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sohkamyung Dec 11, 2024

A Scorpionfly (genus Panorpa), a Drone Fly (Milesia crabroniformis), a Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) and a Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) spotted at Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy on 14 Oct 2024.

On iNaturalist:
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248703588
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248703585
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248703591
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248703589

Coming up: photos from Tuscany, Italy.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Florence #Italy #Insects #Scorpionflies #Mecoptera #Flies #Diptera #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #Birds #Aves

Genus Panorpa

Panorpa from Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy on October 14, 2024 at 03:05 PM by Soh Kam Yung

iNaturalist

J of Systematics and Evolution Sep 22, 2024

Chomp, chomp!
This new study explores the #evolution and mandibular sexual dimorphism of mid-Cretaceous #scorpionflies, offering new insights into feeding habits and mating behavior of early Meropeidae.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13121
@WileyEcolEvol
#JSE #insect

guy,in,a,hat Jun 29, 2024

I was just now years old when I learned that #scorpionflies excited. Now I can't go to sleep. We must find all of them #flying #scorpions and fully murder them all dead... D I D dead!

Bryan Wright May 9, 2024

A male scorpionfly sampling some leftover cat food.

#scorpionflies #mecoptera #insects #arthropods #photography

Mary C Legg Jan 13, 2024

Scorpionfly, Panorpa sp Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 6/24/2012 #Diptera #ScorpionFlies #Flies #insects #invertebrates #Macro