Yuchen
@derschwingfliegen.bsky.social
Senior Curator (Entomology) @ LKCNHM, Singapore. Research interests in Dark-, Largescale-, Cyber- and AI-taxonomy. Passionate on Sepsidae. Creator of Sepsidnet. Occasionally posting on the fly!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
How amazing is this! These entomopathogenic roundworms:
1) can coil their bodies to jump up >20x their length
2) use their -ve electrostatic bodies to home in on flying prey (which generate +ve potential)
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How amazing is this! These entomopathogenic roundworms:
1) can coil their bodies to jump up >20x their length
2) use their -ve electrostatic bodies to home in on flying prey (which generate +ve potential)
1/2
Electrostatics facilitate midair host attachment in parasitic jumping nematodes | PNAS
Jumping can be hazardous for entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) as those that fail
to attach to an insect host face death by predation or starvation...
www.pnas.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
How amazing is this! These entomopathogenic roundworms:
1) can coil their bodies to jump up >20x their length
2) use their -ve electrostatic bodies to home in on flying prey (which generate +ve potential)
1/2
How amazing is this! These entomopathogenic roundworms:
1) can coil their bodies to jump up >20x their length
2) use their -ve electrostatic bodies to home in on flying prey (which generate +ve potential)
1/2
There’s a genus of cylindrotomid crane flies named 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘮𝘢. Largely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.
About 10(?) described species.
None of them named nuts.
Yet.
What an opportunity.
#diptera #tipuloidea #cylindrotomidae #ligma
About 10(?) described species.
None of them named nuts.
Yet.
What an opportunity.
#diptera #tipuloidea #cylindrotomidae #ligma
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There’s a genus of cylindrotomid crane flies named 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘮𝘢. Largely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.
About 10(?) described species.
None of them named nuts.
Yet.
What an opportunity.
#diptera #tipuloidea #cylindrotomidae #ligma
About 10(?) described species.
None of them named nuts.
Yet.
What an opportunity.
#diptera #tipuloidea #cylindrotomidae #ligma