#true fly

[herpsandbirds]

Hello, long time no ask! Hope you have been well

I would like to request some funky and largely unheard of flys plz! Criminally underrated animals.

Thanks in advance! Your blog is one of my favs on tumblr

I've been horrible, but the blog keeps me from despair!

Here are a few flies that I think are pretty neat!

Golden-backed Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus), family Rhagionidae, MD, USA

photograph by Jim Moore

BIG ASS Black Horsefly (Tabanus atratus), family Tabanidae, Franklin Parker Preserve, Burlington County, NJ, USA

photograph by John R. Maxwell

Blue Soldierfly (Phanerozus pampinus), family Stratiomyidae, Guyana

photograph by Arthur Anker

Long-legged Fly (Austrosciapus connexus), family Dolichopodidae, QLD, Australia

photograph by James Niland

Bee-mimic Robberfly (Laphria affinis) EAT A TASTY LADYBUG!!!, family Asilidae, Glendenning Preserve, Lothian, Maryland

photograph by Judy Gallagher

Flowerfly (Syrphus ribesii), family Syrphidae, Germany

photograph by Aiwok

Giant Mydas Fly (Gauromydas heros), family Mydidae, found in South America

The largest species of true fly on Earth, reaching a length of up to 7 cm (2.8 in).

photograph by Biologoandre

Beefly (Euchariomyia dives), female, Bombycillidae, Kerala, India

photograph by Jee & Rani Nature Photography

[natural-reflection]

Midge? Silhouette Nematocera sp.

Houston, Texas, United States, 2015

[bugdujour]

Beefly

[earthandscience]

"Phasia hemiptera is a tachinid fly found throughout Northern and Southern Europe. It is a strongly sexually dimorphic species, males being more colourful with curved patterned wings. 

Like most tachinid flies, the female lays her eggs on other insects, the larvae then develop inside the living host, devouring it and eventually killing it. Its main hosts are the forest bug Pentatoma rufipes in the spring, and the green shield bug Palomena prasina in the autumn."

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[androidsalsolove]