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The wasp mantisfly, Climaciella brunnea, is not a wasp, a mantis, or a fly. It is instead a type of spider-eating lacewing that keeps itself safe by looking like it has a painful sting, which it does not.

Evolution continues to be marvelous. #Entomology #Mantispidae #Insects

Side view photograph of an oddly proportioned reddish brown insect with yellow stripes standing alert on the end of a stick against a blurred natural background.
#insects #entomology #mantispidae

Termites in the South African desert create long-term carbon sinks in active nests as old as 34,000 years. aljazeera.com/features/2024/11… #entomology #ecology

The world’s oldest termite colony holds secrets – to the past and future

The discovery of a 34,000-year-old mound in South Africa sheds light on the insects’ role in combating climate change
Nick Dall (Al Jazeera)
#ecology #entomology

I was blown away by this very unusual white-pigmented morph of a familiar giant springtail species (H. spinosa), which I found recently under a log in a tree fern forest in Kaikōura, Aotearoa.

These springtails normally have either yellow or orange coloured spines, so this was a very special little sproinglet indeed!

#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilBiology #Entomology #Collembola

A photograph of a small, soft-bodied invertebrate with blue skin and many white little soft spines all over its back. The animal is crawling over some decaying organic matter on the surface of a log.
A photograph of a small, soft-bodied invertebrate with blue skin and many white little soft spines all over its back. The animal is crawling over some decaying organic matter on the surface of a log.
#MacroPhotography #entomology #SoilBiodiversity #soilecology #SoilBiology #Collembola

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