Thrilled to share the first journal article to come out of the Young lab, led by Alice Dabrowski!! First records of Tropidia albistylum in Canada written by Alice Dabrowski Samm Reynolds (she/her) and myself 🪰 journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/eso/…

Who's not a bit obsessed by horsefly eyes? This is a Haematopota pluvialis male vs female - the males eyes are touching over the front of the face & he only has markings at the bottom - the complex banding therefore is more likely to be for hunting blood rather than partners.

check out our new paper! 🦋

Why I love sorting through #specimens in insect collections. Just found this Xanthandrus mexicanus from Georgia, far outside its known US range of southern Texas! GMNH Zoology

17 MILLION insects migrate through a 30m Pyrenean mountain pass every autumn! They fly through the mountains on their remarkable journeys from northern Europe (including the UK) into Spain and beyond for the winter! Our new paper is out right now: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.10… 🧵

Check out this amazing new work out on European insect migration through the Pyrenean Mountains! They found that these events are dominated by flies! Fascinating stuff!

More cool work on insect #migration!

Was eating lunch when I had a lovely visitor! This is Meromacrus acutus, the Carolinian Elegant hover fly. This is one of many that are pretty convincing mimics of wasps! #Diptera

Decided to check out the periodical Magicicada emergence while visiting central Illinois for a few days. I also tried local cicada-themed beer! Several cicadas, like this one, were infected by the Massospora cicadina fungus, as is evident by their missing abdomen.

Incredible work showing that painted lady butterflies can migrate from West Africa to South America! That's at least 4,200 km! Check it out!

Check out this clip from ABC Landline about our work with berries and flies in Australia 😁 abc.net.au/news/rural/pro…

Our paper on exploring the network structure and taxonomic composition of oak gall wasp community in Sichuan🇨🇳 is now published! I played a very small role in this long term project, but I was able to tag along for some field work last spring to the magical Mt. Emei. (1/2)

Angelic face of Oestrus ovis (Sheep Bot Fly). St Mellion, Cornwall (VC2) on 15/7. Dipterists Forum

Excited to share my final PhD chapter is out in the world: Functional trait mismatch between native and introduced bee pollinators servicing a global fruit crop 🍎🐝 doi.org/10.1186/s12862… w/James M Cook Michael Branstetter Western Sydney - HIE

Prepare to have your mind BLOWN This fly (Fannia sp) was found in the meat baited Shannon trap covered in Dermatobia hominis - The HUMAN BOTFLY Botflies usually lay eggs on flies that feed on humans (as the eggs drop when feeding) and these are larvae! #FySchool24

Excited to share that our guide to common hover flies of Georgia (USA) is finally live! In it you will find detailed descriptions and ID tools for this highly important group of insects. extension.uga.edu/publications/d… UGA Entomology UGA Extension UGA Botanical Garden Entomological Society of America NIFA

Very excited to see this published!! We did a global literature review of long-distance hover fly migration and found nearly 50 species that exhibit this fascinating behavior. There’s a lot of cool work out there, and also much left unknown! Check it out! #diptera Ecological Entomology

We are hiring tenure track faculty positions in 1) Physiology & 2) Evolutionary Ecology! Come and join our collegial, collaborative, and productive group! Physiology: jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/5192… Evolutionary Ecology: jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/5192…

Co-authored research from School of Biological Sciences at Illinois State's Dr. Scott Clem unveils the secrets of hover fly migration! Discover how these small but mighty insects travel long distances, impacting ecosystems and agriculture across continents. Ecological Entomology Scott Clem, PhD resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ee…

I found a 3mm black blob in the disc of a late oxeye daisy. Took it for a beetle at first, or one of those funny squat chalcid wasps, but it is neither. Meet Discomyza incurva, weird little hump-backed fly. It's another snail-killer. I learned a new word: malacophagous 🦟💚🍃