#snowflies
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #snowflies from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-29 00:40 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-29 00:40 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #snowflies.
Live pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-29 00:40 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 4 public posts (spanning ~24667 hours).
Posting hours (UTC)
Languages: English (4)
Avg boosts / post: 6.8
Top of the latest posts
Snow flies now less mysterious but even more fascinating: "Coordinated molecular and physiological adaptations enable activity at sub-freezing temperatures in the snow fly Chionea alexandriana", Capek et al. (Stensmyr and Gallio labs). http
A grisly trick helps #SnowFlies survive freezing: self-amputation https://www.sciencenews.org/article/trick-snow-flies-survive-self-amputation [#preprint] Snow #flies self-amputate freezing limbs to sustain behavior at sub-zero temperatures
@tuthill Also at The Atlantic by the hand of no less than the legendary Ed Yong! https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/05/snow-flies-insects-glaciers/674240/ Freeze-tolerant flies that shed legs as a last-ditch effort to survive
#snowflies across platforms
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