#scorpionfly

[greycatbird]

80°F with a perma-mist on Monday.....great time to be some sort of small creature probably

[daily-dose-of-insects]

The Common Scorpionfly (Panorpa communis)

Native to Europe and Northern Asia, this unique looking species has nothing to do with its namesake.

To win over females, males offer a gifts of saliva secretions and dead pray items. Males of this species are known for having a scorpion like tail the is actually its genitalia.

This species is harmless to humans.

[the-scorpionfly]

Mourning Scorpionfly

What is up with these gorgeous goth princesses??? (Yes ik this one is a male but he’s still a gorgeous goth princess) They are also detritivores, and they even eat ✨human corpses✨so they can be used in forensics to tell how long someone has been dead!

Why did evolution decide to make this badass creature and can we get more like this??

I um… have this picture printed out and on my bulletin board…

Edit: (photo credits to Jonathan D. Mays on inaturalist)

[apsciencebylyn]

Snootflies are back 🖤

Spotted a handful of these silly creatures this afternoon near a cypress swamp. Panorpa lugubris, the mourning scorpionfly. Distant relatives of fleas. I make a small pilgrimage or 7 to this spot every year around this time in hopes of seeing them, as one does

[thedawner]

Portrait of Linus, my scorpionfly char.

[ly207]

they're in luv

[zenooart]

Febugary day 23!!

Panorpa communis 🦂🪰

These little guys are actually harmless!! The scorpion like tail is the male genitalia (so another species with sexual dimorphism!!) and although they can eat insects they feed on the dead or sick ones

[gwiezdnafuri]

Scorpionflies are cool i like scorpionflies what more can i say uhh.. yeah.