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Bee Fly in the family Bombylidae and genus Xenox. Photo by bee watcher Jeff Polley. We previously posted about common flower visiting flies in the NYC area, but bee watcher and blogger (www.thissideofscience.com) Jeffrey Polley recently brought a few more to our attention. The above massive fly has been seen recently [...] To continue reading this post, click on the post title Cicadas mating, Photo by Kevin Matteson Over the last couple weeks you have probably heard the rising crescendo of hundreds of cicadas “singing”. The sound is produced by structures called “timbals” on the males’ abdomens. Cicadas like to sing in hot, humid weather, thus the association (in my mind at least) of this sound with [...] To continue reading this post, click on the post title Not sure if it is because of the wet spring and summer but I have been seeing a lot of flies on flowers recently. Here are a few flies commonly observed in the NYC area: Flies on flowers. Clockwise from top left: Syrphid on strawberry, Toxomerus, muscid fly on Dianthus, green bottle fly Although these are [...] To continue reading this post, click on the post title |
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