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Category: Diptera (Flies)

Clogmia albipunctata

September 28, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

First off, I apologize to anyone who wondered what happened to me for the past 2 weeks. I have been…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Clogmia, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Psychodidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Clogmia albipunctata

Rhagoletis completa (Walnut Husk Fly)

August 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is a striking and colorful member of the family Tephritidae, the true fruit flies, as opposed to the tiny…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Rhagoletis, Species Profiles, Tephritidae (True Fruit Flies) Filed under: Rhagoletis completa, Walnut Husk Fly

Chrysotoxum flavifrons (Blackshield Meadow Fly)

August 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I am not positive that this Syrphid fly is Chrysotoxum flavifrons. The fact that the last segment of the antenna…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chrysotoxum, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Species Profiles, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Chrysotoxum flavifrons, Chrysotoxum flavifrons (Blackshield Meadow Fly)

Laphria ventralis

July 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

This is my first profile of a member of the family Asilidae (robber flies; also known as assassin flies). I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Asilidae, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Laphria, Species Profiles Filed under: Laphria ventralis

Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly)

July 26, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This wasp mimic is a very interesting soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae). For one thing the mimicry extends to having antennae…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Hermetia, Insecta, Species Profiles, Stratiomyidae Filed under: Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens

Spilomyia interrupta

July 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

On our recent trip recent trip into the Cascades I indulged in a bit of photography gluttony and used up…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Species Profiles, Spilomyia, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Spilomyia interrupta

Myathropa florea

July 1, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Well, I finally found an easy-to-identify flower fly (family Syrphidae). There is simply nothing else that looks like a well…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Myathropa, Species Profiles, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Batman Fly, Deadhead Fly, Myathropa florea, Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Hemipenthes morioides

June 27, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Yesterday was very hot in the PNW (all time records falling everywhere; and today is forecast to be hotter), so…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Bombyliidae, Diptera (Flies), Hemipenthes, Species Profiles Filed under: Hemipenthe morioides

Helophilus fasciatus (Narrow-headed Marsh Fly)

October 2, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

There is something particularly fascinating to me about the members of the family Syrphidae (flower flies or hover flies). Part…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Helophilus, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Helophilus fasciatus, Narrow-headed Marsh Fly

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