‘Rainbow colours and legs for days’: Australian fly species named after drag star RuPaul
by Caitlin Cassidy from on (#5PJ4Y)
CSIRO entomologist Bryan Lessard says the soldier flies look like little gems buzzing around the forest floor'
The first insect Bryan Lessard named after a pop culture icon was the Beyonce fly - Scaptia beyonceae, in 2011.
At the time, the CSIRO entomologist caused quite a stir, and was frowned upon" by some taxonomists.
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