Dipterist, Entomologist, presenter, author, museum lover Principal Curator, Flies and fleas, Natural History Museum, London, UK https://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mv6iqgdwhs2sCheck out this absolute unit of a Robberfly - an undescribed/identified Bactria species from Vietnam. Amazing @dipterists.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social10 Sep 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6iqgdwhs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mv5nsdbpc22eWell #Ento26 thank you Excellent @royentsoc.bsky.social in Cardiff. @corriemoreau.bsky.social gave an excellent plenary - excellent scientist & communicator 200 years of the Entomology club - entomology then, now & in the future Then banquet with a Welsh choir! (There may have been pubs after)10 Sep 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5nsdbpc22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mv34urk7l22aWhat a Woman - Professor Yamni Novak - I love it.. #maggots #Ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social #entofashion09 Sep 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv34urk7l22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3muz253davs2wI’m sitting in the @royentsoc.bsky.social AGM at #Ento26 and I’ve been mentally sidetracked by this caterpillar and its similarity to my own physical state..I should probably get a hair cut at some point this year…08 Sep 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz253davs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3muylzxjvwk2rWhat a start to #Ento26 Maggot therapy for the plenary with Professor Yamni Novak - what a start! I love it..08 Sep 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3muylzxjvwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3muwxv23gdk27I’m about to board a train to Cardiff for @royentsoc.bsky.social #Ento2026 So who is attending? Any maggot masses? Fly frenzies? Here comes a bee-rider to join the fun 🪰😎🤘07 Sep 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwxv23gdk27https://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3muutkb3h322phttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/05/rentokil-pest-control-pestival-community-interest-company/ Rentokil are being bullies - please support Pestival and stop a company that profits on killing insects from killing this celebration of them @telegraph.co.uk06 Sep 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3muutkb3h322phttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mu33qjeeyc2fResearching old Entomology books for an upcoming talk in the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social From 1823, a series of pamphlets (all together here) by Christian F Vogels ‘Schmetterlings-Cabinet für Kinder’ or Butterflies for children was published. 200 years old & still wow @royentsoc.bsky.social27 Aug 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu33qjeeyc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mtyf57j5622yBats and bat-flies Last night I tagged along to collect Nycteribiids from Daubenton’s bats. Great to see these dipteran weirdoes - flies with no wings, no eyes & giving birth to live young. 😎🪰 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social26 Aug 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyf57j5622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mto6afoyek2hThe lovely @wildkatdahl.bsky.social & I went looking for Asilus crabroniformis (hornet robberfly) & weren’t disappointed - 20 including 4 mating pairs!! (Last image Kats 😎). A fab Sussex bottom Perfect habitat - chalk with dung @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social22 Aug 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto6afoyek2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mtdrm46bls2qWant to hear me talk about Motivational Maggots? Fundamentally-important Flies? or Inspirational Instars? Then come along on September 29 2026 for a @groundlevel.bsky.social event to talk gardens & climate resilience https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ground-level-presents-gardening-for-climate-resilience-tickets-199507487866818 Aug 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdrm46bls2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3msjmo2l7n22sHeads up folks Some Tabanidae that were sampled from the Canopy Tower at the Soltis Center, Costa Rica These images show both differences in eye patterns & antennal branching. Sadly the eye patterns disappear as they desicate so images are important #FlySchool2026 @dipteracourse.bsky.social07 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjmo2l7n22shttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3msjckqubxk2mCheck out this extraordinary female Eucelatoria sp (Tachinidae). She possess a sharp piercer that she tucks up underneath her when not being deployed, for oviposition - you can see her ovipositor nestled in this penetrating sheath! Badass lady! @dipteracourse.bsky.social #FlySchool202607 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjckqubxk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3msglobfc3c2sA rather lovely male Artemita sp (Stratiomyidae), one of the larger Pachygastrinae in Costa Rica. This genus mostly has species with hairy eyes, and this one is no exception @dipteracourse.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social #FlySchool202606 Aug 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3msglobfc3c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3ms7c5sjv3s2kA female Physoptera (Phoridae) showing off/advertising her presence, by releasing pheromones through her abdominal glands (the yellow stripes on her abdomen). As you can see they have reduced abdominal plates (tergites) that allow these glands to expand #FlySchool2026 @dipteracourse.bsky.social03 Aug 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7c5sjv3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3ms4daxapas2iA gorgeous new family of flies for me - Xylomyidae, the Wood Soldier flies These have been poorly studied as most caught via malaise but Antoine Touret hand caught this off a wall at the @soltiscenter. 3spp described in Costa Rica but many more waiting to de determined @dipteracourse.bsky.social02 Aug 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4daxapas2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3ms2fh4npuk23@bertonemyia.bsky.social asked his seven year old nephew to give common names to flies.. Do you agree? And can you name the actual families? #FlySchool2026 @dipteracourse.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social01 Aug 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2fh4npuk23https://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mrxwsadui22yBloody love these flies [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxwsadui22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mrxswzr2jc2eLots of ‘whooping’ about the next lecture at #FlySchool2026 by @riccardi-p.bsky.social - genitalia preps ‘We use genitalia as its under positive selection’. @dipteracourse.bsky.social31 Jul 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxswzr2jc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mrxpe74glc22Afternoons lecture by Brian Brown at @dipteracourse.bsky.social #FlySchool2026 starts with Hypopygial circumversion in the higher flies Instead of the males being dragged along, their genitalia has rotated to offer them some dignity 🤓🤘31 Jul 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxpe74glc22