Please also like my newest #YouTube #video, showing some #behaviors of the #beetle #Mimela #junii (#Scarabaeidae), which is a #neozoon in #CentralEurope and Germany. It originally is #native to the #Mediterranean region. My video shows #selfcleaning behavior, #locomotion, #flying ssprcts and response to threat (#thanatosis).
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YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/QPO5ftCGeOw?is=LFM-YitbLSwXsk5n

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RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcwildlife/bbc-wildlife-magazine-7k5eiel4z/-/a-QEDttBQYT1GAWwZadp2QnQ%3Aa%3A2902041756-%2F0

#Thanatosis is the #behavior of #animals to #pretend being #dead in order to deter #predators. This behavioral response to a threatening stimulus is the result of #evolution. The thanatosis procedure can be a rather simple retaining in a motionless position, but it can also be rather #complex, as in the North American #opossum, not only playing dead, but even emitting a #foulish cadaver-like #smell out of its #analgland. #adaptations #behavior
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The #22spot #ladybeetle #Psyllobora #vigintiduopunctata (#Cucujiformia) is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The adults and larvae #feed #mycetophagously on #fungi, specifically on powdery #mildews. When threatened, the beetle shows #thanatosis (plays dead) and secretes a defensive secretion. M. Dillen et al. (2017) studied #multitrophic #interactions between ladybird, mildew, and #oak trees.

© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176104

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Tonight at Fasching! V. Bromander's nfolding Orchestra will be playing the evening set at the sanitosis festival, with music from our new record,"Jorden vi ärvde" (The Earth we have Inherited). There are tons of different music projects going on from 16:00 today to 23:00 this evening, check it out and come!

https://www.fasching.se/det-svenska-musikundret-pt3-thanatosis/#2025-05-11T16-15

#spiritualjazz
#thanatosis
#detsvenskaundrat
#improvisedmusic
#music

Ikväll på Fasching- V. Bromanders Unfolding Otchestra kommer att spela den kvällsset på Thanatosis festivalen, med music från nytt skivan "Jorden vi ärvde". Det finns massa musik från kl. 16:00 idag tills 23 ä:00 ikväll kolla här och kom!

Tonight at Fasching! V. Bromander's nfolding Orchestra will be playing the evening set at the sanitosis festival, with music from our new record,"Jorden vi ärvde" (The Earth we have Inherited). There are tons of different music projects going on from 16:00 today to 23:00 this evening, check it out and come!

fasching.se/det-svenska-musiku…

#spiritualjazz
#thanatosis
#detsvenskaundrat
#improvisedmusic
#music

#DidYouKnow: Apparent death, also referred to as #Thanatosis, colloquially known as playing dead, feigning death, or playing possum, is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead.

It is an immobile state most often triggered by a predatory attack and can be found in a wide range of animals from insects and crustaceans to mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/636c9e19ed40891af1f34a59

The #22spotladybird #Psyllobora #vigintiduopunctata (#Coccinellidae) is distributed in Europe, Asia and North Africa. The animals live on the edges of forests, meadows and often on oak trees. Because these are often psrasitized by powdery #mildew (#Erysiphaceae), which is convenient for the #ladybird as it feeds on mildew. When threatened, the adult beetles play dead (#thanatosis). #biodiversity

© #StefanFWirth, #Berlin 2024

Photo: North Berlin 2020, newly edited 2024, © S. F. Wirth

A little light reading...

#books #death #currentlyreading #thanatosis @bookstodon