Happy #FridayFlyDay from my garden!

1. A long-legged fly (family Dolichopodidae) that actually stayed still for a photo
2. A hoverfly (family Syrphidae) amid the brown-eyed Susans, methodically going from flower to flower

#bugstodon #FlyFriday #insects #flies #Diptera #Dolichopodidae #Syrphidae

For this #FridayFlyday: today I was browsing around trying to ID a fly and inadvertently discovered these. Ant-mimicking flies, genus _Myrmecothea_. Now I've seen it all. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132235-Myrmecothea

Photos:
- Katja Schulz https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/139649   
- Louis Burns https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/292460732    
- Jane Waters https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/18914443     
- Mark Faherty    

#FlyFriday #bugstodon #flies #insects #Diptera #Ulidiidae #iNaturalist #mimicry #myrmecomorphy

trying to be perceived as a normal, friendly person by nodding and smiling as an old man passes me on the sidewalk while I'm hunched over someone's bushes next to their green bin extremely suspiciously, taking photos of flies having sex

#FridayFlyDay #FlyFriday #bugstodon #insects #flies #SoldierFlies #Diptera #Stratiomyidae

Wife: I saw something cool today.

Me (excitedly): Was it a wasp stashing flies in its nest for its babies? Cause that's what I saw.

Wife: Ah...no.

Me: *shows her the video of wasp*

Wife: So, my cool thing...

Me: *stares blankly*

The video: https://lone.earth/w/sxKQzrVmteahxKEdzUqxes
#wasp #insects #FlyFriday #diptera #hymenoptera #crabronidae #FridayFlyday #FlydayFriday