likewise John!

we've not seen this response from a female fly yet, and so far we have not seen it from males of any species other than D. affinis, which is shown in this video. affinis is also the only species we've found locally infected, but more than half a dozen species are permissive hosts in the lab.

great list! looking forward to seeing it grow...

This is dissected from a fly's abdomen. The circles are teratocytes, they're bloated cells derived from membranes of the wasp embryo. After the larva hatches, they secrete gene products to support the parasitism and harvest resources from host hemolymph. More here: www.nature.com/nature/volum...

Still got room for a heritable microbes guy?

Good to know! I have some other videos that are not included in the article. I'll keep this in mind when I post them.

Such a nice post, thank you Tapani!

I'm not too familiar with bluesky's media type restrictions, but I tried to upload a gif and a video yesterday, it didn't seem to work. would love to see them here for easy access though!

thanks Morgan! we're thrilled that Nature is using their reach to highlight undescribed insect biodiversity.