Given my inordinate fondness for #pollinators of #cacao, I was very excited to... - Random

sejarnold, 1 month ago

Given my inordinate fondness for #pollinators of #cacao, I was very excited to discover a UK "cousin" in my office today, hanging out on the windowframe. Beautiful female Ceratopogonidae (did not attempt ID). I have a theory that if we were able to farm #cocoa in the UK, species of #Ceratopogonidae already present here would turn up and start visiting the flowers. UK has over 150 Ceratopogonidae species, including members of the main genera considered to pollinate cacao in the tropics.

A computer screen image of the same very magnified fly, this time facing down and to the left. This time the wings are in better focus than the head/antennae. Still, it is only really visible as a silhouette, with long and somewhat hairy antennae, a stocky body and quite a few body-hairs, especially on legs.
An "actual size" version of the same fly, this time a small dark speck in an eppendorf plastic tube, demonstrating it is actually only 2-3mm long in real life. Everything else is just a plain white background really.

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