why does this cape ivy gall fly larva look like a seal

fr though this is the cutest thing in the world
why does this cape ivy gall fly larva look like a seal

fr though this is the cutest thing in the world


Cool looking fly in the grass at the park, probably one of my best bug photos I think so far!
I moved into a new house in the dead of winter. It was freezing. Now springtime: the flourishing.
The flies have started coming out of the walls. There are so many flies. I can’t look out my windows because there are flies. Budding. Blooming. Where are they coming from. Where are they coming from. Where are they coming from.
I wake up with flies in the corners of my eyes. My room is become a nest. I can’t see.
The flies
they’re coming
they’re coming
they’re here

Myathropa florea
Cruz Quebrada/Portugal (3/03/2026)
[Nikon d7100; AF 105mm Micro-Nikkor F2,8]


Eristalis tenax
Cruz Quebrada/Portugal (3/03/2026)
[Nikon D7100; AF 105mm Micro-Nikkor F2,8]

Drosophila sp
Cruz Quebrada/Portugal (3/03/2026)
[Nikon D7100; AF 105mm Micro-Nikkor F2,8]



Some photos of flies, taken on my older phone samsung of model i dont remember with enhancing lens wore on
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i just saw a fuxku fucking
fly tornado that shit was crazy
also apparently an omen ig
new omen just dropped campers
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Biden flies commercial from DCA and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else