#dipterology

[bugtoucher420]

My second insect sighting to be added to the MBP as a new species in the state! This little fly made my entire week 🪰

[kiragecko]

Hey, entomology side of Tumblr?

Do any of you have cool facts or resources about flies for my son?

Pika is a 10 year old autistic boy who connects with bugs a lot more easily than humans. Good reading skills, but definitely at an elementary school level (chapter books, but not more than 200 pages). Likes scientific stuff, but isn't the type of kid to read encyclopedias or dry academic texts. He's sometimes annoyed by really inaccurate, cartoony pictures.

He is pretty disturbed by death, and most of his attempts to learn about his beloved insects have been stymied by pictures of them pinned to boards. My attempts to help him have been stymied by a deep discomfort with maggots, which borders on a phobia. Can't check articles to make sure they're safe for him, because they aren't safe for me!

House flies are his special interest. He thinks they're adorable. Other flies are also cool, and other bugs are neat but on a more passive level.

Things he would love the most:

stories of individual flies that did something cool somehow

humans that found some way to train or form a relationship with flies. (Not sure if sticking chips in their brains would upset him or not. Depends on if he thought their minds were being destroyed.)

cool facts about the good flies do for the environment or other animals

cool things about fly intelligence

anything else human-like/relatable about them

[anirobot]

Suomesta on löydetty uusi kärpäslaji, joka elää metsälintujen pesissä

Laji on Suomessa laajalle levinnyt mutta hyvin vähälukuinen. Ikkunakärpäsiä tunnetaan maailmanlaajuisesti noin 420 lajia. Uusi laji elää metsälintujen pesäkoloissa. Siksi sen suomenkielinen nimi voisikin olla metsäikkunakärpänen.

Scenopinus jerei, a new species of window fly (Diptera, Scenopinidae) from Finland

[norfolknaturalist]

Ant-like Scavenger Fly (Family Sepsidae, possibly Nemopoda nitidula), in my backyard, May 2018. These flies certainly are "ant-like" in appearance, but move very much like flies. This one was dancing about on a leaf in my garden and shaking its wings, performing some sort of courtship display. Sepsid Flies develop as larvae in dung or carrion, or even compost (decaying plant as opposed to animal matter). The compost was likely what attracted this particular visitor to my backyard. . . . . . . . #nature #ontario #sepsidae #decomposer #flies #fliesofinstagram #insects #insects_of_our_world #insectphotography #macrophotography #macrowildlife #invert_macro #gardeninsects #backyardwildlife #ecology #entomology #dipterology #norfolkwild #norfolkcounty #blognorfolk #simcoeontario (at Simcoe, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAm6RgDAsek/?igshid=1pobtnc16t3rb

[ruudvanderweele]

While working on a big series of Heleomyza captiosa/serrata from Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, I found a specimen, which is absolutely not a Heleomyza, but a severely damaged female Eccoptomera microps. I have seen only, actually many, specimens from Talpa nests, and also this one was found in a Talpa nest by the German Dipterist Max Paul Riedel. He lived from 1870 to 1941. A pity it is not clear from this specimen when it was caught.

[bugtoucher420]

Normal Condylostylus vs the neon red freakazoid I saw at the park today

[ruudvanderweele]

Last June I collected during the Diptera Tagung in Hessen on June 24th in Sinntal Schwaerzenfels by sweeping three species of Pipunculidae. A Tomosvaryella sylvatica/coquilletti female, a male Pipunculus, which genitalia are still in a nice KOH bath and a species, which is new to me: Cephalops (Beckerias) pannonicus. Its wings are very typical by the anal vein, which is only visible as a shadow.