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I think this is Calliphora vomitoria - the orange-bearded blue bottle.
it is Flyday!!
Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard
so now that I have finally got in, and specially for for Friday flyday , I'm sending out a Snail-killing fly to sort it all out.
Happy Friday Flyday
I thought that this was a colour form of Volucella bombylans but it seemed too slim and all 4 of these pictures have antennae in sharp focus and it is clear that they are not plumose (& I see from the Ball and Morris book that they are plumose for Volucella bombylans)
My match the picture approach to hover fly ID often seems to end in failure. I certainly cant seem to see a good match for this one.
Keen to learn more if anyone has any ideas.
Happy FlyDay Friday
The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phr7vxxgj7I
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Update: Cheilosia illustrata (ID by Graham Watkeys on the UK hoverflies facebook page)
(it was on hogweed or some other tallish umbellifer)
update 30/08/2020 wandered there today and I think the plant is ground elder
& further update 20/03/21 - Bernhard jacob agrees with Graham Watkeys that this is Cheilosia illustrata
A tiny fly I found awhile ago and haven't uploaded.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
...chasing flies with a camera. A few flies about in a bit of warmth last monday but hard to get close to them - this was the best I could do.
anyway its one for FlyDay Friday
The Fireworks - Runaround
because it is FlyDay
tucking in to the products of the nectaries of a cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis)
a glowing edged finger fly for Sliders Sunday!
Sometimes things just appear.
this fly gave me a post for Friday (FlyDay), Saturday (Smile on..) and Sunday (Sliders..) - The Fly that lasted all weekend!
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Suddenly Beside You
Been waiting to post this photo for y'all...Dave, Lisa, May, Lani, Graham, John..hope I didn't leave anyone out...
Eristalis tenax *pertinax* - female on ragwort
(see Rui's comment below)
& some music if you like
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Head On
A fly on ragwort.
I love ragwort. Such a great plant for invertebrates late summer and early Autumn. It gets demonised and is the subject of so much disinformation on social media.
I like to let it be ...and occasionally I like to photograph it too
If anyone has time and is interested, there is a great site that collates the evidence and busts the myths and propaganda surrounding ragwort.
Spotted this one this morning - he looks like he's got his wooly jacket on ready for the return of the snow this weekend, let's hope he doesn't need it!!!! HFDF
The apple variety is Jupiter - a triploid variety - so doesnt produce pollen that can fertilize another variety but needs another (diploid) tree to provide pollen to produce Jupiter apples.
...So all take with no give.
Good tasting apple - hard, sharp and cox type taste.
Standing under the trees, I think it seems considerably less popular with my honey bees that the other varieties near it. Produces plenty of apples though so something must visit to sort out the pollination. Cant imagine this little fly is important to the process but who knows?
Adam and the Ants - Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios
on car windscreen
There were about 10 of these on the 2 cars, just now.
The car is the wrong beast to choose for getting blood out of. Maybe it is just a resting perch while they wait for opportunity for next meal.
Mazzy Star - Taste Of Blood
Its late on FlyDay and I cant find any recent suitable pictures. Had to trawl through the discards for this one - best of the rejects. ...not quite sure what i will do for the rest of the winter.
happy FlyDay ...may be my last one for a while unless I work out a source of models.
and some music if you want
Lou Doillon - Questions And Answers
A dung fly on a yellow crocus petal with evidence of crocus pollen consumption. In the walled garden at Rowallane.
They are nature's great posers, always waiting for someone to come along to take their picture.
& a bit of music if you like:
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Stomoxys calcitrans - Stable fly on the patio table back in August.
I was just looking through some old pictures to find a fly for Flyday when I suddenly recognised that this one had the same distinctive mouthparts of one that Rui Andrade had identified for me very recently. I was so pleased with myself for recognising it that I just had to post it for Flyday.
It is FlyDay
in a pot on the patio
& some music if you want
Mazzy Star - 5 string serenade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBgsMNqzq_0
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See comment from Rui. These little flies are Oscinella sp in the family Chloropidae.
I thought I'd start Friday with a double Fly post for Fly Friday. This is the same fly, from side and top. I've not seen one like it, but it reminds me, the eyes, at least, of some sort of Robber Fly. Thanks to Dougie for an ID.
Thanks for Viewing.
rubbing her hands together on a wall flower (Erysimum cheiri) in a pot on the patio.
Its FlyDay
Four Idle Hands - Friday Man
i think
on Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and enjoying the heat.
....it must be FlyDay
Shonen Knife - Heatwave
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Selected on EXPLORE on Thursday, 27th August, 2009 Highest Position At # 168 THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
it was unlucky for some...
... i must say i do genuinely feel particularly sorry for Jo Swinson.
anyway this fly has an amber beard.
& music if you like:
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O9P5Us_eVo
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edit: Rui says this is Calliphora vomitoria: the proper bluebottle!
A hover fly for (Good) Friday Flyday! Have a fabuolus weekend, everyone, and for those of you who celebrate it, a happy Easter!
FRONTPAGE!!! Thanks Hubsio for grabbing a SS! mwah!
Thank you so much my Flickr FRIENDS!!!!
After seeing this shot of mine on the computer,never again will i let another fly land on my food!!! EEeewwww!!!
Sorry if i disgusted you w/ my post my friends!!!TGIF!!!will be dropping by in your streams later! mwah!
and gorse flower
...a tiny sliver of place and time that had an approximately zero chance of a human noticing.
We are so tiny and unnoticed in the grand scheme of time and place. And much tinier and even more unnoticed things surround us ad infinitum.
But nice to see and ponder and appreciate occasionally. I think that is what i am trying to do when I wander with a camera.
Mazzy Star - five string serenade