Zealand

[jenfoundabug]

Unknown fly species in the family Tachinidae (bristle flies). While the larvae of most tachinid species are parasitoids (i.e. they kill the host), many adult flies are pollinators!

Pennsylvania

[dolicho-vespula]

A fly posing for me, I think it's a type of flesh fly

edit: it's a bristle fly not a flesh fly

[onenicebugperday]

Bristle (aka tachinid) flies in the genus Eudejeania, Tachinidae

Like all bristle flies, individuals in this genus are parasitoids of arthorpods, primarily other insects. Host depends on species. Found in Central and South America.

Photo 1 by antshrike69, 2 by blackdogto, 3-4 by dawicho, 5 by luchogu, 6 by rogerritt, and 7 by gesnerio,