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Fly School is a two week course for those who want to gain a more comprehensive understanding of Diptera. The next Fly School will be in 2026. dipteracourse.com
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ahaberski.bsky.social
Look at those eyes! #flyday #bugskye #entomology #macro
A macro photograph of a robber fly on a blade of grass
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
Legs, wings, spines abound!
Fungus gnat fornication.
Making more lil' flies.

#Mycetophilidae
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
A pair of fungus gnats sitting on a pale gray wall. One above the other, end to end, paired up and wings spread. They have bold dark bands on the body and wings, contrasting yellow bands. A pair of fungus gnats sitting on a pale gray wall. One above the other, end to end, paired up and wings spread. They have bold dark bands on the body and wings, contrasting yellow bands.
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…

Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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thekeithing.bsky.social
www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
A tale of toilets, traps and tenacity
The true story of a very stinky fly hunt.
www.csiro.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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dipterists.bsky.social
Thanks for making last week's 34th General Meeting of the Dipterists Society (ESA/Portland) a success! We were glad to see you in person or on zoom & hope you enjoyed it.

We'll post more from the meeting, including links to recordings, soon. We hope to see you next year & at other DS events!
Attendees during the social around the bar and food. Riley Hoffman presenting "Blow Flies Under the Lens: Forensic DNA Retrieval Post-ESEM" Michael Monzon presenting "Archaeological Dipterology: Flies as Evidence from Past Civilizations" Picture of screen showing zoom attendees
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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tdikow.bsky.social
#FlyFriday

beautiful dark-colored assassin fly Diogmites nigripennis (Macquart, 1847) (Asilidae: Dasypogoninae) with wasp prey - collected at La Selva, Costa Rica in 2010 - 1 of 125 species of assassin flies known from this lowland rainforest habitat - n2t.net/ark:/65665/3...

#asiloidflies
assassin fly mounted on pin with prey wasp it captured assassin fly mounted on pin with prey wasp it captured assassin fly mounted on pin with prey wasp it captured locality label for assassin fly
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
dipteracourse.bsky.social
Excited to announce that Fly School IV will be 27 July-9 August 2026, in Costa Rica! Applications will open in January. @dipterists.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @bertonemyia.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
dipteracourse.bsky.social
Are any Fly School alumni at ESA?
phorid.bsky.social phorid.bsky.social @phorid.bsky.social · 15d
@dipteracourse.bsky.social to FLY
SCHOOL Alumni at the 2025
ESA meeting in Portland - who is here (besides me)?
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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dipterists.bsky.social
Reminder: we'll be meeting next Tuesday evening for the Dipterists Society 34th General Meeting at @entsocamerica.bsky.social
dipterists.bsky.social Dipterists Society @dipterists.bsky.social · 20d
Please join us for our 34th General Meeting on November 11th [7:00-9:00pm PST (UTC-08:00)] at the Annual Meeting of @entsocamerica.bsky.social. If you won't be at the meeting in person, please see the flyer below for info regarding the Zoom link. The meeting is open to all - hope to see you there! 🦟
Portland, Oregon, USA, November 11th, 2025, Oregon Convention Center, Room C123, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Pacific Time (PT); UTC−08:00 To request the zoom link please DM @bertonemyia.bsky.social 7:00 PM - Social with Finger foods and cash bar provided; Limited drink tickets for craft beer (or lesser value) will be distributed; 7:30 PM - Welcome & Brief Announcements, Field Meeting, Team Diptera Outreach; 7:40 PM - Announcement: Fly School IV: Back to the Tropics, Brian Brown (Natural History Museum Los Angeles); 7:45 PM - Announcement: Tephritid Course, Luc Leblanc (University of Idaho); 7:55 PM - Announcement: Journal of Lost Species John Stireman, Matt Forister, Hollis Woodard; 8:00 PM - Presentation: Blow Flies Under the Lens: Forensic DNA Retrieval Post-ESEM Riley B. Hoffman (UC Davis) and Nicholas J. Miller (Northeastern University); 8:12 PM - Presentation: Archaeological Dipterology: Flies as Evidence from Past Civilizations, Michael A. Monzon (Purdue University) and Krystal R. Hans (Purdue University); 8:24 PM - Recorded Presentation: The Biodiversity of Chironomidae (Diptera) in Hong Kong, Chan Tsz Ying (Elaine) (The University of Hong Kong); 8:36 PM - Recorded Presentation: Distribution of Flies (Insecta: Diptera) Across Altitudinal Gradient in Nyungwe National Park, South-Western Rwanda, Jean de Dieu Nsenganeza (University of Rwanda/UR-CoEB); 8:48 PM - Presentation: Photos of Diptera from Fly School III and Beyond, Matt Bertone (NC State University); 9:00 PM - Closing Remarks
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
dipteracourse.bsky.social
We’ll have an announcement about Fly School 2026, which will be shared here as well, but join in person or virtually if you can!
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
@bertonemyia.bsky.social
dipterists.bsky.social Dipterists Society @dipterists.bsky.social · 20d
Please join us for our 34th General Meeting on November 11th [7:00-9:00pm PST (UTC-08:00)] at the Annual Meeting of @entsocamerica.bsky.social. If you won't be at the meeting in person, please see the flyer below for info regarding the Zoom link. The meeting is open to all - hope to see you there! 🦟
Portland, Oregon, USA, November 11th, 2025, Oregon Convention Center, Room C123, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Pacific Time (PT); UTC−08:00 To request the zoom link please DM @bertonemyia.bsky.social 7:00 PM - Social with Finger foods and cash bar provided; Limited drink tickets for craft beer (or lesser value) will be distributed; 7:30 PM - Welcome & Brief Announcements, Field Meeting, Team Diptera Outreach; 7:40 PM - Announcement: Fly School IV: Back to the Tropics, Brian Brown (Natural History Museum Los Angeles); 7:45 PM - Announcement: Tephritid Course, Luc Leblanc (University of Idaho); 7:55 PM - Announcement: Journal of Lost Species John Stireman, Matt Forister, Hollis Woodard; 8:00 PM - Presentation: Blow Flies Under the Lens: Forensic DNA Retrieval Post-ESEM Riley B. Hoffman (UC Davis) and Nicholas J. Miller (Northeastern University); 8:12 PM - Presentation: Archaeological Dipterology: Flies as Evidence from Past Civilizations, Michael A. Monzon (Purdue University) and Krystal R. Hans (Purdue University); 8:24 PM - Recorded Presentation: The Biodiversity of Chironomidae (Diptera) in Hong Kong, Chan Tsz Ying (Elaine) (The University of Hong Kong); 8:36 PM - Recorded Presentation: Distribution of Flies (Insecta: Diptera) Across Altitudinal Gradient in Nyungwe National Park, South-Western Rwanda, Jean de Dieu Nsenganeza (University of Rwanda/UR-CoEB); 8:48 PM - Presentation: Photos of Diptera from Fly School III and Beyond, Matt Bertone (NC State University); 9:00 PM - Closing Remarks
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
A FLYing visit to the Fynbos, Western Cape, South Africa

A fabulous opportunity to film in an incredible habitat (thanks BBC)- in terms of flora its unique but maybe not the most pristine in terms of disturbance. That didn't seem to perturb the flies...SO MANY BEEFLIES

@dipterists.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
The wonderful @yukihaba.bsky.social and I went beneath London to help solve the riddle of the Underground Mosquito...

Debunking rather than spelunking ;)

@marakat.bsky.social @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
nhm-london.bsky.social Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · Oct 24
A long-held myth about a mosquito evolving in the London Underground has been debunked! 🦟

The insect gained notoriety in the Second World War, when it fed on Londoners seeking shelter in the rail tunnels during the Blitz.

Discover its true origin story.👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Origins of the London Underground mosquito revealed | Natural History Museum
New research reveals that these insects likely evolved in the Mediterranean basin more than 1,000 years ago.
www.nhm.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
ATTENTION: The deadline to submit talks for this session is tomorrow! Please DM me for the link if you would like to submit a presentation for consideration.

Thanks and please share!
bertonemyia.bsky.social Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · Sep 10
**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.
October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
dipteracourse.bsky.social
Reminder to submit your abstracts soon if you are interested in presenting!
dipterists.bsky.social Dipterists Society @dipterists.bsky.social · Sep 30
We're still accepting talks for the Dipterists Meeting! Please consider submitting a presentation and sharing the announcement.
bertonemyia.bsky.social Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · Sep 10
**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Friday night is party night. So what is one to wear?

How about some mites? the top fly - a Sphearoceridae is spotting a clustered arrangement of mites, whilst the Chloropids are going for a bold single statement piece of one large hitch-hiker

#flies #phoresy #mites
September 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
It’s the @amentsoc.bsky.social annual fair & I’m here with the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Lots of great fly talk & some great exhibits including these from some of the younger members of the AmEntSoc - aren’t they great?

#entomology
September 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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tdikow.bsky.social
#FlyFriday

Apiocera pica Norris, 1936 (Apioceridae, USNMENT00832111) from Wandoo National Park, Western Australia collected in 2011 - more info here n2t.net/ark:/65665/3...

#asiloidflies #USNMDiptera
fly specimen on insect pin in side view fly specimen on insect pin in top view fly specimen on insect pin in frontal view habitat of fly
September 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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teaganmulford.bsky.social
Tired of doom scrolling? Want to help a PhD student out? Check your collection for Promachus (and friends) and I'll be forever indebted! If you need an excuse to get outside and go collecting this weekend, this is it! #Asilidae #Diptera
A poster saying "Wanted: Robber flies, Promachus and Allies. Wanted: freshly caught specimens of Promachus or other large robber flies for DNA extraction. Contact Teagan Mulford at teaganmulford@gmail.com with any questions or leads. Thank you! PC: Steve Collins"
September 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
Dark taxa are extremely diverse organisms that remain largely undescribed due to small size, subtle differences, & few experts.

Take this quiz to find out what you are - I'm a gall midge! whatdarktaxonareyou.static.domains/insect-quiz....

by @vivianfeng.bsky.social & @flyliceresearch.bsky.social
A dark, hairy gall midge fly on a white sheet. It has long legs and antennae and a red neck. Quiz results showing I'm a gall midge or cecidomyiid
September 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.
September 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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dipterists.bsky.social
Open call for presentations for the Dipterists Society 34th General Meeting, taking place in Portland, OR in November. Both in-person and virtual presentations will be considered.
bertonemyia.bsky.social Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · Sep 10
**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.
September 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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agnieszkaanna.bsky.social
Posted today: AMNH Invertebrate zoology is hiring a new collectuons manager (curatorial associate).
Curatorial Associate
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
I am reassociating mosquito heads with bodies this afternoon and I got sidetracked by this BEAUTY

Aedes (mucidus) grahamii - this little lady was from Entebbe, Uganda and was collected in 1961. And STILL looking fabulous

@nhm-london.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @mosquitolab.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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jencross.bsky.social
This is an interesting interaction for entomology folks. Found some ants that looked like they were aphid farming, but they were walking around with abdomens up, which seemed weird. Well, there was a phorid fly lurking around.
Mammoth, AZ
An ant on the stem of a plant. It is coppery colored with a dark brown abdomen and the abdomen is pointed up. An ant on the stem of a plant amid a bunch of aphid. A small phorid fly can be seen near the stem of the plant above the ant. A close-up of the phorid fly showing a grayish color, hooked abdomen, and large eyes. The stem of the plant with aphids on it can be seen in the upper right.
July 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM