Todays Mini Beast Safari

[Ryewolf]

A Couple of Hoverflies

A Froghopper - I think, if you've ever seen cuckoo spit and wondered what creates it, it's probably the young of one of these..

A tiny orange fly on a grass seed head

A couple of Damselflies

 

[Cobra]

Very nice
That first one is stunning

 

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Cobra

 

[doggel]

fine set.

 

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Doggel

 

[Daysleeper40]

nice work - that little orange fly must have been a challenge!

 

[Ryewolf]

nice work - that little orange fly must have been a challenge!

Thanks Fi, it certainly was.

 

[Cobra]

A tiny orange fly on a grass seed head

BTW I shot one a little while ago and I am reliably informed that it was
Psilidae > Psila fimeteria

Or to put it another way, a "rust fly".

 

[Ryewolf]

Psila fimeteria

It does look close, except for the lack of hairs and the angle that it holds the wings

 

[Cobra]

It does look close, except for the lack of hairs and the angle that it holds the wings

I would suggest that as its bending over the wings wouldn't lay flat anyway?
It also appears that Camptoprosopella has more hairs ( like your images)
Mine was slightly more bald than that, I hadn't noticed all the hairs TBH.