#sepsidae

[miyrumiyru]

Tiny and shiny decomposers

[reanimateobjects]

[jupiterswasphouse]

[VIDEO TAKEN: MAY 8TH, 2025 | Video ID: A video of a black scavenger fly crawling across a couple long green leaves, its wings wiggling in the air /End IDs.]

[ljsbugblog]

Unknown Ensign Fly (family Sepsidae).

[rattyexplores]

Photos 1-2 - Sepsidae: Parapalaeosepsis sp.

Photos 3-4 - Muscidae: Graphomya sp.

Photos 5-6 - Acalyptratae sp.

Photos 7-8 - Tachinidae sp. (multiple specimens)

Photos 9-10 - Muscidae: Limnophora sp. (multiple specimens)

Photos 11-12 - Tephritidae: Campiglossa sororcula

Photos 13-14 - Syrphidae sp.

Photos 15-16 - Tachinidae sp.

Photos 17-18 - Syrphidae: Eristalinus sp. (multiple specimens)

Photos 19-20 - Syrphidae sp.

Flies found in farming area, rainy day. Not sure why they all came out suddenly.

04/07/23 - Diptera spp. - sugarcane farmland

[drhoz]

#2200 - Lasionemopoda hirsuta

The only member of its genus of Sepsid fly.

iNaturalist assure me that it's not actually native to the Bay of Plenty area in New Zealand, and arrived in the area with human help, but I can't find where it's actually native to - the vast majority of sightings on iNat are in Aotearoa, a handful in Australia, and one from the east coast of the US. The Atlas of Living Australia, on the other hand, has many more records in Australia. The only two papers I've found are in German.

Athenree Gorge, Aotearoa

[craniac]

Schwingfliege (Sepsidae), ca. 3 mm lang / EXPLORE am 28.09.2021 by Lydia Kalke Black scavenger flies or ensign flies. Die Fliege sitzt auf meinem Finger. The fly sits on my finger. https://flic.kr/p/2mv3e2a

[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