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Here an Choristus sp Bee fly is resting and feeding from Lysinema elegans flower. It is vary rare to see insects feeding on Lysinema flowers with their long thin tube flowers.Photos: Jean 2014 ..ID: Xuankun Li
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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I couldn't resist stopping to look at these flies wrestling in a web.I think they were both male flies protecting their territory. At full size you can see that the top fly has white spots on its thorax. You may have to download the full size photo to see it. ~10mmPhotos: Jean
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Gerroa, New South Wales, Australia
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Too good not to share!A large flower fly called an Apiocera sp. caught my attention two days ago on the Verticordia densiflora in Wandoo National Park, York.Photo: Jean
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Ste.-Catherine, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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WWT Trench Wood, nr Droitwich Worcs. SO927586
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Some teeny flies on a small Stylidium sp Neal Evenhuis states that they are an undescribed pair. Notice "the sexual dimorphism where the males look so much different than the females." Notice these have a short proboscis.They hover around between the flowers and all you see is a tiny black spec moving through the air.Size: 2mm
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Snakes Head area, Valbona National Park. Albania
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You don't see a lot of color illustrations of flies in the classic natural history literature, so I was pleased to find this one, from
The families and genera of North American Diptera, by
Charles H. Curran (1894-1972). This is the one color plate, following page 20 (
Biodiversity Heritage Library link ). BHL indicates this work appears to be out of copyright. The artist "Adolph Klein", is obscure, but a few Internet searches show that he was active in New York City in the 1930's and did some other zoological illustrations. I cleaned up some printing errors in this illustration, adjusted the background a bit, descreened, and downsampled it.left column
Sphecomyia vittata Wied.(Syrphidae)
Aloipha cingulata Schiner. (Stratiomyidae) =
Merosargus cingulatus (apparently!)
Dejeania vexatris O. S. (Tachinidae) =
Adejeania vexatrixmiddle column
Hyperalonia hela Erichs (Bombyliidae) =
Ligyra hela (Erichson, 1848)
Mydas clavatus Fabr. (Mydaidae)
Tabanus cinctus Drury. (Tabanidae) =
Hybomitra cincta right column
Richardia telescopica Gerst. (Otitidae)
Michogaster niger Schm. (Otitidae)
Didea fuscipes Macq. (Syrphidae)
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The small bee-flies hover while they feed but occasionally sit and have a rest. It is the only time their wings stop.They hide well among the ephemeral plants. ASILOIDEA BOMBYLIIDAE Bombyliinae "Choristus sp" Thanks XuankunPhotos: Jean
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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There have been some magnificent Apiocera flies (flower loving flies) on the Verticordia this year. This one was hiding on an old dried plant. I haven't seen this species before this but have seen it twice since this photo was taken. Photo: Jean
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Juno Beach, Florida, United States
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Cradley, England, United Kingdom
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Harris Neck Reserve, Georgia
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These fluffy bee flies are being studied at the moment. This one was particularly beautiful.Photo: Jean
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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This insect was flighty at first but settled down and let me take a few photos. Taken 80 kms south west of Perth near a small lake.
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Cradley, Malvern Worcs. SO729470