#phoridae — Public Fediverse posts
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Does anyone know why scuttle flies (Phoridae) have these aggressive/well-developed maxillary palps?
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An ant-decapitating fly (Apocephalus sp.) takes advantage of a Pheidole dentata nest disturbed by the photographer to lay her eggs in the exposed ants. At #UTAustin's Brackenridge Field Lab in Texas.
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An ant-decapitating fly (Apocephalus sp.) takes advantage of a Pheidole dentata nest disturbed by the photographer to lay her eggs in the exposed ants. At #UTAustin's Brackenridge Field Lab in Texas.
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It's not the best photograph but I think that blur above the ant's pronotum is Apocephalus coquilletti, a scuttle fly that injects eggs into Camponotus workers. After completing their development the fly apparently causes the ant's head to pop off, using it, I guess, as some sort of escape pod. The fly was amazingly good at tracking every evasive maneuver the ant attempted, making it seem like they were joined by a metal rod. Found it yesterday and now I'm obsessed with finding more. #phoridae #diptera #fly #insects #entomology #ants #nature
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It's not the best photograph but I think that blur above the ant's pronotum is Apocephalus coquilletti, a scuttle fly that injects eggs into Camponotus workers. After completing their development the fly apparently causes the ant's head to pop off, using it, I guess, as some sort of escape pod. The fly was amazingly good at tracking every evasive maneuver the ant attempted, making it seem like they were joined by a metal rod. Found it yesterday and now I'm obsessed with finding more. #phoridae #diptera #fly #insects #entomology #ants #nature
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@leicamicrosystems #microscope images of a wonderful #Phoridae #fly from my #Malaise trap in #Canberra, Australia, 19-26 August 2022.
Identified on #inaturalist as #Sciadocera rufomaculata.
https://inaturalist.org/observations/144604983
The antennae are amazing and the hind legs have curious long tufts of hairs/setae/whatever that must be used to brush something onto or off of something else. Can any #dipterist enlighten me?
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@leicamicrosystems #microscope images of a wonderful #Phoridae #fly from my #Malaise trap in #Canberra, Australia, 19-26 August 2022.
Identified on #inaturalist as #Sciadocera rufomaculata.
https://inaturalist.org/observations/144604983
The antennae are amazing and the hind legs have curious long tufts of hairs/setae/whatever that must be used to brush something onto or off of something else. Can any #dipterist enlighten me?