Bryan Wright · @catselbow
643 followers · 4715 posts · Server fosstodon.org
These are terrible pictures, but this is the first one of these I've seen. When I was chasing it I thought it was a cranefly, but It's a hangingfly, a mecopteran related to scorpionflies. iNaturalist thinks it might be Bittacus strigosus.
The first picture has slightly better focus on the head, and the second is a little better on the prey, which is itself interesting. Is it a fly? Rachicerus maybe?
#hangingfly #mecoptera #photography #bittacidae #insects #arthropods
#hangingfly #mecoptera #photography #bittacidae #insects #arthropods
Plazi Species · @plazi_species
197 followers · 208 posts · Server mastodon.green
#NewSpecies!
New scorpionfly from China just wagged:
Neopanorpa exaggerata
Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987F9-360A-FFE9-B2AD-4323EE3C97B4
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.7
#Zootaxa
#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #insects #mecoptera #china
#NewSpecies #zootaxa #fairdata #science #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #insects #mecoptera #china
Milvus · @Milvus
132 followers · 795 posts · Server det.social
RT @JishenWang
Neopanorpa exaggerata Wang, 2023
#mecoptera #scorpionflies #panorpidae #neopanorpa
N. exaggerata has the longest male abdomen surpassing all the formerly known species in the extant Panorpoidea
#mecoptera #scorpionflies #Panorpidae #neopanorpa