New preprint!
Courtship choreography is stabilised among genetically isolated populations
Check out the mesmerising courtship display of Apotropina ornatipennis (Diptera: Chloropidae)
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
with @bioblake.bsky.social, @angmcgaughran.bsky.social, @thekeithing.bsky.social, et al
A crabβs carapace rises above a malaise trap soup, which usually primarily collects flying insects
What are you doing in this malaise residue, cuz?
One of the #strangerthings find in the Upside Down, whoops I mean #DownUnder is the Western Clawless Upside-down fly - Nothoasteia clausa. Always facing down, they dart around inside Xanthorrhoea grass trees. I'm looking forward to exploring the mystery of their relationships to other #Diptera
Kicking off with a nice fly- Tambourella endriandrae