Team Diptera 🪰🔍🦟🌻 (@teamdiptera.bsky.social)

@teamdiptera.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:36 PM

Happy #FlyDay! Enjoy a marg and a fly this Friday 🪰💕

@tjalamont.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:26 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

Friday #FlyDay - Here's a pretty little fly I saw for a brief moment last month in Montana. You could get lost in those fly eyes... 🐙🌿 #BugSky 👁️

A macro photo, front three-quarter angle, of an orange fly perched on a rock covered in white and black lichen. The fly's eyes are quite beautiful, orange with a reddish-pink horizontal stripe through them.

@juliejam.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

A Butterbutt Fly for #flyday, Belvosia borealis, a Tachinid that parasitizes Ceratomia hawk moths. #insects #diptera #gardening 🌱 #bugsky

A large bristly black fly with two prominent yellow bands on the end of its abdomen sits on a passiflora leaf.

Another view of the Butterbutt fly from the butt end. The yellow bands on the abdomen have a greenish iridescence and a row of black spiky bristles between them, also the fly has yellow feet which I think are kinda cute for some reason. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.

@rickmartin.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 4:41 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

A marmalade hoverfly perched on the yellow centre of a red and white dahlia 🌱

#FlyDay #FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin

@dipteristsforum.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 6:31 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

Fly 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

@teamdiptera.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 6:54 PM

Oooh, is it possible it's a fungus gnat? A mycetiphild or sciarid?

@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 3:43 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

🦇 In case you missed it 🦇

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na,na,na,na,na na,na,na,na,na Batmaaaaaan!.

#Batman #Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Biology #Wildlife #Diptera #Entomology #NaturalHistory #StayCurious #Autumn #NatureNotes

hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com/2026/09/batm...

@jtkindt.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 2:15 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

I’ve never played Assassin’s Creed, but I imagine this is the vibe.

(Promachus rufipes robberfly with bumblebee prey.)

#bugsky #insects #diptera
#accidentalrenaissance

Large fly with wings folded over its long body like a cloak, facing a wall with a black and yellow bumble bee belly up at its mercy, with the late evening sun casting dramatic shadows against the wall and providing a Tuscan color palette. There is a long diagonal crack in the wall that originally confused me - it’s not part of either bug’s anatomy.

@fabledferns.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 1:03 AMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

last upload for a little while before i start my last year of grad school (!) to become a therapist (!!!)

but i’ve had this idea floating in my head for a while based on my favorite insect, the stalk eyed fly! goofiest bugs in the world <3

#fly #insect #stalkeyedfly #entomology #diptera

@drbrianpet.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 3:12 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

Flyday! This is a Bee Fly I know this because I am a fly expert We experts call them "Diptera" pretty much so the laypeople don't know what we're talking about Macro Photography

The little tiny fly is on one of the little wildflowers in my front yard

@teamdiptera.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 6:50 PM

Want to learn a bit more about identifying calliphorids? Join Team Diptera on our discord, tomorrow! Link in Bio! #Fliesarecool #TeamDiptera #diptera

An event flyer with a light blue background reads "Team Diptera's 1st iNat ID-a-Thon!" at the top in bold black text. Centered over a yellow starburst is a close-up photo of a metallic green calliphorid fly with red circles and arrows highlighting anatomical features labeled "White calypteres???" and "No pollinosity???". The text at the bottom announces: "Join Bennett Grappone on Tuesday, September 8th at 5 pm PST as we clean up the observations for a highly observed but under-identified species of calliphorid fly! You might get lucky and find an extra rare species hiding in the observations!"

@luxomancer.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 2:46 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

It's not just #Flyday, it's also #FreakyFriday 😁 These are #Flies in the genus Ozodiceromyia (I think...)

#MacroPhotography
#insects
#Diptera
#Nature
#Awe and #Wonder
#BugSex.

A photograph of two black and gray files mating as they rest on a white surface. The smaller fly on the left has reddish eyes, a black thorax, and a black and light gray striped abdomen. The fly on the right is larger, and has glossy black eyes, and a black thorax with a long black and gray striped abdomen. They both have slender black legs.

@dipterists.bsky.social Aug 28, 2026, 8:06 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

We'll be hosting our 35th General Meeting @ #EntSoc26 (Nov. 10; Columbus, OH) and are looking for speakers! Presentations can be on anything related to #Diptera

If you're interested please message @bertonemyia.bsky.social for a link to submit your talk info for consideration. Hope to see you there!

@viccbrown.bsky.social Aug 31, 2026, 2:04 PMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

For the sixth consecutive year, my garden has been graced by this incredibly rare and stunning hoverfly.
A female Callicera spinolae (Ivy Longhorn) today.
My first August record, and five days earlier than last year, which was the previous earliest record.

#Diptera #Syrphidae #Flies #Entomology

@grays.art Aug 21, 2026, 2:00 AMReposted by @teamdiptera.bsky.social

Happy FlyDay. We made it! 🪰

Bee fly perched
(Systoechus solitus)

CREW pen flint strand
Bonita Springs, Florida 8-19-26

Proboscis looks menacing, but harmless, for deep-access & hover-feeding, like humming birds.

#flyDay #eck #diptera #flies #entomology #macro #threewordgenre #bugSky #nature #art