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A day on the Somerset Levels birding produced two unexpected Hoverflies #teamdiptera Sericomyia silensis and Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Yellow-barred Pond Fly on yellow leaf Stripe-backed Brusheye on a reed leaf
September 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Want to learn a bit more about identifying calliphorids? Join Team Diptera on our discord, tomorrow! Link in Bio! #Fliesarecool #TeamDiptera #diptera
An event flyer with a light blue background reads "Team Diptera's 1st iNat ID-a-Thon!" at the top in bold black text. Centered over a yellow starburst is a close-up photo of a metallic green calliphorid fly with red circles and arrows highlighting anatomical features labeled "White calypteres???" and "No pollinosity???". The text at the bottom announces: "Join Bennett Grappone on Tuesday, September 8th at 5 pm PST as we clean up the observations for a highly observed but under-identified species of calliphorid fly! You might get lucky and find an extra rare species hiding in the observations!"
September 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
howardtaffs.bsky.social
A lack of Hoverflies at our rewilding site , so I resorted to parasite flies today. Names under alt on photos. Both still to be confirmed. #teamdiptera
Phasia hemiptera fly on pale background ( Bat-winged Phasia) Nowickia ferox. Black and orange parasite fly
September 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Oooh, is that a new acalyptrate? NOPE. LAUXANIID.

Thanks to @toldentops.bsky.social for sharing this #FlySchool meme with all of #TeamDiptera! 🪰✨
Meme with a Lauxaniid fly, top text: you think you got a different acalyptrate? WRONG!!!! bottom text: Its another Lauxaniid!!!! add it to the pile!!!!
August 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Fly Week continues with some hot, fresh, fly memes for your feed! 🪰 #FlyWeek #Diptera
A "They don't know" Wojak meme. A man stands alone in the corner of a party wearing a party hat. The text above him reads: "they don't know fly species actually outnumber vertebrates two to one." A small watermark in the corner shows a fly and the handle @teamdiptera.
May 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Raise your wings and mark your calendars for Fly Week! It's coming up in two weeks, from April 30th- May 6th! #FlyWeek 👀
A poster with two flies, stating "Fly Week, like shark week, but with flies, April 30th- May 6th, Post your favorite two-winged wonders using the hashtag #FlyWeek, Brought to you by @teamdiptera"
April 17, 2026 at 10:42 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Hey you! Yeah you! Do you love flies? Do you want to talk to like-minded Diptera-Enjoyers? Check out our Discord (link in our bio), and join the fun! We have channels for ID, memes, photography, and more! #TeamDiptera
An image of a robber flies head, with the text "Join the Team Diptera Discord!!" Beneath
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Hey you! Yeah you! Do you love flies? Do you want to talk to like-minded Diptera-Enjoyers? Check out our Discord (link in our bio), and join the fun! We have channels for ID, memes, photography, and more! #TeamDiptera
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
And our last artist for some sick BUG INK! Here is some of the flash on offer from @chuggalug.bsky.social in Portland, OR! If you’re going to ESA 2025 book an appointment now to get some ink! See more at tinyurl.com/bugluck

@entsocamerica.bsky.social

#insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #teamdiptera
A beige poster featuring six black line drawings of unusual invertebrates, each labeled in playful handwritten text. The animals shown are a “Velvet Worm” on a leaf, “Hellgrammite” (a dobsonfly larva), “Big-Headed Fly,” “Giraffe Weevil” with its long neck, and “Vinegaroon” (whip scorpion). A small drawing of a stylized aquatic larva appears near the text. The poster advertises tattoo appointments available in “lines, shading, or color” on November 9, 10, and 12, with scheduling by text at 971-266-0203. The artist’s handle “@chuggalug ’25” is written at the bottom.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Want to see more of the BUG INK flash on offer? Here is some of the flash on offer from Jeanine in Portland, OR by @summerhatfieldart! If you’re going to ESA 2025 book an appointment now to get some ink! See more tinyurl.com/bugluck
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #teamdiptera
Various line arts tattoo designs of different insects.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
You want some more flash for more BUG INK? Here is some of the flash on offer from Erika in Portland, OR by @summerhatfieldart! If you’re going to ESA 2025 book an appointment now to get some ink! See more at tinyurl.com/bugluck
@entsocamerica.bsky.social #insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #teamdiptera
A compilation of line drawn insect tattoos, with the text "Tattoos by Erika" and "Available in black and grey or color"
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Here is some of the insect flash on offer from @ladylucktattoopdx in Portland, OR by @summerhatfieldart! If you’re going to ESA 2025 book an appointment now to get some ink! See more at tinyurl.com/bugluck
@entsocamerica.bsky.social #insect #insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #esa #portland #teamdiptera
Entomology themed flash, featuring a robber fly, vinegaroon, rolly polly, fairy moth, rat flea, batfly, and Ironclad beetle. All stylized in black and white with red accents.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Ready for some BUG INK at #EntSoc2025?

See flash designs here tinyurl.com/bugluck and contact Lady Luck or the tagged artist on flash for bookings!

Tag pics of your ink to share! #teamdiptera
Bug Tattoos poster! Brought to you by @teamdiptera and @ladylucktattooPDX See flash designs here tinyurl.com/bugluck Contact lady luck or tagged artist on flash for bookings Designs start at 100 Lady Luck Tattoo 613 SE Morrison St, Portland OR 97214 (503)236-2833, portlandladyluck@gmail.com Tag pics of your ink to share! #teamdiptera
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
Happy start of Fly Week!!
Today is also Robber Fly day, so post those cuties and share the coolness of flies with the world! #FlyWeek #RobberFlyDay
A poster with a Dolichopodidae in the center reading: Fly Week "like shark week, but with flies" April 30th- May 6th. Post your favorite two-winged wonders using the hashtag #FlyWeek. Brought to you by @teamdiptera.
April 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
teamdiptera.bsky.social
T- minus 16 days till #FlyWeek! 🪰
A poster with a Dolichopodidae in the center reading: Fly Week "like shark week, but with flies" April 30th- May 6th. Post your favorite two-winged wonders using the hashtag #FlyWeek. Brought to you by @teamdiptera.
April 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
ento-allan.bsky.social
Happy World Bee Fly Day! Here is one of the most colorful bee flies I’ve encountered, Zinnomyia brincki. Collected in Namibia.

#FlyWeek #WorldBeeFlyDay #TeamDiptera
May 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
teaganmulford.bsky.social
This year for Halloween, to no one's surprise, I decided to rep #TeamDiptera and be a fly!
A woman standing in a fly onesie, complete with wings and large red eyes
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
tdikow.bsky.social
#FlyFriday

beautiful long-tongued horse fly Philoliche sp. (Tabanidae) observed + photographed on Indian Ocean coast near Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa in 2015

#TeamDiptera
May 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
tdikow.bsky.social
#WorldBeeFlyDay #FlyWeek

with international travel, got my days mixed up - here is my post for World Bee Fly Day (1 day too late) - Apatomyza sp. or Crocidium sp. (Bombyliidae: Crocidiinae) from Namibia - observed + collected October 2024 with @ento-allan.bsky.social

#TeamDiptera
May 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
howardtaffs.bsky.social
Joined up with a Dipterists Forum visit to Berrow dunes where I caught this picture winged fly. Probably Urophora quadrifasciata. #teamdiptera #dipteristsforum
July 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
howardtaffs.bsky.social
An unusual photo of a Heath Ant Fly ( Microdon analis ) I took a couple of days ago in the New Forest for #flyday , #teamdiptera
A tiny hoverfly and it's larger shadow flying over a dead treetrunk
May 15, 2026 at 7:42 AM
howardtaffs.bsky.social
Several Swamp Thickener Hoverflies (Tropidia scita ) were ovipositing into flowers at Weston Moor. Slightly odd behaviour for a reedbed species but there were reeds along a rhyne very close by. #teamdiptera
An egg-laying hoverfly on a flower
May 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
howardtaffs.bsky.social
Lunch on Dartmoor yesterday and a new hoverfly for me. The wonderful White-barred Pond Fly (Sericomyia lappona) #teamdiptera
May 9, 2026 at 8:25 AM
clydesidewild.bsky.social
Tuesday 10th Feb
Just the one highlight from my early morning walk ;
One of the Long-legged Flies 'Dolichopodidae sp'
Found under a light on one of the storage huts at Applecross Wharf (F&C Canal)
#teamdiptera
February 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM