#flies
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #flies from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-12 03:22 UTC2 uses by 2 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-12 03:22 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-12 03:22 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~927 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 04:00
Languages: English (35)
Avg boosts / post: 1.2
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This handsome person was on a willow support in a pea garden bed. At first I thought it was a much more common Tachinid fly, but this is new to me: Mesembrina decipiens (I think, I'll see if I get any input on iNat), which is in the housefl
Not too far, a massive robber fly, Machimus rusticus. About 4 centimeters long. Not all flies are fruit flies … nowhere near; some, like this one, are effective predators. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394459828 #iNaturalist #ento
I photographed this wee fly on the campus of #LincolnUniversityNZ, during a student-led campus BioBlitz this month. Otago Museum fly expert Steve Kerr has confirmed on iNaturalist today that it's the endemic species, *Melanagromyza senecion
What “flies” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediaflies/flaɪz/
- nounThe open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
- nounAny insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A fly is an insect of the order Diptera, named for the single pair of wings. The hindwings have evolved into halteres, organs that sense rotation, giving flies precise control of their flight. Diptera is a large order containing more than 150,000 species, including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies, mosquitoes and others.
“Fly” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#flies across platforms
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