Swept from Salix recently in East Yorkshire, UK. I make this Euura vittata...does that look okay Marko Prous ? Andrew Green Andy Musgrove

Bifurcate beauty!

Leucophora obtusa....an anthomyiid fly kleptoparasitic upon Andrena bees. Present in huge numbers recently around flowering Salix beside the River Derwent in VC61. YNU Dipterists Forum

At last - some decent signs of spring. The marvellous Drosophilid fly Leucophenga maculata and the seldom seen Cheilosia semifasciata. Pontesford Hill, Shropshire.

Just laying out the Craneflies pages for our Guide to #FliesofBritainandIreland to be published next year. Here's just 4 of the pages showing the spectacular comb-horn craneflies. Rory Dimond 🌼🪰🌼🐝🌼🦟 Gail Ashton 💚🪲🌍 Steven Falk Dr Erica McAlister Dipterists Forum BBO Wildlife Trust Chris Packham

Myopa tessellatipennis in cop. beneath riverside Salix in VC61 this pm. Far and away the most common Myopa sp. in East Yorkshire. YNU Dipterists Forum #conopidae

The enigmatic Sussex Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma sullingtoniensis, only known from one site in the UK until Graeme Lyons & Alice Parfitt found two new sites last year. This one among a fair few on Sunday at Alice's site Hurston Warren and c. 20 days earlier than found last year.

Conops vesicularis ♀ today in Bengeo garden along with its likely local hosts, Vespula germanica queen & Vespula vulgaris queen. BNA – Herts branch #Conopidae

The timber beetle Hylecoetus dermestoides at Cali Heath Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve today...incredible maxillary palps on the male. YNU

Phaonia fuscata starting to appear now on tree trunks...an attractive, long-legged and rather skittish muscid. YNU Dipterists Forum

This week we had our first 2024 record of an adult solidierfly! Thanks to Terry Crow for a record of Silver Colonel soldierfly, Odontomyia argentata. If you have wetlands near you please have a look for this fairly rare species, flying in Apr-May, info at soldierflies.brc.ac.uk/silver_colonel

Lively around a badger corpse this am at #AllerthorpeCommon in VC61. Neoleria ruficauda (200+), Hydrotaea dentipes, Nicrophorus vespilloides and Dermestes murinus just a small part of the insects benefitting.
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Conops vesicularis ♂ today in Bengeo garden, magnificent hornet-mimic & largest British conopid. Vespa, Vespula & Dolichovespula queens are its presumed host. BNA – Herts branch #Conopidae

I've just added around 30 small paintings of insects to my website. RTs appreciated richardlewington.co.uk

Rhagium mordax...my first longhorn beetle of the year, posing on Salix at Cali Heath Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve this am. YNU Longhorn RS

Orygma luctuosum...a large member of the Sepsidae, found under decomposing wrack at the top of beaches. Loads of these at Oldshoremore beach in North-west Sutherland this week. Dipterists Forum #Sepsidae

Tipula subnodicornis ♂...a cranefly abundant in North-west Sutherland around boggy pools this last week. Cranefly Recording Scheme Dipterists Forum

I've still got some copies of my zine on Norman church architecture in York. I think it's a good intro if you want to plan in advance a walk around some of the city parish churches off the tourist routes. 20 pages in total w. my own photos and drawings. etsy.com/uk/listing/169…

Tipula rufina, presumably...incredible photo.

Spiny-winged #Heleomyzidae action around a badger corpse in East Yorkshire...Neoleria ruficauda, Scoliocentra villosa and Neoleria propinqua. Won't be long til propinqua disappears, and then N. inscripta will take over til the corpse is gone. Dipterists Forum