Dr. Viktor Baranov🧪🦟🐛🪲
@swarmofthoughts.bsky.social
Entomologist, Sevilla, Spain @ebdonana.bsky.social, Australian Fossils, climate change studies using Diptera fossils, insect decline and microplastic pollution - once @swarmofthoughts/ Investigador Ramon y Cajal en EBD-CSIC, Entomologo y Paleontologo
An old scan of #fossil Mycetobia sp. pupa (Window gnat) from 38 MYA Baltic amber. This little gnats turned out to be really abundant and potent decomposers of organic matter in Baltic amber forest. That prompted us to write this paper I quite like pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
An old scan of #fossil Mycetobia sp. pupa (Window gnat) from 38 MYA Baltic amber. This little gnats turned out to be really abundant and potent decomposers of organic matter in Baltic amber forest. That prompted us to write this paper I quite like pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For the #fossilfriday here is one of my favorite #fossil species I ever described - a 38 MYA mantid fly from Baltic amber. Enjoy my CT reconstruction of the specimen! fr.pensoft.net/article/8013... 🦖⚒️
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For the #fossilfriday here is one of my favorite #fossil species I ever described - a 38 MYA mantid fly from Baltic amber. Enjoy my CT reconstruction of the specimen! fr.pensoft.net/article/8013... 🦖⚒️