!!! I saw a hangingfly for the first time last week and I'm still riding high on that triumph ;)
Snootfly! 😍 I was very sad that no mourning scorpionflies (panorpa lugubris) appeared for me last year; this boy chilled on my finger for a bit today, and that makes up for it. Thanks boo. Needed this today. 🖤
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September 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
!!! I saw a hangingfly for the first time last week and I'm still riding high on that triumph ;)
The ginkgo-mimicking hangingfly Juracimbrophlebia, from Jurassic China. Places like the Haifanggou Formation are known for an insane quantity of full-body insect fossils, some of which even preserve color patterning
#paleoart #sciart #entomology
#paleoart #sciart #entomology
January 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The ginkgo-mimicking hangingfly Juracimbrophlebia, from Jurassic China. Places like the Haifanggou Formation are known for an insane quantity of full-body insect fossils, some of which even preserve color patterning
#paleoart #sciart #entomology
#paleoart #sciart #entomology
chasing these led me deep into the woods and I got a little lost and so basically I think these count as fairies
June 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
chasing these led me deep into the woods and I got a little lost and so basically I think these count as fairies
September 8, 2024 at 12:59 PM
For #FossilFriday, how about some insects from the collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna? Sure, anyone can have a honking big dinosaur; but look at these lovelies! A dragonfly, a cockroach, a grasshopper, and a hangingfly.
August 23, 2024 at 2:17 PM
For #FossilFriday, how about some insects from the collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna? Sure, anyone can have a honking big dinosaur; but look at these lovelies! A dragonfly, a cockroach, a grasshopper, and a hangingfly.
The final prompt of Creepmas is Gift Giver. This is a hangingfly, which gives nuptial gifts (though they aren't usually wrapped in paper and shiny ribbons).
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December 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The final prompt of Creepmas is Gift Giver. This is a hangingfly, which gives nuptial gifts (though they aren't usually wrapped in paper and shiny ribbons).
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Clear and cool. The wheezing of a gnatcatcher from the tallest walnut tree. A gangly hangingfly comes fluttering under the eaves.
Clear and cool. The wheezing of a gnatcatcher from the tallest walnut tree. A gangly hangingfly comes fluttering under the eaves.
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Clear and cool. The wheezing of a gnatcatcher from the tallest walnut tree. A gangly hangingfly comes fluttering under the eaves.
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June 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Clear and cool. The wheezing of a gnatcatcher from the tallest walnut tree. A gangly hangingfly comes fluttering under the eaves.
Clear and cool. The wheezing of a gnatcatcher from the tallest walnut tree. A gangly hangingfly comes fluttering under the eaves.
June 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
A good find: Bittacus pilicornis capturing a moth. AKA the hairy-horned scorpion fly, a member of the #Bittacidae (hangingflies). They have mottled wings, long legs, the 2 posterior pair w tarsal claws for catching prey. Scattered. NE US July ‘24
#Bittacus #insects #bugsky #predation #iNaturalist
#Bittacus #insects #bugsky #predation #iNaturalist
March 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A good find: Bittacus pilicornis capturing a moth. AKA the hairy-horned scorpion fly, a member of the #Bittacidae (hangingflies). They have mottled wings, long legs, the 2 posterior pair w tarsal claws for catching prey. Scattered. NE US July ‘24
#Bittacus #insects #bugsky #predation #iNaturalist
#Bittacus #insects #bugsky #predation #iNaturalist
"Jurassic mimicry between a hangingfly and a ginkgo from China"
(Yongjie Wang & Conrad C. Labandeira, et al. 2012)
ジュラ紀の擬態昆虫(シリアゲムシ目)
※イチョウ類(Yimaia capituliformis)の葉へ擬態
※被子植物台頭以前の昆虫＆植物の共進化を示唆
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(Yongjie Wang & Conrad C. Labandeira, et al. 2012)
ジュラ紀の擬態昆虫(シリアゲムシ目)
※イチョウ類(Yimaia capituliformis)の葉へ擬態
※被子植物台頭以前の昆虫＆植物の共進化を示唆
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 26, 2026 at 11:20 AM
"Jurassic mimicry between a hangingfly and a ginkgo from China"
(Yongjie Wang & Conrad C. Labandeira, et al. 2012)
ジュラ紀の擬態昆虫(シリアゲムシ目)
※イチョウ類(Yimaia capituliformis)の葉へ擬態
※被子植物台頭以前の昆虫＆植物の共進化を示唆
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(Yongjie Wang & Conrad C. Labandeira, et al. 2012)
ジュラ紀の擬態昆虫(シリアゲムシ目)
※イチョウ類(Yimaia capituliformis)の葉へ擬態
※被子植物台頭以前の昆虫＆植物の共進化を示唆
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
That insect is a **hangingfly** (family **Bittacidae**), which belongs to the order **Mecoptera** (the same group that includes scorpionflies).
While they look remarkably like large crane flies or true flies (Diptera), they are a completely separate group of insects.
While they look remarkably like large crane flies or true flies (Diptera), they are a completely separate group of insects.
July 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
That insect is a **hangingfly** (family **Bittacidae**), which belongs to the order **Mecoptera** (the same group that includes scorpionflies).
While they look remarkably like large crane flies or true flies (Diptera), they are a completely separate group of insects.
While they look remarkably like large crane flies or true flies (Diptera), they are a completely separate group of insects.
Gemini says... That insect is a **hangingfly** (family **Bittacidae**), which belongs to the order **Mecoptera** (the same group that includes scorpionflies).
July 8, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Gemini says... That insect is a **hangingfly** (family **Bittacidae**), which belongs to the order **Mecoptera** (the same group that includes scorpionflies).
Still other males have an even trickier method – they approach a male with prey and imitate the behaviors of a female. When the original male presents the prey to the "female," he steals it and flies off to find an actual female.
Photo credit: brisbaneinsects.com
Photo credit: brisbaneinsects.com
April 22, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Still other males have an even trickier method – they approach a male with prey and imitate the behaviors of a female. When the original male presents the prey to the "female," he steals it and flies off to find an actual female.
Photo credit: brisbaneinsects.com
Photo credit: brisbaneinsects.com
RT @Laelaps New fossil reveals hangingfly that might have hid among Jurassic ginkgo trees http://bit.ly/TpNwj1
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December 1, 2024 at 3:14 PM
RT @Laelaps New fossil reveals hangingfly that might have hid among Jurassic ginkgo trees http://bit.ly/TpNwj1
latter-hangingfly, Hylobittacus apicalis in Bittacidae
June 23, 2026 at 12:35 AM
latter-hangingfly, Hylobittacus apicalis in Bittacidae