First off, I apologize to anyone who wondered what happened to me for the past 2 weeks. I have been…
This is a striking and colorful member of the family Tephritidae, the true fruit flies, as opposed to the tiny…
I am not positive that this Syrphid fly is Chrysotoxum flavifrons. The fact that the last segment of the antenna…
This is my first profile of a member of the family Asilidae (robber flies; also known as assassin flies). I…
This wasp mimic is a very interesting soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae). For one thing the mimicry extends to having antennae…
On our recent trip recent trip into the Cascades I indulged in a bit of photography gluttony and used up…
Well, I finally found an easy-to-identify flower fly (family Syrphidae). There is simply nothing else that looks like a well…
Yesterday was very hot in the PNW (all time records falling everywhere; and today is forecast to be hotter), so…
There is something particularly fascinating to me about the members of the family Syrphidae (flower flies or hover flies). Part…