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Rob Cannings

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Curator Emeritus of Entomology, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC, Canada. Biologist, naturalist, writer. Broad insect interests but focuses on Odonata, Asilidae. Biodiversity. Conservation.

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Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh ...

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03.05.2025 09:10 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
Dioctria pusio from British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter

Dioctria pusio from British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter

Laphria index from British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter.

Laphria index from British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter.

Stenopogon inquinatus, British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter.

Stenopogon inquinatus, British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter.

#WorldRobberFlyDay
#FlyWeek ... More robber fly portraits: Dioctria pusio, Laphria index, Stenopogon inquinatus. All from The Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Photos: Werner Eigelsreiter.

30.04.2025 23:15 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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#FlyWeek #WorldRobberFlyDay Fossil head of a Lasiopogon robber fly discovered in a 16,500-year-old Arctic Ground Squirrel midden in Yukon, Canada. Several species of the genus are common in the region today. See doi.org/10.4039/tce....

30.04.2025 22:12 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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For #FlyWeek and #WorldRobberFlyDay, here's a male Efferia benedicti in the grasslands of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

30.04.2025 21:59 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Superb, Teagan!👍

30.04.2025 20:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0