The Doctor (0/6 - Commissions open)Dec 25, 2024
For Day 1 of #InvertFest let me share my #Christmas gift that I got from @thebluemango.in A ladybug pin! #虫
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llewellyApr 27, 2024

today I learned:

some cicadas have symbiotic gut fungus (yes, fungi, not bacteria) that make amino acides for them. These fungi are related to the infamous "zombie" cordyceps fungi.

some cicadas in N. America have gone extinct in recent times, some without having their songs recorded

https://arthro-pod.blogspot.com/2024/04/arthro-pod-ep-157-cicadas-of-north.html

The podcast arthropod did an interview with Alie Kratzer, author of the upcoming book _The Cicadas of North America_

#cicada
#zombieFungus
#invertFest
#insects

Arthro-Pod EP 157: The Cicadas of North America with Alie Kratzer

Welcome bug lovers to our latest episode! Asa vast swath of the eastern US prepares for the "double brood" emergence of the various Magiccic...

Zen FaulkesDec 26, 2023

From sea monster to science!

The tale of the first photo pf giant squid, from 150 years ago: https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/giant-squid-photo

#InvertFest

Here's looking at you, squid

H. PettijohnJan 1, 2023
One last post for #InvertFest and it's four of my favorite friends from this year. It was hard to narrow it down to just that!
In order: Boisea trivittata, Megarhyssa sp. (?), Damon variegatus, and Megasoma elephas
#insect #arachnid
Thomas A. Hegna, Ph.DDec 31, 2022
On the 31th and final day of #Crustmas my true love gave to me the fossil Rosagammarus minichiellus McMenamin et al 2013 from the Triassic Luning Formation in Nevada. This particular fossil has had an interesting path of reinterpretation. Buckle up!
#crustacea #arthropoda #paleontology #palaeontology #fossil #malacostraca #amphipoda #nevada #invertfest #invertefest
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Show threadSome Random PersonDec 31, 2022

The Lepidoptera of Costa Rica are so amazing.

#InvertFest #butterfly #bug

Ash WhiffinDec 31, 2022

Visited by a very seasonally appropriate moth this week…

A December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) #InvertFest

Thomas A. Hegna, Ph.DDec 30, 2022
Panacanthocaris is the weirdest of the weird. It's spiny carapace is very distinctive. Work in press by myself and colleagues shows that the genus Iliella is actually a senior subjective synonym of genus Panacanthocaris. Iliella was described first by Tchernyshev (1940), and the carapace was illustrated upside down. Panacanthocaris was described second by Novojilov (1957), and the carapace was illustrated right-side up. Oops. #invertfest #invertefest
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EntoBarbieDec 30, 2022

Happy #feetfriday ! One of the most adorable things on the planet are lepidoptera prolegs, MANY insect tarsi and tarantula claws. Enjoy these prolegs from #atticusatlas moth larva!

#insectos #entomology #barbiemattel #entobarbie #insect #saturinidae #invertefrest #invertfest #macro #macrophotography #olympus

Show threadThomas A. Hegna, Ph.DDec 29, 2022
Yes, they can inhabit humans. For the brave, you can find a video of one inhabiting a human eye on the interwebs. I like to imagine that the pentastomids inhabiting dinosaurs would have been massive. Where is our #paleoart of that? #invertfest #invertefest
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