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Hello new followers, in addition to birds I spend the warmer months chasing bugs. Here is a fun one for #FlyWeek, a stalk-eyed fly found in the Ecuadorian cloud forest.

(Richardia stylops), El Septimo Paraiso Lodge, Ecuador

https://bsky.app/profile/jencross.bsky.social/post/3lok4feqdlc2k

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago (3 children)

They can get even crazier than that!

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

Hey, fly ladies. Say goodbye the dipod say hello to the tripod...

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago

Talk about cockeyed

[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

the depth perception gotta be insane

[–] dil@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

Happy freaky fly day to those that celebrate

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I dub thee, the Katamari Damacy Fly