Subject: Fly ID Geographic location of the bug: Aurora, Ontario. Canada Date: 05/04/2019 Time: 11:14 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hi! Could you please help me with ID of this fly? I guess it’s some kind of hoverfly How you want your letter signed: Vladimir Morozov Dear Vladimir, Your images are beautiful. We … Read more
Subject: Chalcid wasp? Location: Peterborough ON May 26, 2016 9:02 pm I found these small (1mm+) wasp-like insects mating in my backyard on the weekend – May 24. It was sunny and warm: around 26C. Signature: Rob Tonus Dear Rob, Our initial impression that the faces on your mating insects looked more like Flies than … Read more
Subject: thick headed fly Location: Lancaster, PA October 30, 2013 10:12 AM Hi again Don’t mean to be a pest, but thought you might be able to use some shots of thick headed-flies making maggots. I took these in my flower garden on Joe Pye weed, Lancaster PA. There are abundant bumble bees which I … Read more
Identify a Wasp with a white face? Location: Fairfield, Maine August 3, 2010 7:45 pm I found this on some goldenrod along with dozens of paper wasps. I seemed very camera shy or very busy, so I was only able to get this one picture. I looked through a lot of the potter wasps but … Read more
Thick-headed Bug Love July 14, 2010 Found some thick-headed flies courting and thought you might like them for your bug love page. They were mating until I rudely interrupted with my camera, poor things. Sara central NJ Hi Sara, We keep on saying this is the last letter we are posting today, and we keep … Read more
Thick-headed fly July 11, 2010 Thick-headed fly Sure thought this was a smallish wasp, but finally found out it’s a thick-headed fly. Thought you might like a picture. Sara NJ Hi Sara, As we were working on your post, we realized we needed to create a new category for Thick Headed Flies. We will need … Read more