#dance fly

[vintagewildlife]

Dance flies mating and eating By: K. G. Preston-Mafham From: The Mating Game 1976

[onenicebugperday]

@jambrandwich submitted: It's always a bit of a blessing when a normally skittish, flying bug decides that "Nah. You're my resting perch now and I ain't leavin'til I feel like it".

Okay, dude, but that means you'll be my next model! Suit yourself!

It's my dream to be a perch for every type of bug at one point or another. This one is very photogenic! It's a dance fly, for those curious.

[miyrumiyru]

Dance Flies (Family Empididae) : It seems like he caught her while she's preying a fly. Very wild!

[drhoz]

#3644 - Elaphropeza sp.

A genus of Dance Fly first described by French fly expert Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart in 1827. The name is Greek for 'nimble walker', and probably refers to their success as predators on smaller invertebrates.

There are 17 described species in the genus, which is found in many parts of the world.

Erskine Lakes, Sth. of Perth.

[braincrabart]

random collection of character busts! in order- Gaston, Elenor, Ellio, Abbee, Debora, Limon, Cruz, Mateo, and Stanley

[sirthinks]

Bleeding lips and first days

Hello all or none! I'm new to blogging but I wanted to do this so here we go! I'll try to update every week!

Here's a small introduction to me:

My name is Ace, or Achilles. I'm a writer, poet and artist and I'm here to share some hopefully interesting facts and stories to intrigue your brain!

The first fact comes from my pocket bug book:

Dance flies give gifts to their spouses before mating! How sweet, or manipulative depending on which way you look at it. They also 'dance' or perform flight displays to impress their mates (mates in the scientific sense, although I'm sure their friends would be impressed too).

What gift or dance would you have to receive to be worth your affection?

I think anyone brave enough to do a funky chicken in the middle of a dance floor has my vote. As for gifts, maybe a thoughtful CD mix?

That's all for today,

-Ace x

[braincrabs]

Deborah, Dance fly - 2022

Photo Credit - Heather Proctor

if you cant tell, i really enjoy drawing her face

[green-algae]

This unassuming little dance fly from the Empididae family is 44 million years old, preserved for eternity in a prison of Baltic amber. Images by Fossilera.com.