@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Dipterist, Entomologist, presenter, author, museum lover Principal Curator, Flies and fleas, Natural History Museum, London, UK
@davebriceflies.bsky.socialReposted by @flygirlnhm.bsky.socialA fun couple of days working on by-catch including lots of Trichoptera (Caddis Flies) a few Neuroptera (Lacewings), one chunky Megaloptera (Alder Fly) and a couple of Plecoptera (Stoneflies). More records for the client, beyond Diptera. A close up of Agrypnia varia below dipteraid.co.uk/projects/
@davebriceflies.bsky.socialReposted by @flygirlnhm.bsky.socialCalling ecologists! Diptera backlog? Need ID work done before next season? Planning lots of diptera work next year? We can help! Please contact me for Diptera ID, full species lists and conservation status etc, see
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Conicera tibialis (Phoridae) for interest.
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialI am still a maggot
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialThanks Mark - it does and doesn’t feel like it!!
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social20 years ago today was my first day at the @nhm-london.bsky.social. It’s been packed with learning, travelling, listening, curating, researching and shouting about the wonder of flies & the collection
Thanks to everyone who made my double-decades amazing 🤘🪰🦟🤓
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialOh I like that
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialOnce, I believe in the 1940’s, there were so many craneflies at Lords, that a cricket game was cancelled and they had a massive bonfire to burn the larvae If conditions are good, huge numbers can occur resulting in mass emergences of adults
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialFor #flyfriday - paratypes of Machimus cowini - the Manx robberfly seen here in the Manx Museum entomology collections
The Manx robberfly was 1st discovered on the Isle of Man in the 1940s but has since been found else where but not ‘across’ (eg UK) as they say here.
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialBut rich in legacy
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialIt’s a good one
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialYou’ll be glad to know he was brilliant. We argued (in the best sense) long into the night, drinking the best red wine about many an insect, its role and the wider entomological community There is a massive simon-shaped aphid in our entomological hearts
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialIf it hasn’t been published it has effectively not been done - a Classic Prof Simon leather quote highlighting the value of communicating the science once it has been done
A celebration at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social for the new building opened in hour of the great man
@dipteristsforum.bsky.socialReposted by @flygirlnhm.bsky.socialFly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium
21 Oct 2026 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Tickets £1 - £30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540...
Featuring the brilliant minds of:
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social Erica McAlister
@denisewawman.bsky.social Denise Wawman
Ian McGowan
Meghan Barrett
@biologicalrecording.co.uk
@stevenwright58.bsky.socialReposted by @flygirlnhm.bsky.socialNo butter just #flies... these Marmalade Hoverflies were visiting Devil's Bit Scabious flowers @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social Ryton Wood Meadows.
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social #WebsWild....
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialOne of the requirements for the badge was to make a pooter!
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialI’ve just given a talk to a group of Girl Guides to talk about the new #Entomology badge
I was talking about food security
‘Does anyone eat salmon here?’
The reply was ‘only smoked’
Yes, it was Surrey
@mosquitolab.bsky.socialReposted by @flygirlnhm.bsky.socialSuch a great image! You don't have to love them but it's hard not to appreciate their uniqueness.
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social(It’s being reviewed by a researcher looking at Promachus)
@flygirlnhm.bsky.socialI hate them bunched up as this often obscures features
