Voor #ElkeDagEenInsect een voor mij onbekend vliegje van #Saba, dat de fraaie vleugels heel sierlijk op en neer bewoog tijdens het drinken. Ulidiidae of Tephritidae misschien? Is er een dipteroloog in de zaal?
March 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Voor #ElkeDagEenInsect een voor mij onbekend vliegje van #Saba, dat de fraaie vleugels heel sierlijk op en neer bewoog tijdens het drinken. Ulidiidae of Tephritidae misschien? Is er een dipteroloog in de zaal?
A selection of Tephritid flies from the garden today. Very fond of these with their beautiful markings and curious displays. Names in ALT Texts.
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#Tephritidae
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June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A selection of Tephritid flies from the garden today. Very fond of these with their beautiful markings and curious displays. Names in ALT Texts.
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...even MORE wild Tephritoids, this time all from Oklahoma!🪰
1 fancy orange Paracantha sp✨(Tephritidae)
2 Senopterina foxleei signal fly w/ bonus springtail! 🧐(Platystomatidae)
3 dark Eutreta rotundipennis 🌃(Tephritidae)
4 Callopistromyia annulipes "Peacock Fly" 🦚(Ulidiidae)
1 fancy orange Paracantha sp✨(Tephritidae)
2 Senopterina foxleei signal fly w/ bonus springtail! 🧐(Platystomatidae)
3 dark Eutreta rotundipennis 🌃(Tephritidae)
4 Callopistromyia annulipes "Peacock Fly" 🦚(Ulidiidae)
March 16, 2024 at 8:16 PM
...even MORE wild Tephritoids, this time all from Oklahoma!🪰
1 fancy orange Paracantha sp✨(Tephritidae)
2 Senopterina foxleei signal fly w/ bonus springtail! 🧐(Platystomatidae)
3 dark Eutreta rotundipennis 🌃(Tephritidae)
4 Callopistromyia annulipes "Peacock Fly" 🦚(Ulidiidae)
1 fancy orange Paracantha sp✨(Tephritidae)
2 Senopterina foxleei signal fly w/ bonus springtail! 🧐(Platystomatidae)
3 dark Eutreta rotundipennis 🌃(Tephritidae)
4 Callopistromyia annulipes "Peacock Fly" 🦚(Ulidiidae)
Boorvliegen (familie Tephritidae) hebben vaak prachtige ogen en fraai gevlekte vleugels. Deze man akkerdistelboorvlieg (Xyphosia miliaria) wilde dat laatste niet bewijzen, maar het eerste wel. #ElkeDagEenInsect
July 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Boorvliegen (familie Tephritidae) hebben vaak prachtige ogen en fraai gevlekte vleugels. Deze man akkerdistelboorvlieg (Xyphosia miliaria) wilde dat laatste niet bewijzen, maar het eerste wel. #ElkeDagEenInsect
March 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Compound eye of a fruit fly of the tephritidae family. 50x magnification.
Camera: Sony A7rIII
Lens: Laowa Aurogon 50x
Macrorail: Novoflex Castel Micro
Stepsize: 0,0004mm, 549 shots
Exposure: Flash, 1/200s, ISO100
#microscopy #insects #insect #compoundeye #eye #diptera #tephritidae #entomology
Camera: Sony A7rIII
Lens: Laowa Aurogon 50x
Macrorail: Novoflex Castel Micro
Stepsize: 0,0004mm, 549 shots
Exposure: Flash, 1/200s, ISO100
#microscopy #insects #insect #compoundeye #eye #diptera #tephritidae #entomology
November 27, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Compound eye of a fruit fly of the tephritidae family. 50x magnification.
Camera: Sony A7rIII
Lens: Laowa Aurogon 50x
Macrorail: Novoflex Castel Micro
Stepsize: 0,0004mm, 549 shots
Exposure: Flash, 1/200s, ISO100
#microscopy #insects #insect #compoundeye #eye #diptera #tephritidae #entomology
Camera: Sony A7rIII
Lens: Laowa Aurogon 50x
Macrorail: Novoflex Castel Micro
Stepsize: 0,0004mm, 549 shots
Exposure: Flash, 1/200s, ISO100
#microscopy #insects #insect #compoundeye #eye #diptera #tephritidae #entomology
Fruit flies on the brain this morning
December 7, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Fruit flies on the brain this morning
Merzomyia westermanni (Tephritidae). just because it's a cool looking fly; field margins in August. www.dipteraid.co.uk
October 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Merzomyia westermanni (Tephritidae). just because it's a cool looking fly; field margins in August. www.dipteraid.co.uk
Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
March 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
Day 15 #InsectAdvent
And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
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And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
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December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Day 15 #InsectAdvent
And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
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And even the flies are getting festive. Sporting massive antlers akin to Moose or Reindeer, Phytalmia sp (Tephritidae) males, will use them to fight for their right.......to PARTY (with the opposite sex...)
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March 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just returned from a 10-day expedition in Kuala Belalong, Brunei, with @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social. We found many stalk-eyed flies, mostly Diopsidae, but also these Themara true fruit flies (Tephritidae). Not sure which species: both T. ampla and T. hirsuta have been found there before.
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just returned from a 10-day expedition in Kuala Belalong, Brunei, with @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social. We found many stalk-eyed flies, mostly Diopsidae, but also these Themara true fruit flies (Tephritidae). Not sure which species: both T. ampla and T. hirsuta have been found there before.
Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
March 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
Ahh the problem with common names
The original description of this image -'Fruit flies undergo a prelude of dances prior to mating'
It's a Tephritidae - a fruit fly. NOT Drosophila - what many refer to as a fruit fly (from family Drosophilidae aka Vinegar flies). Quite different (see image of cat)
The original description of this image -'Fruit flies undergo a prelude of dances prior to mating'
It's a Tephritidae - a fruit fly. NOT Drosophila - what many refer to as a fruit fly (from family Drosophilidae aka Vinegar flies). Quite different (see image of cat)
January 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Ahh the problem with common names
The original description of this image -'Fruit flies undergo a prelude of dances prior to mating'
It's a Tephritidae - a fruit fly. NOT Drosophila - what many refer to as a fruit fly (from family Drosophilidae aka Vinegar flies). Quite different (see image of cat)
The original description of this image -'Fruit flies undergo a prelude of dances prior to mating'
It's a Tephritidae - a fruit fly. NOT Drosophila - what many refer to as a fruit fly (from family Drosophilidae aka Vinegar flies). Quite different (see image of cat)
Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
I believe this is a Anomoia purmunda, commonly known as the spectacled berry fly or hawthorn fruit fly, a small picture-winged fruit fly belonging to the family Tephritidae.
Can anyone confirm please
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Seen today in our NE Essex garden
Can anyone confirm please
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Seen today in our NE Essex garden
September 2, 2026 at 9:39 AM
I believe this is a Anomoia purmunda, commonly known as the spectacled berry fly or hawthorn fruit fly, a small picture-winged fruit fly belonging to the family Tephritidae.
Can anyone confirm please
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Seen today in our NE Essex garden
Can anyone confirm please
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Seen today in our NE Essex garden
A scare Picture-winged fly (fam. Tephritidae) in my S. Cambs garden yesterday.
A female Chetostoma curvinerve (Honeysuckle Picturewing).
Identified with the aid of the excellent 'A photographic guide to flies of Britain & Ireland' (2026), and confirmed on the UK Diptera FB group.
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A female Chetostoma curvinerve (Honeysuckle Picturewing).
Identified with the aid of the excellent 'A photographic guide to flies of Britain & Ireland' (2026), and confirmed on the UK Diptera FB group.
#Diptera
April 1, 2026 at 9:39 AM
A scare Picture-winged fly (fam. Tephritidae) in my S. Cambs garden yesterday.
A female Chetostoma curvinerve (Honeysuckle Picturewing).
Identified with the aid of the excellent 'A photographic guide to flies of Britain & Ireland' (2026), and confirmed on the UK Diptera FB group.
#Diptera
A female Chetostoma curvinerve (Honeysuckle Picturewing).
Identified with the aid of the excellent 'A photographic guide to flies of Britain & Ireland' (2026), and confirmed on the UK Diptera FB group.
#Diptera
Using 13 lines of evidence to determine migratory behaviour, we determined that species from 60 out of 130 dipteran families show evidence of migration, with Syrphidae (hoverflies) fulfilling 12 of these criteria, followed by the Tephritidae (fruitflies) with 10.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Using 13 lines of evidence to determine migratory behaviour, we determined that species from 60 out of 130 dipteran families show evidence of migration, with Syrphidae (hoverflies) fulfilling 12 of these criteria, followed by the Tephritidae (fruitflies) with 10.
6/x
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Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
June 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Walnut husk flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Rhagoletis suavis) inhabit eastern North America. Females lay eggs in the fleshy outer husks of walnut fruit (Juglandaceae: Juglans spp.). The eggs hatch and the larvae eat the husk, but leave the walnut itself unharmed. Blissfield Michigan, 22 Aug 2010.
Would this be the #Tephritidae fly Chaetostomella cylindrica? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 22/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera
July 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Would this be the #Tephritidae fly Chaetostomella cylindrica? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 22/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera
Urophora quadrifasciata, the Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 22/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #fly #Diptera #Tephritidae
July 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Urophora quadrifasciata, the Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 22/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #fly #Diptera #Tephritidae
I think this is the fruit fly Urophora quadrifasciata? Seen 14/05/25 at #RSPBMiddletonLakes #Tephritidae #Diptera @suillia.bsky.social #fly
May 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think this is the fruit fly Urophora quadrifasciata? Seen 14/05/25 at #RSPBMiddletonLakes #Tephritidae #Diptera @suillia.bsky.social #fly
woot, just discovered there's even #Tephritidae that pull this off :D www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1198003...
so there's stalk-eyed Richardiidae, Diopsidae, Tephritidae. anything else I missed?
so there's stalk-eyed Richardiidae, Diopsidae, Tephritidae. anything else I missed?
Genus Pelmatops
Pelmatops is a genus of tephritid fruit flies. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Pelmatops', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelmatops, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Luis Mata, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded ...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
woot, just discovered there's even #Tephritidae that pull this off :D www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1198003...
so there's stalk-eyed Richardiidae, Diopsidae, Tephritidae. anything else I missed?
so there's stalk-eyed Richardiidae, Diopsidae, Tephritidae. anything else I missed?