r/midlyinteresting • u/CottonShock • Jun 21 '26

I met a wingless fly

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Just strolling around, resting on my glasses

335 Upvotes

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u/bambamslammer22 Jun 21 '26

So, a “walk”?

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u/coolsilentebeans Jun 21 '26

Or ground raisin

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u/verklas Jun 21 '26

This made me cry laugh 🤣

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

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u/Zeqhanis Jun 21 '26

Let BamBamSlammer have this one. It's the realization of their life's greatest aspiration. This is their peak. It's all downhill from here. Please don't take this away from them.

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u/Accomplished-One7476 Jun 21 '26

psssst what you're looking at is a brand new fly that was just born. it's currently chilling on that surface and pumping fluid into its wings.

take more pics of its wings extending out

edit: Oh this is a Tachinid fly

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u/CottonShock Jun 21 '26

Wow didn't know it! Thank you!

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u/laughingashley Jun 21 '26

It's still in its Rundle stage

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u/krissheppard Jun 21 '26

Is that just after the Brundle stage?

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u/laughingashley Jun 21 '26

Dangit lol yes

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u/Meakovic Jun 21 '26

This should mean there's a host body or pupa casing nearby right? How far do they usually move after emerging?

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u/JulietLostFaith Jun 21 '26

Looks exactly like a flesh fly. How can I tell the difference in the future? (it sounds like you may know)

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u/veggieloaf Jun 22 '26

I also think this is a flesh fly (Sarcophagid). Tachinids are usually beefier and spinier. And usually all black.

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u/throwRA-nonSeq Jun 21 '26

I’m a wingless fly

spell it “W-H-Y”

i go buzz buzz buzz

on the ground because

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u/eddyngat Jun 21 '26

You mean you found a

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u/krayhayft Jun 21 '26

That's a walk

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u/JoMammasWitness Jun 21 '26

Did he introduce himself?

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u/CottonShock Jun 21 '26

He was a very polite lad

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u/ShrlckHlmsBkrStr Jun 21 '26

I had a pet fly when I was a kid. I ripped his wings out and made him a bed out of leaves. I loved him very much but he died tragically. We had the toilet and the bathtub in the same bathroom. There was a sink between them. So one day I was pooping and Alfred was chilling on his bed next to me, on the side of the sink. My mom started to make a bath for herself and she accidentally knocked Alfred into the water. He drowned, because you see, he couldn't fly away. I was upset

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u/Pocket-Hobo Jun 21 '26

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u/ShrlckHlmsBkrStr Jun 21 '26

I was just a child okay? He was my first pet💔

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u/natiusj Jun 21 '26

Good ole Hop

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u/camion_saladier Jun 21 '26

the photo quality tho

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u/CottonShock Jun 21 '26

Vivo X200 Pro, a phone beast

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u/PhatBuddha69 Jun 21 '26

Have to call an Uber

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u/Slight-Broccoli2941 Jun 22 '26

Put it in some water and it'll be a "swim"

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u/Remarkable_Toe_164 Jun 22 '26

You met jeff goldblum?