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Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

Margined Calligrapher Flowerfly (Toxomerus marginatus) on Dandelion.

🧪🌿🌎 #garden #biodiversity #pollinators #photography #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #insect #flowerfly

Flowerfly feeding on a dandelion flower.

May 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

Margined Calligrapher Flowerfly (Toxomerus marginatus) on Coneflower, North Haven, CT, USA, July, 2024.

🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #pollinators #garden

Close-up photo of a bee-imitating flowerfly on the center of a red coneflower.

June 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

Margined Caligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus) flowerfly on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, July 11, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #macrophoto #macro #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #bees #entomology #InsectHolocaust #iNaturalist

Tiny (~7-8mm) flowerfly sitting on the end of a coneflower petal.

July 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM

The Whorl™️

@glitterati3a.eurosky.social

Beautiful flowerfly fren feeding on a beautiful Rubus fren.

July 7, 2024 at 4:29 PM

Heidi4649

@heidi4649.bsky.social

A flower fly on a wild iris (Iris setosa) on the edge of a marsh in Anchorage in late June
#wildflowers #nativeplants #flowers #flowerfly #insects #pollinators #alaskasky #marsh #bog

January 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

Flowerfly breakfast. Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus) on raspberry. North Haven, CT, USA, Jun 8, 2025.

🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #scicomm #insects #garden #insectholocaust

Close photo of a flowerfly sipping nectar from a raspberry flower.

June 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

Margined Calligrapher Flowerfly (Toxomerus marginatus) on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 24.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #FlowerFlies

A flowerfly (left) sitting at the end of a coneflower petal, with the center of the coneflower at right.

June 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

Margined Calligrapher Flowerfly (Toxomerus marginatus) on Monarda, North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #flies #InsectApocalypse

A tiny (~6-7mm) flowerfly on a beebalm flower.

June 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee and Margined Caligrapher Flowerfly on Coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, July 3, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #entomology #InsectHolocaust

Close photo of a perched sweat bee and a flying flowerfly on and near the center of a coneflower blossom.

July 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
– Bertrand Russell
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #sciphotography #sciphoto #bees #pollinators

Close photo of a Margined Calligrapher flowerfly on an orange coneflower petal.

June 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM

Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@fraggenstein.bsky.social

The Ivy bush in the garden is a hive of activity at the moment with all sorts of different varieties of flying insects like this Dronefly, a Hoverfly that mimics a Honey Bee 🐝 #ukwildlife #hoverflies #nature #pollinators #gardenlife #syrphidae #flowerfly #wildlife

September 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM

Paul Round

@paulwildlife.bsky.social

The local park is always worth a wonder on a lunch break when working from home. Small Tortoiseshell, Yellow-barred Longhorn, Common Flowerfly sp and Buttercups. @recordlrc.bsky.social #lepidoptera #mothsmatter #localgreenspace

May 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Paul Round

@paulwildlife.bsky.social

Common Flowerfly species on Chicory in the park at work 😊. #syrphidae #hoverflies #courtheypark #wildliferecording

September 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM

Lawrence Lighthill

@lawrencelighthill.bsky.social

Posted especially for Mike’s mom. Photo taken August 16, 2025, near Hayfork Creek, Trinity County, Northern California of a Western Calligrapher Fly landing on a Common Madia flower. #macro #wildflowers #photography #flowerfly

September 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM

HoverflySpotterM.D

@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social

🦟Hoverflies on the Wing🦟

Can you spot all five?

#hoverflies #flies #Insects #pollinators #nature #syrphidae #entomology #entomologist #naturalhistory #Heinekinfly #Whitebelt #Humming #Flowerfly #Pithead #Narcissus #Bulbs

Hoverflies on the wing right now - from top left Common Snout Fly, Middle Narcissus Bulb Hoverfly, top right Blotched-winged Hoverfly, bottom left Big-thighed Pithead and bottom right Humming Flowerfly

June 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM

Pokkabug

@pokkabug.bsky.social

My frank x julie fanchildren and ButterflyBlossom/flowerfly art🦋🌸❤️‍🩹

#juliejoyful #frankfrankly #flowerfly #juliejoyfulxfrankfrankly

December 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM

Ele Willoughby

@minouette.bsky.social

the final 8” x 10” image, which are hand-embellished with posca pens.

#linocut #printmaking #washi #flowerFly #insect #pollinator

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August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM

Patrick Lynch

@patrlynch1.bsky.social

“Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly;
““Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy…
Margined Caligrapher on coneflower, with a jumping spider. North Haven, Connecticut, USA.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #sciphotography #sciphoto

Close photo of a Margined Caligrapher flowerfly on an orange coneflower, with a tiny jumping spider on another section of the flower.

June 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM

Ele Willoughby

@minouette.bsky.social

The eyes are the real giveaway for this bee mimic, to my mind. While not a bee, it is an excellent pollinator and another friend to gardeners.

#linocut #printmaking #flowerFly #insect #sciart #wip #pollinators

August 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM