David Funk

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Entomologist

Entomology Group

Director of Facilities

Facilities Department

Contact

dfunk@stroudcenter.org
tel. 610-268-2153, ext. 237
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311

Interests and Expertise

I am interested in all aspects of aquatic insect biology, especially the resolution of species using genetics, reproductive biology, and life history data. I have also combined my interests in entomology and photography to produce a large collection of images of aquatic insects in their native habitat.

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Publications

Oxygen limitation fails to explain upper chronic thermal limits and the temperature size rule in mayflies

Funk, D.H., B.W. Sweeney, and J.K. Jackson. 2020. Journal of Experimental Biology 224:jeb.233338.

Transcriptomic and life history responses of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer to chronic diel thermal challenge

Hsuan C., D.D. Jima, D.H. Funk, J.K. Jackson, B.W. Sweeney, and D.B. Buchwalter. 2020. Nature Scientific Reports 10:19119.

Space colonization by branching trachea explains the morphospace of a simple respiratory organ

Ruiz-Sobrino, A., C.A. Martín-Blanco, T. Navarro, I. Almudi, G. Masiero, M. Jimenez-Caballero, D.B. Buchwalter, D.H. Funk, J.L. Gattolliat, M.C. Lemos, F. Jiménez, and F. Casares. 2020. Developmental Biology 462(1): 50–59.

Evaluating water quality for Amazonian streams along the Interoceanic Highway in Peru using macroinvertebrates collected by hand and with leaf packs

Sweeney, B.W., J.M. Battle, D.H. Funk, R.W. Flowers, T. Gonzales Ojeda, A. Huamantinco, J.K. Jackson, and M. Arnold. 2020. Limnologica 81, 125759.

Phenological modeling of the parthenogenetic mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in White Clay Creek

Kolpas, A., D.H. Funk, J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. 2019. Ecological Modeling 416, 108892

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Photography

I have been taking pictures of insects for more than 35 years and have developed special equipment such as a shallow underwater rig (pictured below) for taking in-stream photos of aquatic insects. My photographs have appeared in numerous books and magazines, including Natural History, Scientific American, Ranger Rick, National Wildlife, Wings (Xerces Society), BBC Wildlife, and Nature Australia.

: Ameletus ludens mayfly larva photographed in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania.

: David Funk using his shallow underwater photography rig.

: Special rig for taking pictures of living insects on stream bottoms.

: Epeorus pleuralis mayfly larva nestled among aquatic mosses in Rondout Creek, New York.

: Brachycentrus caddisfly larva in Neversink River, New York.

: Blepharicerid fly larvae crawling across the face of a waterfall in the Bear Kill, New York.

: Two Epeorus mayfly larvae in the Beaverkill River, New York. The upper specimen has recently molted.

: Tallaperla maria stonefly adult emerged from Spring Creek, Pennsylvania.

: Ephemerella dorothea mayfly, adult male emerged from White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania

: Eurylophella oviruptis mayfly, a recently-described species from swamp streams in North Carolina (female sub-adult).