#FossilFriday For our first social media posts, we highlight the iconic MB.Av.1010: a complete fossil of Archaeopteryx siemensii; a Late Jurassic species thought to be transitional between theropod dinosaurs & birds. On display at the Berlin Natural History Museum.

The New World screwworm has been detected in Veracruz, Mexico, prompting a suspension of cattle, horse, and bison imports. This fly, which feeds on living tissue, poses a major threat to livestock, wildlife, and more. Learn how to prevent and manage it: tx.ag/NewWorldScreww…

Hola bichodatero, Es un escarabajo Nicrophorus, un escarabajo carroñero. Los ácaros que porta encima ayudan al escarabajo a eliminar las larvas de mosca presentes en la carroña. Esto beneficia al escarabajo al reducir la competencia. Luc Pouliot (Instagram)/Dan Simon (Pinterest).

Happy #MothMonday! This week we're focusing on the stunning Garden Tiger. The caterpillars are very hairy and are often known as "Woolly Bears". They feed on plants such as Common Nettle, docks and burdocks. butterfly-conservation.org/moths/garden-t… #MothsMatter 📷: Iain H Leach & David Green

New #Rstats blog post: Plot Data Along a Genome with karyoploteR. Demos: genome density, per-base coverage, structural variation, GWAS Manhattan plots, combine multiple data types, gene expression results from DESeq2, epigenetic regulation from ENCODE doi.org/10.59350/dqsa7…

The evolution of high-order genome architecture revealed from 1,000 species biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_evobio

Bob Chapman Dipterists Forum E. crassipennis is incredibly variable (like Phasia heliptera) - some Jersey ones featured here. The Central European key suggests crassipennis can have a dark abdomen but not the second species, E. oblonga.

Arthropod Photo of the Week: July 9, 2025 Robber fly Diogmites neoternatus Diptera: Asilidae By Alfred Daniel Johnson (Alfred Daniel Johnson (דָּנִיֵּאל)), Tennessee, USA #arthropodPOTW

Bayesian Selection of Relaxed-Clock Models: Distinguishing between Independent and Autocorrelated Rates academic.oup.com/sysbio/article… Society of Systematic Biologists

Genome Evaluation Pipeline (GEP): A fully-automated quality control tool for parallel evaluation of genome assemblies. #GenomeAssembly #QualityControl #Snakemake #Genomics #Bioinformatics Bioinformatics Advances academic.oup.com/bioinformatics…

The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute has launched it's three-part docuseries featuring Dr. Hojun Song, Dr. Gregory Sword and Dr. Spencer Behmer from #TamuEnto! Watch how innovative science is shaping the future of locust research at: tx.ag/BPRIVideoDocus… #TamuBugs

Selon les espèces, la petite Cylindromyia (autrement dit mouche cylindrique) présente un abdomen partiellement ou entièrement rouge. Elle est bienvenue au jardin où elle parasite diverses espèces de punaise. #Diptère #InsecteAuxiliaire #Jardin #MaraisPoitevin

Yay! Spectacular male of the Tachinid fly Phasia hemiptera in my garden just now. Larvae are parasitoids of shield bugs. Widespread but local (and I think, increasing).

Delighted to find my first Calliphora uralensis, I have previously been sent samples from Skellig Micheal Island in Co Kerry. This female was collected from Port Mor Sand Dunes, Belmullet Peninsula, Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland (20.vii.2025).

#BlackSoldierFly: A Keystone Species for the Future of Sustainable Waste Management and Nutritional Resource Development: A Review 👉Open Access: brnw.ch/21wUpus #mdpiinsects

After yesterday's successes, went back to the same bit of #Dromore Woods today, to see if I could cop any more A-listers. Some decent finds:- 1. The Conopid fly, Conops quadrifasciatus; 2. An imperious Metopius fuscipennis ichneumon; 3. Dark Giant Horse Fly, Tabanus sudeticus.

🚀 Breaking news in #evolution! Why are some populations almost separate species-while others aren’t? Our new Molecular Ecology study dives into 🐌🌊 in 🇸🇪& 🇪🇸. Same species, same selection pressures...but wildly different reproductive barriers!🧵 📖Full story: tinyurl.com/2w8dhbnn

About to start laying out the Tachinids for our #FliesofBritainandIreland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z to be published this Autumn TOP Cistogaster globosa & Gymnocheta viridis; BOTTOM Phasia hemiptera & Tachina grossa Steven Falk Gail Ashton 💚🪲🌍 Rory Dimond 🌼🪰🌼🐝🌼🦟 Dipterists Forum Dr Erica McAlister

Pair of Tachina magnicornis males from farmland at Great Tey, Essex yesterday. Plenty of Stomorhina onsite as well.

Some nice tachinid flies from Isle of Portland recently: Thelaira leucozona from PBO garden (first UK record since added to GB list?), also Bithia modesta and Eriothrix prolixa in some of the old quarries. Still lots to ID.