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Rasta<p>It's snowing... flies<br>They covered my arms, clothes, stuck to my face, cough cough, needed a mask.. </p><p>"Chionea is a genus of wingless limoniid crane flies. It consists of two subgenera, the holarctic Chionea and palaearctic Sphaeconophilus. About 37 species are currently recognized in the northern hemisphere, but there are probably several undescribed species. They are commonly called snow flies. " ~ Wikipedia</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SnowFlies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowFlies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CraneFlies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CraneFlies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Nuisance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuisance</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>A grisly trick helps <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SnowFlies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowFlies</span></a> survive freezing: self-amputation<br><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/trick-snow-flies-survive-self-amputation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/trick-</span><span class="invisible">snow-flies-survive-self-amputation</span></a></p><p>[<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preprint</span></a>] Snow <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/flies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flies</span></a> self-amputate freezing limbs to sustain behavior at sub-zero temperatures <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.29.541388v1.full" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">23.05.29.541388v1.full</span></a> [<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preprint</span></a>]</p><p>"When a leg begins to freeze, the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> can rapidly self-amputate it, preventing ice crystals from creeping up into their bodies"</p>
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