Apparently it was world robber fly day yesterday. I’ve never heard of it before, but have a belated Machimus of some kind.

This was taken 3 years ago with an iphone se2, and came out better than any of my other phone insect photos before or since.

#robberfly #insect #macro

#NewSpecies!
New robber fly from #india just landed:

Loewinella kalasamalaensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D5B87FD-BB7A-F77E-FF76-76E1FD7DFC24
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.9
#Zootaxa #LoewinellaKalasamalaensis

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

Throw back to my first time finding a robber fly, it was only last year. I recognised it because I’d seen people post them on here and it was very exciting  

#WorldRobberFlyDay #RobberFly

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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https://youtu.be/zSOdFZF18yk?si=J67MJAevRUq-mP6i

©#StefanFWirth #Berlin2025

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