If you ever wonder how to spend a Sunday right:
bare feet, a river, and the one who makes you laugh even when nothing’s funny.
Today at the Rhine, we absolutely nailed it.
Too shy to leave the full-body selfie up just yet, but my legs look so good
Gonna take more time to model and stuff later this year I hope. ~Gestures broadly~ has made plans hard rn.
#Histiostomatidae #mites phoretically attach arthropods, having e.g. these #apomorphies (newly evolved features): #filtermouth in free stages and forward-facing #legs 3,4 of #deutonymphs, supporting #attaching/#detaching #host. #Images = my current #research
© #StefanFWirth 2025
Related papers
S. F. Wirth 2016
https://doi.org/10.21684/0132-8077-2016-24-2-97-111
S. F. Wirth 2023, pp 102-103
https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6728en
#Photos
1) sideview mouth adult H. sp ex tree stump (2022) 2) deutonymph B. #sibirica (2016) © S. F. W.