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  1. Bioinspired engineering: the eye of a parasitic fly of a wasp (Strepsiptera) deviates from the standard insect compound eye in interesting ways:

    “Xenos peckii vision inspires an ultrathin digital camera”, Keum et al. 2018
    nature.com/articles/s41377-018

    Taking advantage of the present state of a still ongoing many-million year evolutionary process.

    #Strepsiptera #biomimicry #bioinspired #engineering

  2. Bioinspired engineering: the eye of a parasitic fly of a wasp (Strepsiptera) deviates from the standard insect compound eye in interesting ways:

    “Xenos peckii vision inspires an ultrathin digital camera”, Keum et al. 2018
    nature.com/articles/s41377-018

    Taking advantage of the present state of a still ongoing many-million year evolutionary process.

    #Strepsiptera #biomimicry #bioinspired #engineering

  3. Bioinspired engineering: the eye of a parasitic fly of a wasp (Strepsiptera) deviates from the standard insect compound eye in interesting ways:

    “Xenos peckii vision inspires an ultrathin digital camera”, Keum et al. 2018
    nature.com/articles/s41377-018

    Taking advantage of the present state of a still ongoing many-million year evolutionary process.

    #Strepsiptera #biomimicry #bioinspired #engineering

  4. Bioinspired engineering: the eye of a parasitic fly of a wasp (Strepsiptera) deviates from the standard insect compound eye in interesting ways:

    “Xenos peckii vision inspires an ultrathin digital camera”, Keum et al. 2018
    nature.com/articles/s41377-018

    Taking advantage of the present state of a still ongoing many-million year evolutionary process.

    #Strepsiptera #biomimicry #bioinspired #engineering

  5. Bioinspired engineering: the eye of a parasitic fly of a wasp (Strepsiptera) deviates from the standard insect compound eye in interesting ways:

    “Xenos peckii vision inspires an ultrathin digital camera”, Keum et al. 2018
    nature.com/articles/s41377-018

    Taking advantage of the present state of a still ongoing many-million year evolutionary process.

    #Strepsiptera #biomimicry #bioinspired #engineering

  6. If you photograph enough wasps and bees eventually you’ll encounter some that are stylopized: parasitized with Strepsiptera, a family of flies that look harmless yet are capable of dominating and living off top brass like paper wasps and more.
    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Strepsiptera #entomology

  7. If you photograph enough wasps and bees eventually you’ll encounter some that are stylopized: parasitized with Strepsiptera, a family of flies that look harmless yet are capable of dominating and living off top brass like paper wasps and more.
    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Strepsiptera #entomology

  8. If you photograph enough wasps and bees eventually you’ll encounter some that are stylopized: parasitized with Strepsiptera, a family of flies that look harmless yet are capable of dominating and living off top brass like paper wasps and more.
    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Strepsiptera #entomology

  9. If you photograph enough wasps and bees eventually you’ll encounter some that are stylopized: parasitized with Strepsiptera, a family of flies that look harmless yet are capable of dominating and living off top brass like paper wasps and more.
    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Strepsiptera #entomology

  10. If you photograph enough wasps and bees eventually you’ll encounter some that are stylopized: parasitized with Strepsiptera, a family of flies that look harmless yet are capable of dominating and living off top brass like paper wasps and more.
    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Strepsiptera #entomology

  11. The #warmthloving #paperwasp #Polistes #dominula (Polistinae) was originally native to central/ southern Europe and Asia, but is increasingly spreading towards Scandinavia due to #globalwarming. In e.g. Australia and #NorthAmerica it occurs as #neozoan. 50 or more nest cells are created by one or several young #queens with the strongest subdueing its competitors. The wasp can be #parasitized by #Xenos #vesparum (#Strepsiptera).
    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

  12. The #warmthloving #paperwasp #Polistes #dominula (Polistinae) was originally native to central/ southern Europe and Asia, but is increasingly spreading towards Scandinavia due to #globalwarming. In e.g. Australia and #NorthAmerica it occurs as #neozoan. 50 or more nest cells are created by one or several young #queens with the strongest subdueing its competitors. The wasp can be #parasitized by #Xenos #vesparum (#Strepsiptera).
    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

  13. The #warmthloving #paperwasp #Polistes #dominula (Polistinae) was originally native to central/ southern Europe and Asia, but is increasingly spreading towards Scandinavia due to #globalwarming. In e.g. Australia and #NorthAmerica it occurs as #neozoan. 50 or more nest cells are created by one or several young #queens with the strongest subdueing its competitors. The wasp can be #parasitized by #Xenos #vesparum (#Strepsiptera).
    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

  14. The #warmthloving #paperwasp #Polistes #dominula (Polistinae) was originally native to central/ southern Europe and Asia, but is increasingly spreading towards Scandinavia due to #globalwarming. In e.g. Australia and #NorthAmerica it occurs as #neozoan. 50 or more nest cells are created by one or several young #queens with the strongest subdueing its competitors. The wasp can be #parasitized by #Xenos #vesparum (#Strepsiptera).
    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

  15. The #warmthloving #paperwasp #Polistes #dominula (Polistinae) was originally native to central/ southern Europe and Asia, but is increasingly spreading towards Scandinavia due to #globalwarming. In e.g. Australia and #NorthAmerica it occurs as #neozoan. 50 or more nest cells are created by one or several young #queens with the strongest subdueing its competitors. The wasp can be #parasitized by #Xenos #vesparum (#Strepsiptera).
    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

  16. A very cool and interesting study about the impact of Stylopization (parasitism by Stylops ater) on a mining bee (Andrena vaga).
    By tweaking the bee's endocrine system, the parasite is able to shift the emergence time. The authors also observe a masculinization effect in female host, which is believed to be a by-product of the emergence-shift.

    #entomology #insects #parasite #ecology #evolution #nature #science #strepsiptera #bees

    doi.org/10.1017/s0031182023000

  17. A very cool and interesting study about the impact of Stylopization (parasitism by Stylops ater) on a mining bee (Andrena vaga).
    By tweaking the bee's endocrine system, the parasite is able to shift the emergence time. The authors also observe a masculinization effect in female host, which is believed to be a by-product of the emergence-shift.

    #entomology #insects #parasite #ecology #evolution #nature #science #strepsiptera #bees

    doi.org/10.1017/s0031182023000

  18. A very cool and interesting study about the impact of Stylopization (parasitism by Stylops ater) on a mining bee (Andrena vaga).
    By tweaking the bee's endocrine system, the parasite is able to shift the emergence time. The authors also observe a masculinization effect in female host, which is believed to be a by-product of the emergence-shift.

    #entomology #insects #parasite #ecology #evolution #nature #science #strepsiptera #bees

    doi.org/10.1017/s0031182023000

  19. A very cool and interesting study about the impact of Stylopization (parasitism by Stylops ater) on a mining bee (Andrena vaga).
    By tweaking the bee's endocrine system, the parasite is able to shift the emergence time. The authors also observe a masculinization effect in female host, which is believed to be a by-product of the emergence-shift.

    #entomology #insects #parasite #ecology #evolution #nature #science #strepsiptera #bees

    doi.org/10.1017/s0031182023000

  20. A very cool and interesting study about the impact of Stylopization (parasitism by Stylops ater) on a mining bee (Andrena vaga).
    By tweaking the bee's endocrine system, the parasite is able to shift the emergence time. The authors also observe a masculinization effect in female host, which is believed to be a by-product of the emergence-shift.

    #entomology #insects #parasite #ecology #evolution #nature #science #strepsiptera #bees

    doi.org/10.1017/s0031182023000

  21. @colinpurrington

    Note bees can also be stylopized: after all, bees are wasps that forgot to eat meat (except carrion bees that make meat honey from rotten corpses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_ but oh well).

    Here is a Hylaeus sp., a masked bee, stylopized: inaturalist.org/observations/8 When I took the photo I had not even noticed; nearly didn't even post it, as I only had one and a bit blurry. Then John Ascher made me notice the parasite protruding from its tergites.

    #iNaturalist #Stylopidae #Strepsiptera #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees

  22. @colinpurrington

    Note bees can also be stylopized: after all, bees are wasps that forgot to eat meat (except carrion bees that make meat honey from rotten corpses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_ but oh well).

    Here is a Hylaeus sp., a masked bee, stylopized: inaturalist.org/observations/8 When I took the photo I had not even noticed; nearly didn't even post it, as I only had one and a bit blurry. Then John Ascher made me notice the parasite protruding from its tergites.

    #iNaturalist #Stylopidae #Strepsiptera #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees

  23. @colinpurrington

    Note bees can also be stylopized: after all, bees are wasps that forgot to eat meat (except carrion bees that make meat honey from rotten corpses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_ but oh well).

    Here is a Hylaeus sp., a masked bee, stylopized: inaturalist.org/observations/8 When I took the photo I had not even noticed; nearly didn't even post it, as I only had one and a bit blurry. Then John Ascher made me notice the parasite protruding from its tergites.

    #iNaturalist #Stylopidae #Strepsiptera #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees

  24. @colinpurrington

    Note bees can also be stylopized: after all, bees are wasps that forgot to eat meat (except carrion bees that make meat honey from rotten corpses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_ but oh well).

    Here is a Hylaeus sp., a masked bee, stylopized: inaturalist.org/observations/8 When I took the photo I had not even noticed; nearly didn't even post it, as I only had one and a bit blurry. Then John Ascher made me notice the parasite protruding from its tergites.

    #iNaturalist #Stylopidae #Strepsiptera #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees

  25. @colinpurrington

    Note bees can also be stylopized: after all, bees are wasps that forgot to eat meat (except carrion bees that make meat honey from rotten corpses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_ but oh well).

    Here is a Hylaeus sp., a masked bee, stylopized: inaturalist.org/observations/8 When I took the photo I had not even noticed; nearly didn't even post it, as I only had one and a bit blurry. Then John Ascher made me notice the parasite protruding from its tergites.

    #iNaturalist #Stylopidae #Strepsiptera #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees

  26. And now I can see it in plain view around a quarter of the way across and just below half way up the sample tray for that week.

    stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bios

    #entomology #Strepsiptera #Malaise

  27. And now I can see it in plain view around a quarter of the way across and just below half way up the sample tray for that week.

    stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bios

    #entomology #Strepsiptera #Malaise

  28. And now I can see it in plain view around a quarter of the way across and just below half way up the sample tray for that week.

    stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bios

    #entomology #Strepsiptera #Malaise

  29. And now I can see it in plain view around a quarter of the way across and just below half way up the sample tray for that week.

    stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bios

    #entomology #Strepsiptera #Malaise

  30. Probably only of interest to myself ... I've added an extra parameter to the URLs for my BOLD Australia site for exploring #Australian #DnaBarcodes. If you include "gmaea=1" in the URL, it highlights the taxa and records associated with BOLD specimens from my local #Malaise trapping. I'm finding it really interesting to visualise my specimens in context.

    If nothing else, it made me realise that Guelph found #Strepsiptera in the sample from the week of 1-8 January 2021.

    bold-au.hobern.net/index.php?g

  31. Probably only of interest to myself ... I've added an extra parameter to the URLs for my BOLD Australia site for exploring #Australian #DnaBarcodes. If you include "gmaea=1" in the URL, it highlights the taxa and records associated with BOLD specimens from my local #Malaise trapping. I'm finding it really interesting to visualise my specimens in context.

    If nothing else, it made me realise that Guelph found #Strepsiptera in the sample from the week of 1-8 January 2021.

    bold-au.hobern.net/index.php?g

  32. Probably only of interest to myself ... I've added an extra parameter to the URLs for my BOLD Australia site for exploring #Australian #DnaBarcodes. If you include "gmaea=1" in the URL, it highlights the taxa and records associated with BOLD specimens from my local #Malaise trapping. I'm finding it really interesting to visualise my specimens in context.

    If nothing else, it made me realise that Guelph found #Strepsiptera in the sample from the week of 1-8 January 2021.

    bold-au.hobern.net/index.php?g

  33. Probably only of interest to myself ... I've added an extra parameter to the URLs for my BOLD Australia site for exploring #Australian #DnaBarcodes. If you include "gmaea=1" in the URL, it highlights the taxa and records associated with BOLD specimens from my local #Malaise trapping. I'm finding it really interesting to visualise my specimens in context.

    If nothing else, it made me realise that Guelph found #Strepsiptera in the sample from the week of 1-8 January 2021.

    bold-au.hobern.net/index.php?g