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Common Scorpion Fly (female)

Common Scorpion Fly (Panorpa communis: Panorpidae) Female. Wingspan of ca. 3.5 cm (1.4 in).
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Nov 11, 2020
- common fly mumford scorpion texas usa
- Comments: 11
- Category: Invertebrates
Transverse Flower Flower

Transverse Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa: Syrphidae) 9-11 mm (0.25-0.43 in) long. Nectaring eastern annual saltmarsh aster,(Symphyotricum subulatum: Asteraceae).
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Nov 9, 2020
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- Comments: 10
- Category: Invertebrates
Mexican Cactus Fly

Mexican Cactus Fly (Copestylum mexicanum: Syrphidae) ca. 2.0 cm (0.8 in) long. Nectaring eastern annual saltmarsh aster (Symphyotricum subulatum: Asteraceae).
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Nov 8, 2020
- bryan cactus fly mexican texas usa
- Comments: 12
- Category: Invertebrates
Yellowjacket Mimic Hover Fly

Yellowjacket mimic Hover Fly (Spilomyia longicornis: Syrphidae) 1.1-1.5 cm (0.43-0.59 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Nov 6, 2020
- fly hover mimic mumford texas usa yellowjacket
- Comments: 9
- Category: Invertebrates
Stripe-backed Flower Fly

Stripe-backed Flower Fly (Helophilus fasciatus: Syrphidae) 1.0-1.5 cm long (0.39-0.59 in) long. Photographed on Mexican marigold (Tagetes lucida: Asteraceae).
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Nov 3, 2020
- bryan flower fly stripe-backed texas usa
- Comments: 10
- Category: Invertebrates
Tiger Bee Fly

Tiger Bee Fly (Xenox tigrinus: Bombyliidae) This is a large bee fly measuring 1.1-1.9 cm long (0.43-0.75 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Oct 20, 2020
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- Comments: 7
- Category: Invertebrates
Pinocchio

Pinocchio (Systoechus sp.: Bombyliidae) The flower is globe amaranth.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Oct 10, 2020
- bee bombyllidae bryan fly texas usa
- Comments: 12
- Category: Invertebrates
Red eyed beauty
- D. Taylor
- Media item
- Oct 1, 2020
- fly house macro
- Comments: 11
- Category: Invertebrates
House Fly
- D. Taylor
- Media item
- Apr 21, 2020
- fly house
- Comments: 11
- Category: Invertebrates
Long-legged Green Fly

Long-legged Green Fly (Condylostylus longicornis: Dolichopodidae) Ca. 6 mm (0.24 in) long. This tiny predatory fly is having another beneficial for lunch (tiny spider).
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Apr 19, 2020
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- Comments: 8
- Category: Invertebrates
Feather-legged Fly

Feather-legged Fly (Trichopoda pennipes:Tachinidae) Male. 7-13 mm (0.28-0.51 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Apr 14, 2020
- bryan feather-legged fly texas usa
- Comments: 9
- Category: Invertebrates
House Fly

At lest to the best of my references.
- D. Taylor
- Media item
- Sep 30, 2019
- fly house
- Comments: 9
- Category: Invertebrates
Parasitic Fly

Parasitic Fly (Belvosia sp.: Tachinidae) This large fly is ca. 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long. Drinking water.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Sep 28, 2019
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- Comments: 8
- Category: Invertebrates
Robber Fly

Robber Fly (Efferia aestuans: Asilidae) 1.8-2.3 cm (0.7-0.9 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Sep 25, 2019
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- Comments: 8
- Category: Invertebrates
Up Close

These are either metallic green, bronze or blue. I guess with this one it depends on your color perception.
- D. Taylor
- Media item
- Sep 16, 2019
- bottle fly
- Comments: 14
- Category: Invertebrates
Green Solider Fly

Green Solider Fly (Hedriodiscus truquii: Stratiomyidae) 1.3-1.4 cm (0.5-0.6 in) long. Photographed on Camphorweed.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Sep 13, 2019
- bryan fly green solider texas usa
- Comments: 11
- Category: Invertebrates
Predator and Prey.......

......cycle of nature. The spider and the fly, the fly didn't make it.
- D. Taylor
- Media item
- Sep 10, 2019
- fly spider
- Comments: 10
- Category: Invertebrates
Rapid Bee Fly

Rapid Bee Fly (Hemipenthes celeris: Bombyliidae) 1.3-1.5 cm long. Perched on frog fruit.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Sep 1, 2019
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- Comments: 5
- Category: Invertebrates
Bee Fly

Bee Fly (Aphoebantus sp.: Bombyliidae) Its not going to win a beauty contest but it was fun to watch.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Aug 12, 2019
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- Comments: 8
- Category: Invertebrates
Mydas Fly

Mydas Fly (Mydas maculiventris: Mydidae) Ca. 2.5 cm (1.0 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Jul 31, 2019
- bryan fly mydas texas usa
- Comments: 8
- Category: Invertebrates
Something so annoying......

..........perched on something so pretty.
- D. Taylor
- Media item
- Jul 17, 2019
- fly house
- Comments: 11
- Category: Invertebrates
Never miss a chance for a photo

Most of the time I chase these with a fly swatter. No flys were injured in the making of this photograph.
- D. Taylor
- Media item
- Jun 13, 2019
- fly house
- Comments: 11
- Category: Invertebrates
Clubbed Mydas Fly

Clubbed Mydas Fly (Mydas clavatus: Mydidae) 2.5-3.5 cm (1.0-1.4 in) long. Its legs are covered with pollen.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Jun 5, 2019
- bran clubbed fly mydas texas usa
- Comments: 4
- Category: Invertebrates
Solider Fly

Solider Fly (Hoplitimyia constans: Stratiomyidae) 1.0-1.5 cm (0.4-0.6 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- May 29, 2019
- bryan fly solider texas usa
- Comments: 9
- Category: Invertebrates
Striped Horse Fly

Striped Horse Fly (Tabanus lineola: Tabanidae)
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- May 8, 2019
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- Comments: 11
- Category: Invertebrates

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