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  1. Some #insects support passive #breathing via tracheae through #active #respiratorymovements, nsmed #convectiveventilation. Muscle contractions cause motions that e.g. dilate the #spiracles, allowing more efficient #gasexchange. The same time, the process also serves #thermoregulation. My example, the #robberfly #Tolmerus #cingulatus, demonstrates this #behavior.

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    youtu.be/zSOdFZF18yk?si=J67MJA

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin2025

    #Photos
    © S.F.Wirth

  2. Some #insects support passive #breathing via tracheae through #active #respiratorymovements, nsmed #convectiveventilation. Muscle contractions cause motions that e.g. dilate the #spiracles, allowing more efficient #gasexchange. The same time, the process also serves #thermoregulation. My example, the #robberfly #Tolmerus #cingulatus, demonstrates this #behavior.

    Please watch my YouTube video; my channel needs more views.
    youtu.be/zSOdFZF18yk?si=J67MJA

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin2025

    #Photos
    © S.F.Wirth

  3. Some #insects support passive #breathing via tracheae through #active #respiratorymovements, nsmed #convectiveventilation. Muscle contractions cause motions that e.g. dilate the #spiracles, allowing more efficient #gasexchange. The same time, the process also serves #thermoregulation. My example, the #robberfly #Tolmerus #cingulatus, demonstrates this #behavior.

    Please watch my YouTube video; my channel needs more views.
    youtu.be/zSOdFZF18yk?si=J67MJA

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin2025

    #Photos
    © S.F.Wirth

  4. Some #insects support passive #breathing via tracheae through #active #respiratorymovements, nsmed #convectiveventilation. Muscle contractions cause motions that e.g. dilate the #spiracles, allowing more efficient #gasexchange. The same time, the process also serves #thermoregulation. My example, the #robberfly #Tolmerus #cingulatus, demonstrates this #behavior.

    Please watch my YouTube video; my channel needs more views.
    youtu.be/zSOdFZF18yk?si=J67MJA

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin2025

    #Photos
    © S.F.Wirth

  5. Some #insects support passive #breathing via tracheae through #active #respiratorymovements, nsmed #convectiveventilation. Muscle contractions cause motions that e.g. dilate the #spiracles, allowing more efficient #gasexchange. The same time, the process also serves #thermoregulation. My example, the #robberfly #Tolmerus #cingulatus, demonstrates this #behavior.

    Please watch my YouTube video; my channel needs more views.
    youtu.be/zSOdFZF18yk?si=J67MJA

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin2025

    #Photos
    © S.F.Wirth

  6. The #robberfly #Tolmerus #cingulatus is native to the Palearctic and prefers dry #habitats. #Adults #prey on other insects, killing their prey with #neurotoxins, predigest via #enzymes. Larvae are soil predators. R. Mitchell (2024) presents a #genome (280,000 megabases) for the #DarwinTreeofLife. See also my science blog article (2024).

    ©#StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref

    R. Mitchell (2024)
    doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenr

    S. F. Wirth on " biologe"" (2024)
    wp.me/p2l6XU-1UV

    Photos
    © S.F. Wirth