Beauty comes in many forms. Here is an undescribed species of fungus gnat from Southern California, collected via #bioscan project, thanks to Brian V. Brown

Support the COP 15 UN Biodiversity meeting. Last chance to save nature?

Write a statement about nature and get your institution to publish it! COP15 UN Biodiversity meeting. See the article on VOX

One last 2022 publication! An outcome of the 2019 Fly School, we document the #Diptera #biodiversity from San Luis Obispo, California. Over a 2-week period, 35 attendees sampled 17 sites and captured at least 68 families, 188 genera, and 133 species! doi.org/10.3956/2022-9…

This paper is long in the making and would not have been possible without the dedication of so many. This course, organized by Brian V. Brown of Natural History Museum of L.A. County was a career highlight and I highly recommend it. If you would like a pdf, don't hesitate to reach out!

The army ant Eciton burchellii, including different castes, and with some hiding guests of ants. Enjoying working on this piece! Would you folks be interested in a social insect series like this? #ant #insect #Entomology #DigitalArtist #digitalart #illustraion #ArtistOnTwitter

🤔Can you recognise the California-native #fly - from the logo of the upcoming Dipterists Society's 10th Int'l Congress of #Dipterology? 💡Friendly reminder that you have less than a month to register at regular prices (see: dipterists.org/icdx/registrat…) 🙌Happy to be sponsors! #Entomology

My good friend, Dr Marc Pollet, who I only get to see every four years #icdxReno

Brian V. Brown A big hug to Marc!!!

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To all European dipterists, can any of you spare me some specimens of Opetia? I can send you some nice North American Diptera in exchange!! Thanks!

Applications for Fly School are now open! Join us 1-12 Aug 2024 in Costa Rica for our first course offering in the Neotropics! Visit dipteracourse.com for the application.

When early birds began singing in the Cretaceous, there was already someone singing in the rain with the dinossaurs: a stridulatory organ in the platypezoid flies. With Brian V. Brown, in Scientific Reports: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Fly School Dr Erica McAlister Brian V. Brown Dalton de Souza Amorim Jessica Gillung @Bertonemyia 😍😍😍

With the help of Jessica Gillung and Wendy Porras, our lab at the Soltis Center is almost ready for Fly School to begin in two days!

@Bertonemyia Dr Erica McAlister Brian V. Brown Jessica Gillung Paula Riccardi Dalton de Souza Amorim Leshon Lee WHO needs to work harder?

@Bertonemyia Brian V. Brown Dr Erica McAlister Paula Riccardi Jessica Gillung Fly School We'll take down the 'No flies were harmed in the making of this photo' disclaimer.

Have always loved these flies - huge heads and tiny (maybe pointless) mouthparts as adults - and total chunks as larvae. Lovely seeing them in the field. #FlySchool24 #Pantophthalmidae

Dr Erica McAlister Fly School Brian V. Brown @Bertonemyia Jessica Gillung Paula Riccardi Dalton de Souza Amorim I'm glad you had a great time... please come back soon.