myriapod missing a few dozen limbs. worm watcher and arachnid propagator.
waiting for rain
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interaction recorded while snacking on black raspberries (Rubus occidentalis) and looking for hangingflies (Bittacus), who conveniently seem to enjoy perching on raspberry canes here
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🚨funded PhD position in AUSTRALIA🚨, working on SMALL BROWN LEAF LITTER CREATURES, who could ask for anything more
fairies court mates by doing a flashy dance and showing off their wings and bringing an insect carcass to eat, failing that they bring a mouthful of flavorful brown saliva
what appears to be a running crab spider (Philodromiidae) descended down a line from a tree into my hand. she had caught a mirid bug, which had attracted a cheeky moocher, possibly a freeloader fly (Milichiidae) taking a tax of her meal!
considering the mecopteran fae. wing venation diagrams. dissecting fairy aedeagal complex for identification purposes. fairy leg hair chaetotaxy
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I’m impressed with how unbothered the fly was by this whole experience, truly lost in the unearned sauce
I imagine this crow parent was thinking “these things sure were easier when they sat in the nest screaming all day and couldn’t follow me while still screaming”
chasing these led me deep into the woods and I got a little lost and so basically I think these count as fairies
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Our new genome-scale study reveals that millipedes originated at least 459 million years ago and may have already been roaming land during the Ordovician. We also resolve the placement of two mysterious millipede lineages that puzzled scientists for over a century. 🧬
