Scott Clem

Excited to announce the publication of my new book chapter on fly (Diptera) pollination! Here I compile nearly 250 published papers and summarize major aspects of myophily, including ecological, economic, and conservation significance. #pollination #Diptera #unsungheroes doi.org/10.1016/B978...

I love that this medical entomology professor turned a "we found a weird bug" moment into a teaching exercise and a paper for her class. (1/2) www.udel.edu/udaily/2026/...

Bats and bat-flies Last night I tagged along to collect Nycteribiids from Daubenton’s bats. Great to see these dipteran weirdoes - flies with no wings, no eyes & giving birth to live young. 😎🪰 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

Is your child texting about FLIES? What acronyms are they using? 🧐 #FlyWeek

The hover flies are emerging here in the Midwest! I simply love this video of Eupeodes caught on a ring camera, emailed to me by a member of the public 😂 #Syrphidae #Diptera #falsespring

Spring is right around the corner and the beautiful rotten smell of skunk cabbage is in the air! A fascinating local example of sapromyophily - flowers that smell stinky to attract fly (and beetle) pollinators. #diptera #pollination

the clem lab declares this month #flybuary starting with the tiger cranefly nephrotoma lugens!! nephrotoma can be found on all continents but is most diverse in the holoarctic, asia, and the afrotropics. larvae in the soil can sometimes damage plants. #invertebrates #sciart

Day 13 #InsectAdvent & have you decorated the tree yet? What about this tree? This in fact the hairy whorls of a male Chaoborid or Phantom midge’s antennae. Packed full of sensors, this ‘tree’ is more than a mere decoration @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social