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No.2 They are incrediably varied in looks.
Most folks recognise the house flies/ blue bottles - very shiny & attractive species that conform to the basic body plan of 1 pair of wings and a pair of halteres (gorgeous drawing by @StevenFalk1 of Calliphora vicina) #NIW2020 but..
Willem Jameson Blaeu (Dutch) map from 1619 of the Americans, along with drawings of people who lived there. Having been to the bottom of Chile I’m not sure I would have been so bravely attired... #MuseumNerdsAbroad #MuseumBoerHaave
@RobertDaut @TiniDo @JackDAshby @museumnaturalis Hell yes
From Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera, Empididae) by Miroslav Bartak, Stepan Kubik
Oh a big hello to @ChrisStelzig on the twittersphere @EntsocAmerica
@MeganShersby @AshWhiffin @minibeastmayhem @EntoProf So a special issue to the best animals on the Planet?
@jesspollitt10 in the TV advert there is a fly dancing on the windscreen.
@sarahhenshall @Buzz_dont_tweet @StevenFalk1 @SteveBackshall @MattEAShardlow @AndWhitehouse @bugsymac1 @Nessalovesbugs @dinster99 @Ecoentogeek @ImogenBurt @NaturalEngland I have collected with him there! You get to hang out with Laphria flava - one of my fav flies ever. I’m up in April and hope to spend some time searching for this beast again (@CNahaboo drawing - I have mug, phone case, picture in study & on desk..)