Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Fly

Thanks so much, everyone, for your help in identifiying this insect that I photographed on a Yarrow plant at Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail (Highway 66), on July 21st. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scathophaga_stercoraria

I believe this little fly is a Deer Fly. They have black and white wings and the most amazing eyes : ) I always think they look as if they are wearing designer sunglasses, lol. This one was busy at work on a Yarrow plant at Maclean Pond, Kananaskis, on August 16th. Love the tiny specks of pollen on its hairy legs!

I think I'm right in saying that this is probably a Horse Fly (Hybomitra spp.). They have amazing eyes with brightly coloured stripes. This one would not leave us alone when we were searching for shore birds recently, on the sloughs (ponds/wetlands) just east of Calgary.

When I first saw this insect, I was looking at it head-on and I thought I'd found a new (for me) insect. I then realized that this looks like just a Greenbottle fly.

Not sure if this is a Fly or a Hover Fly. Whatever it is, it's very spikey! It wasn't until I got home early this afternoon, after going on half of a bird walk followed by a couple of hours of the semi-annual Weaselhead Clean-up, that I discovered something. When I cropped and enlarged this photo, I saw that this Aster has those beautiful coiled petals like another photo I uploaded a few days ago. How clever that nature has designed these Asters to coil so carefully. I wonder if any other flowers do the same thing when they begin to die.

Nothing spectacular, but I mainly liked the mixture of soft, early fall colours.

Sometimes you get an unexpected bonus if you stop and smell the roses!