The Tufted #Clusterfly (Pollenia pediculata) is a species of #fly commonly found in North America and Europe.

They are #parasites, the females lay their eggs near #earthworms, and the larvae feed on the worms after hatching.

#photography #nature #insects #inverts #becurious #bugsky #zoology

#growing #forests GROWING FORESTS #pulpwood #carboncapture #climatechange #climate #change #earthworms
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2025/05/grow...

Updated our preprint to version 2.
If you are interested in #earthworms #invasions #multidiversity & #multifunctionality check it out:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Drought sends Lower Austria earthworms deep underground #drought #earthworms #LowerAustria