{"id":163,"date":"2010-02-08T22:17:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T03:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2010-02-08T22:19:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T03:19:05","slug":"time-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/08\/time-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Flies&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well, this post was originally supposed to be finished for Friday, but here we are and it&#8217;s already Monday!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Today I&#8217;ll be showing some of the lower flies from my trip to Bolivia in spring 2007.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Cyphomyia120070503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-164\" title=\"Cyphomyia sp. (Stratiomyidae)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Cyphomyia120070503-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Cyphomyia sp. on a leaf in Amazonian Bolivia\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Cyphomyia120070503-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Cyphomyia120070503-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Cyphomyia120070503.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->Having just finished my undergraduate honour&#8217;s thesis on the Stratiomyidae of Ontario, I was itching to find some cool tropical soldier flies! This <em>Cyphomyia<\/em> sp. was at the top of my hitlist for things I wanted to see, and it took nearly the entire trip until I found some hanging around a recently felled tree. The metallic blue body and yellow head really makes this genus special in my eyes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Ocyptamus-Tilt20070428.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-165\" title=\"Ocyptamus sp. Tilted\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Ocyptamus-Tilt20070428-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Peruvian Ocyptamus sp.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Ocyptamus-Tilt20070428-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Ocyptamus-Tilt20070428-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Ocyptamus-Tilt20070428.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This flower fly (family Syrphidae) posed nicely for my first photograph of the trip!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Syphid120070503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-166\" title=\"Bee-like Syrphid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Syphid120070503-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Bee mimicing flower fly from Bolivia Syrphidae\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Syphid120070503-300x174.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Syphid120070503-500x291.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Syphid120070503.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The flower flies are one of the most diverse families of lower Brachycera with many different body plans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Calliphorid20070430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-167\" title=\"Blow-fly me away!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Calliphorid20070430-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Tight photo of a blow-fly from Bolivia Calliphoridae\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Calliphorid20070430-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Calliphorid20070430-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Calliphorid20070430.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Related to the blue-bottle flies frequently referenced on CSI, this blow-fly species (family Calliphoridae) was a frequent visitor to honey spray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Tachinidae120070502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-168\" title=\"Tachinidae\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Tachinidae120070502-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Tachinidae sitting on leaf in Bolivia\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Tachinidae120070502-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Tachinidae120070502-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Tachinidae120070502.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Tachinidae are a hyper-diverse family of parasitic flies with more than 8,000 species described thus far, and many many more to go!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog-fly20070502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-169\" title=\"Sonic the Hedgehog-fly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog-fly20070502-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Hedgehog fly in Bolivia\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog-fly20070502-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog-fly20070502-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog-fly20070502.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m generally not a fan of Calyptrates, but I have to make an exception for the Tachinidae. Their extremely varied morphology and the abundance of spikes on their abdomens (in most cases) make them a lot of fun to find!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tomorrow should round off the Bolivian insects with some Acalyptrate flies finally taking centre stage (where they rightfully belong)!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this post was originally supposed to be finished for Friday, but here we are and it&#8217;s already Monday! Today I&#8217;ll be showing some of the lower flies from my trip to Bolivia in spring 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17,22],"tags":[20,25,40,598,38,39,41],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insects","category-photography","category-travel","tag-amazon","tag-bolivia","tag-calliphoridae","tag-diptera","tag-stratiomyidae","tag-syrphidae","tag-tachinidae","category-23-id","category-17-id","category-22-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}