A new species is described as the assassin-fly genus ๐ด๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ is reviewed in the southern Namib Desert.
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Happy World Bee Fly Day! Here is one of the most colorful bee flies Iโve encountered, Zinnomyia brincki. Collected in Namibia.
#FlyWeek #WorldBeeFlyDay #TeamDiptera
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A poster with a Dolichopodidae in the center reading: Fly Week "like shark week, but with flies" April 30th- May 6th. Post your favorite two-winged wonders using the hashtag #FlyWeek. Brought to you by @teamdiptera.
T- minus 16 days till #FlyWeek! ๐ชฐ
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pinned fly specimen head
pinned fly specimen body
pinned fly specimen body
coastal dunes where fly was collected
#FlyFriday assassin fly Acnephalomyia andrenoides (female, USNMENT00870068) from Atlantic Ocean coast of South Africa near Papendorp - collected in Sep 2009 #asiloidflies
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New Species Alert! Say hello to Enica adelphe! This new bee fly is native to the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape of South Africa. NHRE intern Lisa Rollinson and I synonymized the genera Enica and Nomalonia, in addition we described a new species. Happy #FlyFriday !
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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal on the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and palaeontology of Afrotropical invertebrates.
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We explore how evolution, ecology and biological clocks interact,
with a focus on lunar rhythms in development and reproduction
of the marine insect Clunio.
+ Genomics | Biodiversity | Behaviour | NeuroBio | MolBio | SciCom
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๐ชฒ Lover of insects and nature
๐ชฒ Still trying to find my place in the world
MS โ25 in ecology
Love anything entomology, herpetology, or scicomm!
Breeding Salvinia Weevils to save the wetlands @LSUAgCenter.bsky.social ๐พ๐ชฒ For biological illustration and more check out http://maggiekellerart.com
Studying why and how behavior evolves, from mosquitoes to mole-rats | Postdoc/Leon Levy Scholar @Columbia working with Ishmail Abdus-Saboor | PhD @Princeton with Lindy McBride | ้บปๅธ/ๆฑๅคง alum ๐ฏ๐ต | yukihaba.github.io
Postdoc in the department of Biogeography, University of Trier @unitrier.bsky.social. From the island of Ischia.
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Amateur wildlife photographer & invert keeper (millipedes, but also some beetles, tarantula, isopods, and Gryllus crickets)
Iterested in most invertebrate orders, but especially Diplopoda, Isopoda, and Hymenoptera.
My OC photography is CC0 public domain
Science Writer | Currently in Berlin, DE | PhD from @awi.de exploring peatland + permafrost landscapes |
Ask me about soil carbon, high latitude wetlands, or my favorite local hiking trails : )
Assistant Director (BAO) | Research Assistant - Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Acarology | Writer
Iโm campaigning for more messy spaces for nature, join our messy mission and letโs Rewild together by doing less- and letting nature do the rest!
PhD researcher - Rewilding with Beavers ๐ฆซ
Founder of the Wee Pond Project ๐ธ
Entomologist and artist. All views are my own.
Alberta, Canada.
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Bug, microbiome, and -omics enthusiast. UTSC Postdoc studying wood-eating wasps and moths. Aspiring academic twitter cool girl. ๐๐งฌ๐ชต๐ฌโจ
PhD student in Jacob Koella's lab at Neuchรขtel | Evolutionary biologist interested in how host-parasite interactions evolve and influence each other | he/him |
๐Neuchรขtel, Switzerland
Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF)
#Butterflies #Ants #Insects #Evolution #Biodiversity
Entomologist ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐
Postdoc investigating interactions between cover crops ๐พ๐ธ๐บ๐ชป, ants ๐, pests ๐, natural enemies ๐ท๏ธ๐ and the effect on biological control.
๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐บ |Molecular Entomologist |
Biodiversity explorer | โค๏ธpsyllidsโค๏ธ |
Metabarcoding & Biosecurity |
Retired palaeontologist and museum curator, admirer of arthropods, and all 'round nature nerd. Fiercely Canadian. Staunchly antifascist. ๐จ๐ฆ
