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Morangup, Western Australia, Australia
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Stony Cross, England, United Kingdom
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Small colourful flies that hover between low plants in sunshine.Photo: Fred
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Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Twee Rivieren, Northern Cape, South Africa
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We went on a hunt looking for Mydid flies and found these. They are an interesting fly that flies low to the ground landing under the shrubs or parallel on a small stick to hide. ~20mm
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It is nice to see these back again. They don't fly very high staying very close to low shrubbery. We have seen only 4 of these this year. I hope you find these Ron and Beth.
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South Oxfordshire District, England, United Kingdom
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Jupiter, Florida, United States
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Melaleuca, Western Australia, Australia
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Tabberabbera, Victoria, Australia
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Alcornocales National Park, Andalucia, Spain
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Morondava, MADAGASCAR
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Poole, England, United Kingdom
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Alcornocales N.P. Andalucia, Spain
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Argaka, Paphos District, Cyprus
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Arizona, United States
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I found this fly seeking shelter in my conservatory (Ipswich, VC25 East Suffolk, TM166450) on 28 July 2015... ie hanging onto the outside of the door in the high wind. I brought it in overnight and released it this morning. This photo was taken while it was getting used to the fresh morning air before flying away. Identified from the keys in Stubbs and Drake (2014) book on British Soldierflies and their allies. The colours of the hairs on the abdomen, pale halters, multiple rows of bristles in anteroventral hind femur and the shape and size of the black shiny patch on the face between the eyes are typical of Thereva nobilitata, by far the most common British species. ID confirmed by Ian Andrews on the Facebook UK Diptera group page.
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Alcornocales National Park, Cadiz Province, Andalucia Spain.
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Cayenne, French Guiana
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I was fortunate enough to see two of these beeflies having a battle. It is a large beefly with strong vein markings on the wings. I heard the two males (I presume) first and they were flying and crashing into each other. One sat down for a little while allowing me to move in for a couple of photos before he buzzed off very fast. I notice he has damage on both wings.
Comptosia aurescens ID with thanks Michael Jefferies. See Michael's comment on
www.flickr.com/photos/jean_hort/16228974915/
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Lakeland, Florida, United States
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The flies were quite plentiful and appeared to be laying eggs while hovering above small ant nests and disturbed sand on the track. These were also hovering over the leaf litter along the track edge. They occasionally rested momentarily on the sand or perched on low shrubs and grasses.