Gavin Broadさんのイラストまとめ

#insectoftheday no.108. The head of an angel, Zorotypus assymetricus. Zoraptera, or Angel Insects, are colonial and typically live in rotting wood. Usually eyeless and wingless, as in this paratype, but winged forms can be produced, giving the lie to Zoraptera ('pure wingless').

#insectoftheday no.106. Because it's just emerged after I reared it from a larva under rotting wood, here is a smart snipe fly (Rhagionidae), Rhagio scolopaceus (I think!). And if you are a fly fan you might want to listen to @flygirlNHM on Radio 4: https://t.co/wPSXwr02aa

#insectoftheday no.96. Madagascan cicada, Pycna strix, from new paper by @ento_ben https://t.co/OHCA7GGiED Descended from a Miocene dispersal from Africa. And proof that it is never too late to publish those PhD chapters.

#insectoftheday no. 88. Hymenoptera again but no apologies: outrageous ovipositors, of Zaglyptogastra (top) and Labena (below), both ichneumonoid wasps. Different ways of accessing concealed hosts, threading and drilling. On gallery @NHM_London tonight, with @eden2020eu.

#insectoftheday no.78, and #TaxonomistAppreciationDay. Not only wasps, but new species of wasp food are also continually being described by @NHM_London taxonomists. I love the name of this butterfly from Colombia, Splendeuptychia mercedes, described by @BlancaHuertas_

#insectoftheday no.39. Sticking with Hymenoptera, here's the first ant of this series: Paraponera clavata, the Bullet Ant. Infamous as its venom is at the top end of the Schmidt index of sting pain. https://t.co/cGovlUQrHu

#insectoftheday no.36. Diptera: Tachinidae. Often called bristle flies, for obvious reasons. This Gymnochaeta viridis is evidence that not all of the most beautiful parasitoids are wasps. Just most of them. #yearofthefly

#insectoftheday no.27. Trichoptera and Hymenoptera! Look out for caddis cases in rivers with long silk ribbons protruding. The ichneumonid wasp Agriotypus armatus over-winters in the cocoon of its host caddis, in this case (pun intended...), Odontocerum albicorne.

#insectoftheday no.5: Migrant Hawker @hilbrebirdobs. One of 19 Odonata species found so far on this tiny tidal island with one small pond. It's a great place to see how many insects fly large distances.