An inordinate fondness for systematics
This is a "sausage fly" i.e. the gigantic male of an african driver ant (Dorylus). I've been lucky enough to witness a mating swarm (in Maun, Botswana). It was awesome. We fed large numbers of these to a fledgling owl our friend had rescued...
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This is a "sausage fly" i.e. the gigantic male of an african driver ant (Dorylus). I've been lucky enough to witness a mating swarm (in Maun, Botswana). It was awesome. We fed large numbers of these to a fledgling owl our friend had rescued...
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