March 5, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Hallo lente! De rampetampende #Rhamphomyia vierden gisteren volop de lente. De eerste zwaluwen zwoepten voorbij. De buiten gezaaide radijsjes gaan als een speer. Fijne week allemaal 🪰 🍀 🐜 🪶 🐝 🪰
#MacroMonday #ElkeDagEenInsect #VozendeVliegen #Empididae #diptera #FlyWeek
#MacroMonday #ElkeDagEenInsect #VozendeVliegen #Empididae #diptera #FlyWeek
April 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Hallo lente! De rampetampende #Rhamphomyia vierden gisteren volop de lente. De eerste zwaluwen zwoepten voorbij. De buiten gezaaide radijsjes gaan als een speer. Fijne week allemaal 🪰 🍀 🐜 🪶 🐝 🪰
#MacroMonday #ElkeDagEenInsect #VozendeVliegen #Empididae #diptera #FlyWeek
#MacroMonday #ElkeDagEenInsect #VozendeVliegen #Empididae #diptera #FlyWeek
March 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Interesting bycatch last night
Rhamphomyia barbata, Parent bug and Diaperis boleti
Rhamphomyia barbata, Parent bug and Diaperis boleti
May 23, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Interesting bycatch last night
Rhamphomyia barbata, Parent bug and Diaperis boleti
Rhamphomyia barbata, Parent bug and Diaperis boleti
Good morning everyone ☕️☕️, have a beautiful Thursday 🌼🌼🌼🤗🙋🏼♂️
June 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Good morning everyone ☕️☕️, have a beautiful Thursday 🌼🌼🌼🤗🙋🏼♂️
Day 23 of #InsectAdvent
As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Day 23 of #InsectAdvent
As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
As the angels spread their wings, so do the flies. Rhamphomyia marginata (Empididae) are found across Europe & unusually for animals, it is the females that form the flirty swarms. Maybe not such angelic behaviour 😉
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
Periodical reminder that Nature never runs out of creativity!
Genus Rhamphomyia Dance Fly
#invertebrates #becurious
(Flower is Pearly Everlasting - Anaphalis margaritacea)
Genus Rhamphomyia Dance Fly
#invertebrates #becurious
(Flower is Pearly Everlasting - Anaphalis margaritacea)
February 7, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Periodical reminder that Nature never runs out of creativity!
Genus Rhamphomyia Dance Fly
#invertebrates #becurious
(Flower is Pearly Everlasting - Anaphalis margaritacea)
Genus Rhamphomyia Dance Fly
#invertebrates #becurious
(Flower is Pearly Everlasting - Anaphalis margaritacea)
Rhamphomyia maculipennis, a costal #Empididae with two dark marks on the wing in females, from Hayling Island today.
#diptera #ento @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#diptera #ento @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rhamphomyia maculipennis, a costal #Empididae with two dark marks on the wing in females, from Hayling Island today.
#diptera #ento @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
#diptera #ento @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
(Rhamphomyia longicauda)
April 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
(Rhamphomyia longicauda)
Since it's already the end of #FlyWeek (!) I though I would share this painting I did of Rhamphomyia longicauda dance flies (inspired by Matisse's Dance (I), of course) for Dr. Rosalind Murray's #LaurierBiology departmental seminar back in 2022! #Diptera #SciArt
May 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Since it's already the end of #FlyWeek (!) I though I would share this painting I did of Rhamphomyia longicauda dance flies (inspired by Matisse's Dance (I), of course) for Dr. Rosalind Murray's #LaurierBiology departmental seminar back in 2022! #Diptera #SciArt
Tonight's fly genitalia for your delectation, and it's a particularly wacky one tonight. This looks like Rhamphomyia maculipennis, from Elmley back in May. Looks like a fairly localised thing (although no official conservation status).
November 16, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Tonight's fly genitalia for your delectation, and it's a particularly wacky one tonight. This looks like Rhamphomyia maculipennis, from Elmley back in May. Looks like a fairly localised thing (although no official conservation status).
The very hairy and infrequently recorded montane #Empididae Rhamphomyia albosegmentata from Ben Lawers last month. Interestingly it's congener R. morio which was abundant in the same place when I collected in June a few years back was completely absent this July
August 20, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The very hairy and infrequently recorded montane #Empididae Rhamphomyia albosegmentata from Ben Lawers last month. Interestingly it's congener R. morio which was abundant in the same place when I collected in June a few years back was completely absent this July
#Empididae Rhamphomyia morio, male, Ben Lawers, 26∙vi∙21. Another northern species that is infrequently recorded in the UK. #Diptera
December 3, 2024 at 7:39 AM
#Empididae Rhamphomyia morio, male, Ben Lawers, 26∙vi∙21. Another northern species that is infrequently recorded in the UK. #Diptera
Fly friend is family Empididae, and genus Rhamphomyia or Empis - I'd guess the former but can't quite see the wing venation clearly enough
April 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Fly friend is family Empididae, and genus Rhamphomyia or Empis - I'd guess the former but can't quite see the wing venation clearly enough
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: SEM morphology and courtship rituals of a new species of Rhamphomyia (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) from the Kashmir Himalayas (India) (11 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/372b9057-9b4c-4582-b4d1-f9747fe8d3f6
July 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: SEM morphology and courtship rituals of a new species of Rhamphomyia (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) from the Kashmir Himalayas (India) (11 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/372b9057-9b4c-4582-b4d1-f9747fe8d3f6
the infrequently recorded montane #Empididae Rhamphomyia albosegmentata; the uncommon, mainly northern #Hybotidae Platypalpus commutatus; the #Mycetophilidae fungus gnat Sciophila fridolini new to Scotland 2/4
December 3, 2024 at 7:04 AM
the infrequently recorded montane #Empididae Rhamphomyia albosegmentata; the uncommon, mainly northern #Hybotidae Platypalpus commutatus; the #Mycetophilidae fungus gnat Sciophila fridolini new to Scotland 2/4
Rhamphomyia sp. mating pair on an Elder leaf in Kildavin, Co. Carlow today.
November 22, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Rhamphomyia sp. mating pair on an Elder leaf in Kildavin, Co. Carlow today.
Today's fun fact: dance flies mate via what can only be described as a giant flying orgy
Well, scientists describe it a bit differently: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But for those who find science boring, watch some dance fly porn here: youtu.be/f-G0YVsOjS4?...
Well, scientists describe it a bit differently: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But for those who find science boring, watch some dance fly porn here: youtu.be/f-G0YVsOjS4?...
Courtship role reversal and deceptive signals in the long-tailed dance fly, Rhamphomyia longicauda
We examined the function of secondary sexual characters in the role-reversed, lekking behaviour of female long-tailed dance flies, Rhamphomyia longica…
sciencedirect.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Today's fun fact: dance flies mate via what can only be described as a giant flying orgy
Well, scientists describe it a bit differently: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But for those who find science boring, watch some dance fly porn here: youtu.be/f-G0YVsOjS4?...
Well, scientists describe it a bit differently: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But for those who find science boring, watch some dance fly porn here: youtu.be/f-G0YVsOjS4?...
Of course, if you have a moth party it will be crashed by insects from other orders. I'm pretty sure the beetle is Stenolophus ochropezus, but IDs for the others are wild guesses: Macrocentrus sp., Rhamphomyia sp., and Pilaria tenuipes. Thanks for any help.
November 3, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Of course, if you have a moth party it will be crashed by insects from other orders. I'm pretty sure the beetle is Stenolophus ochropezus, but IDs for the others are wild guesses: Macrocentrus sp., Rhamphomyia sp., and Pilaria tenuipes. Thanks for any help.
@xylota Any chance you could help me identify this fly? I'm guessing at even genus. Arrived at blacklight in Media, Pennsylvania, USA. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129011705
Rhamphomyia glabra
Rhamphomyia glabra from Hildacy Preserve on July 30, 2022 at 09:09 PM by Colin Purrington
www.inaturalist.org
November 3, 2024 at 12:47 PM
@xylota Any chance you could help me identify this fly? I'm guessing at even genus. Arrived at blacklight in Media, Pennsylvania, USA. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129011705
Je pense à elles
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...
Long-tailed Dance Fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda)
Rhamphomyia longicauda, the long-tailed dance fly, is a species of dance flies (insects in the family Empididae). (Source: Wikipedia, 'Rhamphomyia longicauda', https://wikipedia.org/wiki/rhamphomyia l...
www.inaturalist.org
April 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Je pense à elles
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...
Les mouches en 2 sont probablement des Rhamphomyia longicauda
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...
Long-tailed Dance Fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda)
Rhamphomyia longicauda, the long-tailed dance fly, is a species of dance flies (insects in the family Empididae). (Source: Wikipedia, 'Rhamphomyia longicauda', https://wikipedia.org/wiki/rhamphomyia l...
www.inaturalist.org
April 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Les mouches en 2 sont probablement des Rhamphomyia longicauda
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468500-...