Ryan HodnettAntlion Pit Traps
#Antlion #Myrmeleontidae #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Antlions #Neuroptera #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
Old and Tired
llewelly@KateShaw has made a new episode, on ant lions and a seal parasite (ugh, eyeball warning)
and a secret escape tactic by a special ant
Plazi Species#NewSpecies!
New antlion from #china just caught us:
Epacanthaclisis jiazhii
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87D8-FFD1-9C5B-56FF-FC2DFDEAF936
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5657.1.1
#Zootaxa #EpacanthaclisisJiazhii
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #neuroptera #antlions
#NewSpecies!
New antlion from #namibia just flew in:
Cymothales manselli
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039987FF-D923-7D2A-FF2B-FF45FDD9FF1D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.4.1
#Zootaxa #CymothalesManselli
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #neuroptera #antlions
Alex Wild
Mikko Kolkkala#Owlflies are derived #antlions
#phylogeny #Myrmeleontidae
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (£)
Mikko Kolkkala#Owlflies are derived #antlions
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12334 (£)
Albert CardonaA Myrmeleontidae: antlions, from the Neuroptera order of antlions and owlflies. This order of insects of course contains neither ants, nor lions, owls, or flies—a staple in entomology to name unusual insects with compound names drawing from other animals—e.g., snakeflies, sawflies, and more.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165100160
The antlion name honors the behaviour of their larvae, which live in ground burrows and trap passing ants with their fearsome mandibles.
#iNaturalist #Antlions #Myrmeleontidae #Neuroptera #entomology #insects #Crete
Margaret Anne (she/her/they)This sent me down a whole rabbit hole of #lacewings vs #antlions vs #mayflies...
Not a scientist (clearly)
Nice to know that mayflies are in huge clouds only over very clean, highly oxygenated water because their lifecycle means they spend much of it in the water.
Anyway ... "The world is so full of a number of things, I am sure we should all be as happy as kings!" ~~R.L. Stevenson
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-rare-insect-arkansas-walmart-historic.html
Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, points to deeper ecological questions
A giant insect plucked from the façade of an Arkansas Walmart has set historic records. The Polystoechotes punctata (giant lacewing) is the first of its kind recorded in eastern North America in over 50 years—and the first record of the species ever in the state.