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past and future II (by doitsunosensei on Flickr)
Käferbuch. Naturgeschichte der Käfer Europas. Zum Handgebrauche für Sammler (1876)
Carl Gustav Calwer & Gustav Jäger
Ephemeroptera Ephemeropteroidea Ephemoptera Haften Mayıs Pterygota eintagsfliege eintagsfliegen fliege fliegen flies fly insect mayflies mayfly
What is reality? (by doitsunosensei on Flickr)
Käferbuch. Naturgeschichte der Käfer Europas. Zum Handgebrauche für Sammler (1876)
Carl Gustav Calwer & Gustav Jäger
Ephemeroptera Ephemeropteroidea Ephemoptera Haften Mayıs Pterygota alt book buch eintagsfliege eintagsfliegen fliege fliegen flies fly insect insekt mayflies mayfly old picture
Käfer Europas (by doitsunosensei on Flickr)
Käferbuch. Naturgeschichte der Käfer Europas. Zum Handgebrauche für Sammler (1876)
Carl Gustav Calwer & Gustav Jäger
Ephemeroptera Ephemeropteroidea Ephemoptera Haften Mayıs Pterygota eintagsfliege eintagsfliegen fliege fliegen flies fly insect mayfly
Blow flies on Stapelia grandiflora flower
Blow flies pollinating a Stapelia grandiflora flower (from Calitzdorp Dam, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa).
The flies are being tricked by the flower, and their maggot eggs won’t survive as the flower will die soon (and the flower is not really a suitable host or food for the maggots).(photo/text by Martin_Heigan on Flickr)
Apocynaceae Diptera South Africa Stapelia asclepiad asclepiadaceae corona flies flower fly fly-pollinated fly-pollination grandiflora hairs insect macro nature pollination pollinator stapeliad Stapelia grandiflora diptera Blow flies
Bumblebee mimicking hoverfly (by hippobosca on Flickr)
Eriozona syrphoides - Wooly-belt Hoverfly (female)
Vernacular names
English: Unoff. Wooly-belt Hoverfly
Dansk: Bjerg-Svirreflue
Deutsch: Pelzschwebfliege
Español:
Français:
Nederlands: bontzweefvlieg
Norsk (bokmål): humlebarskogblomsterflue
Svenska: humlelik barrblomfluga
Taken near Humbie, Scotland.
Generic name from Greek “Erio” meaning wool and “zona” meaning belt - a pretty apt description.
Large attractive bumblebee mimic first recorded in Britain in 1968 and is probably a recent colonist. Larval food appears to be aphids on spruce trees so has no doubt benefitted from the widespread use of spruce in upland conifer plantations.(photo/text by Silversyrpher on Flickr)
![Celyphidae (Diptera) by gbohne on Flickr.
Celyphidae (Diptera) L: ~ 2-3mm Beetle flies (Celyphidae) are small to medium-sized and easily recognised. The scutellum is enlarged, forming a protective shell over the abdomen, giving them a beetle-like appearance. Also, like many beetles, Celyphidae are often shiny or metallic in colour. The wings, when at rest, are folded beneath the scutellar “shell” . About 90 species are known from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions; Spaniocelyphus palmi is probably the commonest celyphid species in the Oriental region [PAPP et al., 2006: p.186f]. The biology of the family is poorly known. Adults are found along streams and rivers, and in wet grassy areas. Larvae are saprophagous [WORLDLINGO] in decaying plant matter, likely feeding on associated micro-organisms [S.D Gaimari]. more info: www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Celyphidae www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ppd/entomology/diptera.html#celyphid](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt9g9ctDdm1qm80m4o1_500.jpg)
Celyphidae (Diptera) by gbohne on Flickr.
Celyphidae (Diptera)
L: ~ 2-3mm
Beetle flies (Celyphidae) are small to medium-sized and easily recognised. The scutellum is enlarged, forming a protective shell over the abdomen, giving them a beetle-like appearance. Also, like many beetles, Celyphidae are often shiny or metallic in colour. The wings, when at rest, are folded beneath the scutellar “shell” .
About 90 species are known from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions; Spaniocelyphus palmi is probably the commonest celyphid species in the Oriental region [PAPP et al., 2006: p.186f].
The biology of the family is poorly known. Adults are found along streams and rivers, and in wet grassy areas. Larvae are saprophagous [WORLDLINGO] in decaying plant matter, likely feeding on associated micro-organisms [S.D Gaimari].
more info: www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Celyphidae
www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ppd/entomology/diptera.html#celyphid
