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Chomp, chomp!
This new study explores the #evolution and mandibular sexual dimorphism of mid-Cretaceous #scorpionflies, offering new insights into feeding habits and mating behavior of early Meropeidae.
https://t.co/TUTCRuaad6 @WileyEcolEvol #JSE #insect


From the “Star-Bugs” column on @spektrum: ISTA #JournalistInResidence Sigrid März writes about #scorpionflies and highlights recent findings by ISTA postdoc Clémentine Lasne, who sequenced the insects’ full genome and shed light on the evolution of their sex chromosomes.

Skorpionsfliegen sehen Furcht einflößend aus, sind aber völlig harmlos. Ihre Ernährung und Brautgeschenke sind allerdings gewöhnungsbedürftig. https://t.co/2Dlnj7QqPw
Neopanorpa exaggerata Wang, 2023
#mecoptera #scorpionflies #panorpidae #neopanorpa
N. exaggerata has the longest male abdomen surpassing all the formerly known species in the extant Panorpoidea

🗨️"The appearance of the newly discovered #scorpionflies could hardly be more bizarre"
- Rainer Willmann (@uniGoettingen) about a #NewSpecies described in Contributions to #Entomology: a @Senckenberg journal using our #publishing platform since last year.
https://t.co/4WpoWjRqmr
New scorpionfly genus discovered by researcher at our Uni. Male insects have a bizarre appearance: at the end of their long abdomen, they have a bulge with grasping pincers resembling a scorpion - yet #scorpionflies are harmless: https://t.co/oVKMnyNqlo; https://t.co/qmSRU4Uuq8

Male Scorpion posing, he was shaking his wings at me turning on one spot, found this info. Panorpid males attract females by vibrating their wings
#scorpionflies #fly #macrophotography #insects #Entomology #wildlife @BBCSpringwatch @WildlifeMag

Description of two #NewSpecies of #scorpionflies from the Jiulongshan Formation at Daohugou Village of Ningcheng County in Inner Mongolia: https://t.co/3aPGgRMUkO
#insects #fossil #taxonomy

Assumed German Scorpionfly (Panorpa germanica), female on Hawthorn in Northward Hill, Kent. Any confirmation welcomed (options are common or scarce scorpionfly #TwitterNatureCommunity #Scorpionflies #Mecoptera #Panorpidae

[#Entomology] Review of the Panorpa wormaldi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), with descriptions of 2 #NewSpecies ⬇️
🔗 DOI: https://t.co/hRdXnLi0Ib
✒️ @JishenWang & @scorpionfly
#scorpionflies #Panorpidae #Mecoptera #scorpionfly
![ejtaxonomy's tweet photo. [#Entomology] Review of the Panorpa wormaldi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), with descriptions of 2 #NewSpecies ⬇️
🔗 DOI: https://t.co/hRdXnLi0Ib
✒️ @JishenWang & @scorpionfly
#scorpionflies #Panorpidae #Mecoptera #scorpionfly https://t.co/upYabtMh41](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMR0g00XwAENSXv.jpg)
the scorpionflies capture by my self 😊
#scorpionflies #TwitterNatureCommunity #photography #macrophotography #ThePhotoHour #NatureBeauty

#9July #9Luglio 2021
Scorpionfly from China
Choristopsyche cf. asticta (Qiao et al., 2013)
Jiulongshan Formation (Jurassic)
Daohugou Village, Mongolia, China🇨🇳
30mm long, via thefossilforum
#scorpionflies #insects #fossilinsects #fossils #fossilfriday #fossiladay #paleontology

1/2 A scorching day out in Sandwell CP looking for wee beasties whilst away from the crowds. Highlights incl. Oedemera nobilis, Andrena cineraria, Panorpa sp. and Enallagma cyathigerum #beetles #bees #scorpionflies #damselflies

Is this the end of the order Siphonaptera? https://t.co/ZuGGqsZEqW
One of my favorite factoids about them is the male presents a nuptial gift to a female before mating (often a tasty salivary secretion that’s brown in color). #bugs #panorpidae #scorpionflies #longleafpine (3/3)
Scorpionflies steal a lot of their food from spiders webs, On occasion eating the spiders.
It is not known how #scorpionflies don't become entangled in the silk. One theory is they may have morphological adaptations on their legs to enable them to avoid this. @BritEntSoc

Scorpionflies belong to the order mecoptera, an ancient group of insects that pre-dates flowering plants.
Found in fossil records as long ago as 250 million years. The group contains the ancestors of flies, moths, butterflies and caddisflies.
#Scorpionflies @DipteristsForum

To sooth your timelines today, some #LockdownEnto treats 1) Pair of amorous #Scorpionflies caught in huge mating swarm yest. This lasted >10mins..@BuglifeScotland @jeannerob @IBAHCM 1/3

Male #scorpionflies have tails that resemble scorpion stingers, hence the name. However, they can't sting. Their "stingers" are actually their genitalia! Here's another misnomer: scorpionflies are not actually flies. They are most closely related to fleas!

We saw both male and female #scorpionflies, one of the first groups in which #nuptialgifts were documented. The males#so genitalia looks like the #telson of a scorpion, but it just a harmless mimic.

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