#NewSpecies!
New flesh fly from #chile just landed:

Microcerella desertum

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A464791E-C738-FF90-075F-E494D7DA59EB
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2897
#ejtaxonomy #MicrocerellaDesertum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #diptera #fly #fleshfly

I liked the patterns on this guy, so I decided to draw him.  (using only two colors for some reason?)

Watch the stream I drew this in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyK-6Sik0Ls

[ID: A flesh fly drawn from the top in a medium shade of purple over dark purple. /ID]

#digitalart #art #sketch #fleshfly #fly #insect #bug