Portrait of a human bot fly. Belize. Friend? Maybe not. But cuter as an adult, I'd say.
#BotFly #Insects #Diptera #FridayFlyday #FlyDay #Oestridae
#FlyDay #FridayFlyDay #Birds and more Heermann's Gulls, flying off into the mist off Tennessee Valley Beach on a misty afternoon. 🪶
i guess we're 20 minutes into #FridayFlyday so here are some Vancouver Island beach flies for coho salmon California Neil, a standard here & a fly that's got as many variations as people who fish it Once again, these are "black light specials"

@DWTSquawk7600 #fridayflyday #aviation #avgeek

Here is me keeping my kid full of awe and wonder.

@DWTSquawk7600 Better than the office! #fridayflyday #avgeek
@DWTSquawk7600 Here's me, in the back, of a Lufthansa A340 way back in 2013. The photo looks so staged. And I guess the window shades were down because we were asked to close them. #FridayFlyDay #Aviation #AvGeek
#fridayflyday - Post a picture of you flying (in any seat, front or back). Use the hashtag - pass it on! Let's fly into this weekend, eh? #aviation #avgeek

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

#FridayFlyDay #FlyDay and this Western Gull catching the evening rays as it flies over the harbour. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #BirdPhotography #FujiFilm #XT5 #Nature