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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social

Friday Flyday! Here’s an ephydrid fly I found at the beach in Victoria, Australia. Couldn’t identify it beyond family.

Macro photo in side view of a mottled black and white acalyptrate fly standing on beach sand grains.
aug 29, 2025, 9:17 pm • 52 7

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weevil •-• @weevilthewizard.bsky.social

ohh those dappled markings are so gorgeous!!

aug 29, 2025, 9:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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DaniSue @danisue.bsky.social

Aren’t there just like 10 species of flies?😉

aug 29, 2025, 11:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social

Fire flies, caddis flies, scorpion flies…

aug 29, 2025, 11:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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DaniSue @danisue.bsky.social

Hover flies ❤️

aug 29, 2025, 11:27 pm • 0 0 • view