Torsten Dikow

@tdikow.bsky.social

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biodiversity researcher - discovering fly species - deciphering their evolutionary history - natural history collections + digitization + data - #asiloidflies - deserts - photography - views mine ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909

bee fly specimen mounted on insect pin in side view
tangle-veined fly specimen mounted on insect pin in side view
little fly perching on vegetation
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly mounted on pin in lateral view
assassin fly perching on rock
fly specimen on insect pin in lateral view
crop of New Zealand Bat Fly specimen mounted on insect pin
New Zealand Bat Fly specimen mounted on insect pin
pinned fly in side view
opening slide of presentation
flesh fly sitting on sand dune
assassin fly eating a small flesh fly
desk space in insect collection at Iziko South African Museum with view of Lions Head
wintery scene in Connecticut, USA
specimen of new fly species, Acronyches gephyrus, mounted on a pin
assassin fly mounted on pin with prey wasp it captured
assassin fly Acnephalomyia metallicoindica photographed in nature perching on a pebble
assassin fly Acenpahlomyia eremia on sand dune at Gobabeb, Namibia
map of west-central Namibia with "southern Namib Desert" shown in green as study area
assassin fly specimen mounted on pin in sideview
spotted lanternfly on tree trunk with tree resin
Spotted Lanternfly on bark of Tree of Heaven tree
chalk cliffs + Baltic Sea, Rügen Island, 1995
beautiful morning on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
fly specimen on insect pin in side view
fly specimen double-mounted on insect pin, frontal
photo of USNM entomology collection and cabinets
mydas fly specimen mounted on pin, lateral view
assassin fly specimen on insect pin in side view
assassin fly with prey
assassin fly perching on loa dead vegetation
pinned fly specimen
collection with pinned apiocerid flies
apiocerid fly on an insect pin
insect collection drawer with specimens ready to be digitized
assassin fly on insect pin