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Hello, I am Myrmoteras and I will be your disembowler this evening.
Hello, I am Myrmoteras and I will be your disembowler this evening.
Hello, I am Myrmoteras and I will be your disembowler this evening.
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Giant crane fly (Tipula abdominalis). If you include the legs it was approximately 5 inches in length, so definitely a fly of unusual size (FOUS). I've cropped the image to show how pretty the thorax is. #diptera #cranefly #flies #entomology #tipula #tipulidae #insects #nature
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A gallery of ant queens from around the world.
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Natural-History/Queen-Ants
A gallery of ant queens from around the world.
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Natural-History/Queen-Ants
Dragonfly hovering over a pond, between laying eggs.
Same dragonfly as before, photographed from behind.
A hovering dragon fly photographed from the side. It has black and yellowish red bands on its long tail and a greenish body.
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First-ever documented case of a plant mimicking ants to attract pollinators https://phys.org/news/2025-09-documented-case-mimicking-ants-pollinators.html
Olfactory floral #mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly #pollinators https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225011261
"Vincetoxicum nakaianum (a #dogbane species native to #Japan described only a year ago) mimics the smell of #ants attacked by #spiders. This scent attracts #flies that feed on these injured #insects and pollinate the #flowers in the process."
Petra van Cronenburg
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#NewSpecies!
New shore fly from #czechrepublic just landed:
Scatophila hirsovae
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C51867-FFEC-B626-3331-2DC16419FB22
Publication: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.012
#ActaEntomologica #ScatophilaHirsovae
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #diptera #fly
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Plant that mimics odour of half-eaten ants to attract pollinators discovered https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/24/plant-that-mimics-odour-of-half-eaten-ants-to-attract-pollinators-discovered #Environment #Wildlife #Insects #Spiders #Science #Plants #Japan
First-ever documented case of a plant mimicking ants to attract pollinators https://phys.org/news/2025-09-documented-case-mimicking-ants-pollinators.html
Olfactory floral #mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly #pollinators https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225011261
"Vincetoxicum nakaianum (a #dogbane species native to #Japan described only a year ago) mimics the smell of #ants attacked by #spiders. This scent attracts #flies that feed on these injured #insects and pollinate the #flowers in the process."