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franzanth.bsky.social
@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social why are diptera
November 2, 2026 at 4:58 AM
jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Happy to see this female Marmalade hoverfly in the garden yesterday. #Hoverflies #Diptera
Close-up photograph of a female Marmalade hoverfly on a white Mexican fleabane flower with a yellow centre, against a blurred green background.
November 1, 2026 at 12:39 PM
gmanoli.eurosky.social
Order: Diptera
November 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
infinite8horizon.com
Banana-stalk fly on philodendron spadix (bonus weevil)

#photography #macro #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #nature #diptera #ECK
Banana-stalk fly (Telostylinus lineolatus,) on split-leaf philodendron (Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum) spathe and spadix. Eucalyptus weevil photobombing.
November 1, 2026 at 1:28 PM
jillwhitelock.bsky.social
The Dogwood in the garden is back in flower and feeding lots of insects. #Diptera
A Blowfly on the cream coloured flowers of Dogwood ‘Midwinter Fire’.
October 29, 2026 at 11:30 PM
respublications.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess research in #RESMedVetEnt

Abundance and species diversity of #mosquitoes (Diptera, #Culicidae) in endemic areas for #arboviruses in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil
doi.org/10.1111/mve....

#Biodiversity #InsectVectors
@wileyecology.bsky.social
November 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
kitenet.bsky.social
See also the Scandinavian key www.pemberleybooks.com/product/the-... (quite a hefty investment though)
The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 39) by Baechli, G.; Vilela, C.r.; Andersson Escher, S.; Saura, A.
The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 39) by Baechli, G.; Vilela, C.r.; Andersson Escher, S.; Saura, A. at Pemberley Books
www.pemberleybooks.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
willowglass12.bsky.social
Hi Richard. Phytomyza ilicis (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
October 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
ajcann.bsky.social
A great many Drosophila immigrans on my compost heap, confirmed by the spines on the front femur.
But also lots of this darker Drosophilid which I can't identify, having failed with the key.
#Diptera #VC55 #flies #Compost
Drosophila immigrans Drosophila immigrans - characteristic spines on the front femur. Unknown Drosophilid fly
November 1, 2026 at 11:03 AM
viccbrown.bsky.social
Xanthandrus comtus is a migratory hoverfly, and there have been several UK records this week, ranging from the Isle of Wight to Edinburgh.
I was pleased to spot a female of this erratic immigrant in my S. Cambridgeshire garden today.

#FlydayFriday #Hoverflies #Syrphidae #Diptera
October 30, 2026 at 7:29 PM
jtkindt.bsky.social
Nice little anthomyiid fly (genus Eutrichota?) last weekend on my Packera for #flyfriday.

#bugsky #flyday #diptera
Side view of fy with burgundy eye, orange femurs, otherwise black with light gray hair bands, at the scalloped edge of a long narrow green leaf.
October 30, 2026 at 11:25 PM
crvscience-news.bsky.social
CRV Science Wiki
🐙 Diptera — Diptera is a megadiverse order of holometabolous insects known as the true flies, characterized by a single pair of functional membranous forewings on the mesothorax and a pair of metathoracic hindwings modified into mechanosensory…

https://crvscience.com/wiki/diptera
CRV Science Wiki 🐙 Diptera — Diptera is a megadiverse order of holometabolous insects known as the true flies, characterized by a single pair of functional membranous forewings on the mesothorax and a pair of metathoracic hindwings modified into mechanosensory gyroscopic organs called halteres.
crvscience.com
November 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
socletana.bsky.social
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internal larval anatomy of two rodent bot fly species: Cuterebra fontinella and Cuterebra americana #Diptera: #Oestridae
academic.oup.com/jme/article/...
The internal larval anatomy of two rodent bot fly species: Cuterebra fontinella (Diptera: Oestridae) and Cuterebra americana
Abstract. Species within the genus Cuterebra Clark, 1815 (Diptera: Oestridae: Cuterebrinae) are obligate parasites of rodents and other mammals during the
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October 29, 2026 at 1:28 AM
denisewawman.bsky.social
They also sometimes carry flat ( louse) flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)
October 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
biodiv-news.bsky.social
[Ephemera] Chaetocladius marocanus sp. n., a new crenophilic species occurring in the Mediterranean Rif of Morocco (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)

#ephemera #biodiversité #insectes #aquatique #entomologie
🔗 Lien vers l'article
https://ephemera.insectes.org/publication/chaetocladius-marocanus-sp-n-a-new-crenophilic-species-occurring-in-the-mediterranean-rif-of-morocco-diptera-chironomidae-orthocladiinae/
ephemera.insectes.org
November 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
respublications.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess research in #RESMedVetEnt

Molecular confirmation of #Leishmania infantum infection in the #SandFly vector #Phlebotomus neglectus (Diptera: #Phlebotominae) in Slovenia
doi.org/10.1111/mve....

#InsectVectors #InsectBorneDiseases #VectorSurveillance
@wileyecology.bsky.social
October 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM
datenshiouin.bsky.social
thank you kindly for keeping me safe from ill-intentioned diptera. unfortunately you cant sleep on my bed
November 1, 2026 at 1:33 AM
biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
New Zealand spider orchid (Corybas trilobus) exploits the reproductive behaviour of fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophila) for pollination. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.26.762021v1
October 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
animecol-uu.bsky.social
New exciting paper alert by Hana Merchant, Anssi Laurila, Frank Johansson and colleagues.

You can read it here: resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The study investigated the diet of adult dragonflies and damselflies in Swedish wetland systems through DNA metabarcoding, (1)
Selective feeding and niche differentiation in adult boreal Odonata revealed by <fc>DNA</fc> metabarcoding
COI metabarcoding of faecal pellets from three sympatric Odonata species in boreal Swedish wetlands revealed Diptera-dominated diets, with mosquitoes only a minor component despite high availability...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
ceiseman.bsky.social
Does this cocoon look familiar to anyone? www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Family Gracillariidae)
Leaf Blotch Miner Moths from Bowie, MD 20715, USA on October 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM by Julia Betz. Looks like a Lepidoptera larvae of some sort, maybe a Diptera larvae? Any ID help appreciated.
www.inaturalist.org
October 29, 2026 at 12:28 PM
fly-broadcast.bsky.social
Antibiotic Treatment Reduces Wing Size and Alters Wing Shape in a Neotropical Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
#Drosophila
Antibiotic Treatment Reduces Wing Size and Alters Wing Shape in a Neotropical Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) #Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
elaphrornis.bsky.social
Thanks! I suppose the family has never been covered in a RES Handbook? (www.royensoc.co.uk/publications...). Incidentally, I came across a PDF of d'Assis Fonseca’s old key from 1965, which must of course be significantly outdated.
zenodo.org/records/1074...
A Short Key to the British Drosophilidae (Diptera) Including a New Species of Amiota.
Uploaded by Plazi for TaxoDros. We do not have abstracts.
zenodo.org
November 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
datadryad.bsky.social
Data and code from: Dipteran flight diversity is shaped by aerodynamic constraints, scaling, and evolutionary trade-offs 🧪

📊Dataset: bit.ly/4AhYlKX

🤓Article in @plosbiology.org: bit.ly/3UNsNxe

#biology #biomechanics #openaccess #opendata #physiology #flies #diptera
October 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
wendelvandersluis.bsky.social
🪲 Delighted to welcome Dr Xuankun Li (李轩昆) as a new Associate Editor of Insect Systematics & Evolution! 🎉

At China Agricultural University, he studies the evolution of Diptera, especially bee flies and robber flies, combining taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics and comparative genomics.
October 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
kinetoplastpapers.bsky.social
Decline in the diversity of neotropical drosophilids (Diptera) after the introduction of invasive species in an area of the Atlantic Forest of Serra do Mar, Brazil pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42961196/
November 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM