Weaving gnats
-The larva of a Keroplatidae species, Arachnocampa luminosa, is responsible for enchanting and deadly fairy light displays in the caves of Australia and New Zealand (media: silk and bioluminescence :)
Here they are:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=arthropod&subview=grid&taxon_id=125921&verifiable=any
-Meanwhile, in Chile, user @ieremiel has posted a GIF of a predatory fungus gnat larva at work, weaving:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42130455
-Furthermore, one of my favorite ARThropod observation by @epopov has been identified (tentatively as these things are) as the pupa of Mycetophilidae (Fungus gnat):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38438969
*Bonus: as I was looking into gnat larvae, I came across this macro photo blog by Andy Murray with amazing shots of the very festive and astonishing larvae of Forcipomyia, a member of Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges ) and many other critters:
https://www.chaosofdelight.org/forcipomyia
Happy August and fruitful observing!
Comments
Cool, thanks for sharing!
Wow! I enjoy weaving myself. I need some glow-in-the-dark yarn.
You don't have any???? What have you been doing????
An oversight—I’ll have to remedy that! 😅
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