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2023-12-30 20:34:24

Jon Sullivan on Nostr: I was looking through my photos from my run yesterday and looked closer at this photo ...

I was looking through my photos from my run yesterday and looked closer at this photo of a NZ large hoverfly. It has a #pseudoscorpion hitching a ride on its foot!

The Common Naturalist has an article diving into the biology of pseudoscorpions and their habit of hitching a ride on other insects. Evidence from fossil amber shows that they've been doing this for at least 44 million years.

https://commonnaturalist.com/2021/05/14/hitchhiking-pseudoscorpions/

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/195296551

#insects #phoresy #nz #nature



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