It's Friday, and here's a fly. I think this is a tachinid, possibly genus zelia. I wish I'd captured some video, it had a weirdly spider-like way of scurrying around.
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One of the most convincing mimics I've seen, the Broad-banded Hornet Fly.
The colors and shape are extremely hornet like, but it's also enormous. Hoping I can find more, this one didn't stick around along.
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A bee mimic fly (genus Laphria) turning an unlucky periodical cicada into a bug-juice pouch.
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Apologies for the poor pictures, but here's a little bee-mimicking robber fly, after and before catching a tiny bee for dinner. I followed this wily hunter around for quite a while, and he wasn't pleased with my interference so he didn't let me get very close.
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Close-up of a flower fly.
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It's been a slow start to spring, but I spotted this small fly, which looked at a distance more like a grasshopper, on a stalk of dried grass.
Based on its thick spiny legs and distinctive antennae, I think this is Sepedon fuscipennis. Photo taken in Illinois.
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A pretty Condylostylus sipho posing on some fall foliage for #FlyDay.
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Inaturalist tells me that both of these are quadrate snipe flies (Chrysopilus quadratus), but their coloration is very different. Does anyone know why? They both look like males, with their head-encompassing (holoptic) eyes. Is there just this much color variation, or have I mis-identified them?
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Eastern Calligrapher Fly
Another photo for #FlydayFriday with a more aesthetically pleasing subject.
We have many flower flies in our yard this time of year and they are just as busy pollinating as the bees are.
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