WCVE-FM Archive|What's Bugging You?

The Enigmatic Forcepfly

by Dr. Art Evans
Tue, 03/19/2013
Forcepfly Merope tuber

Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss the recent discovery of the third extant species of forcepfly from Brazil, known only from a single male specimen.

Photo: The forcepfly from eastern North America, Merope tuber. © 2013, A.V. Evans.

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