Aug 1, 2025
Wasp-mimic flower fly, Monoceromyia ndidiae, Syrphidae (hover flies)
Photographed in the Dominican Republic by franklinhowley
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Wasp-mimic flower fly, Monoceromyia ndidiae, Syrphidae (hover flies)
Photographed in the Dominican Republic by franklinhowley
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The Marmalade hoverfly/Episyrphus balteatus/flyttblomfluga is one of Europe's most remarkable little travellers. Every year, countless individuals migrate between southern and northern Europe. Many fly hundreds of metres above the ground, choosing favourable winds and even compensating for unfavourable ones to stay on course, almost certainly using an internal sun compass. For such a tiny insect, it is an astonishing feat of navigation. Their larvae are voracious predators of aphids, while the adults are important pollinators, making these beautiful hoverflies invaluable allies in both gardens and the wider countryside. Värmland, Sweden (2 August 2025).
Could I request some pollinator flies? I think they’re pretty underrated!
Btw, everyone, when you see "flowerfly", the flowerflies are a group pf hover flies that feed at flowers, and the term can be used interchangeably with hoverfly for some species.
HOVERFLIES! (family Syrphidae)
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photograph by Alves Gaspar
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photograph by Alves Gaspar
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photograph by Charles J. Sharp
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photograph by Christina Butler
[VIDEO TAKEN: APRIL 15TH, 2026 | Video ID: A video of a black and yellow, bumble bee mimicking hover fly, cleaning itself off while perched on a dirty barrel before promptly flying away /End ID.]
Here you can see what I mean about this species' abdomen motion alerting me to the fact it was a fly, as well as the way it cleans itself!
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I'm supposed to be out here surveying native plants today, but the arthropod world has been throwing a lot of dramatic scenes my way.
as you might guess from the name, Milesia crabroniformis is a mimic of european hornets (Vespa crabro) and does a surprisingly good job of it, from the size to the buzzing, often giving me false hopes that i've found an actual hornet since they're not common here. ironically, what tends to give them away is their overly aggressive behavior - only a hoverfly would divebomb your face repeatedly the way they do
(August 21st, 2025)
more flybuary catchup...
eupeodes americanus (syrphidae), the american hoverfly, was recently discovered to undertake super long migrations across north america!
bittacomorpha clavipes (ptychopteridae), the eastern phantom cranefly, lives near streams where the larvae are little worms with long breathing tubes under water. the adults fly super distinctly with their legs extended and they look like flying asterisks.
archytas apicifer (tachinidae), the hornworm tachinid, is an important pollinating fly. despite its name, the larvae seem to parasitize several pest caterpillars but ironically i couldn't find any hornworms among the list.