Yuchen
derschwingfliegen.bsky.social
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!
Aaaannnd a student replied to me with this. I’m more upset than I need to be with this.
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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4) breeds in the felled host for its next macabre cycle. The paper says “entomopathogenic” - I’m confused on how to classify them. As parasitoids (immatures that kill host internally during development) or as predators (free-living adults targeting prey for food)?
Remote jobs in Europe
them.as
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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3)slither into host bodies (likely through a spiracle, YUCK!) to release a cocktail of symbiotic pathogens that then kill the host.

This is some high tier assassin specialist build right there- like a Zerg Roach Corpser build that targets air units. Nature’s stranger than science fiction!
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Those are some really beautiful long big pedipalps…😍
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM