Posted by Zeegers on 11-10-2022 18:03
#1
IUCN published today the European red list Syrphidae.
A small flight for a hoverfly, a giant leap for Syrphidology !
Thanks to all the collegues who contributed.
https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202210/over-one-third-hoverflies-threatened-extinction-europe-iucn-red-list
And …. as we all know, things are not going well, alas.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by John Carr on 11-10-2022 18:23
#2
It pays to be big, pretty, and diurnal. Many tiny, dull, nocturnal
Forcipomyia are pollinators too.
Posted by Zeegers on 11-10-2022 20:26
#3
That’s why we need to (start) talk(ing) about the reasons for this decline… if we tackle those for Syrohidae, we tackle those for Forcipomyia and other pollinators likely as well :)
Theo