#blowflies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #blowflies, aggregated by home.social.
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Behold, Rango Pango!
That's the Māori name for this elegant native New Zealand blowfly. The fly is mostly black with a big shiny blue abdomen.
This rango pango landed on a student during our weekend field trip up in the North Canterbury mountains. She (the student) was kind enough to stay still while I photographed it.
Unlike most blowflies, rango pango maggots can grow up on rotting plant material as well as animal carcasses. The adult flies are pollinators of many plants.
This is the third observation on iNat of this species from the North Canterbury Southern Alps.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/304190384
#flies #Diptera #NZ #Calliphora #Calliphoridae #blowflies #iNaturalist #insects
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Behold, Rango Pango!
That's the Māori name for this elegant native New Zealand blowfly. The fly is mostly black with a big shiny blue abdomen.
This rango pango landed on a student during our weekend field trip up in the North Canterbury mountains. She (the student) was kind enough to stay still while I photographed it.
Unlike most blowflies, rango pango maggots can grow up on rotting plant material as well as animal carcasses. The adult flies are pollinators of many plants.
This is the third observation on iNat of this species from the North Canterbury Southern Alps.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/304190384
#flies #Diptera #NZ #Calliphora #Calliphoridae #blowflies #iNaturalist #insects
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1-AUG-2024
Tiny flyers with large impact: #Blowflies carry bird flu virus
A new study from a wild bird colony in southern Japan reveals that blowflies are a potential means of #birdFlu transmission.https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053291
#science #AvianInfluenza #ZoonoticDisease #flu #PublicHealth
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1-AUG-2024
Tiny flyers with large impact: #Blowflies carry bird flu virus
A new study from a wild bird colony in southern Japan reveals that blowflies are a potential means of #birdFlu transmission.https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053291
#science #AvianInfluenza #ZoonoticDisease #flu #PublicHealth
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#Blowflies are potential #vector for avian #influenza virus at #enzootic area in #Japan, Sci Rep.: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61026-1
Our observations suggest C. nigribarbis may acquire the HPAI virus from deceased wild #birds directly or from #fecal materials from infected birds, highlighting the need to add blowflies as a target of HPAI vector control.
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#Blowflies are potential #vector for avian #influenza virus at #enzootic area in #Japan, Sci Rep.: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61026-1
Our observations suggest C. nigribarbis may acquire the HPAI virus from deceased wild #birds directly or from #fecal materials from infected birds, highlighting the need to add blowflies as a target of HPAI vector control.
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Research reveals which animals perceive time the fastest https://phys.org/news/2022-12-reveals-animals-fastest.html
#Animals that perceive time the fastest are those that are small, can fly, or are marine #predators.
#BlowFlies, #Dragonflies were able to detect changes at the highest rate, with vision that could handle 300hz (300 times a second), significantly faster than humans (65hz).
In #vertebrates, the fastest eyes belonged to the pied #FlyCatchers which could see at 146hz. #Salmon clocked in at 96hz and #Dogs at 75hz.
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Research reveals which animals perceive time the fastest https://phys.org/news/2022-12-reveals-animals-fastest.html
#Animals that perceive time the fastest are those that are small, can fly, or are marine #predators.
#BlowFlies, #Dragonflies were able to detect changes at the highest rate, with vision that could handle 300hz (300 times a second), significantly faster than humans (65hz).
In #vertebrates, the fastest eyes belonged to the pied #FlyCatchers which could see at 146hz. #Salmon clocked in at 96hz and #Dogs at 75hz.
