#entomologists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #entomologists, aggregated by home.social.
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Drama in the urban garden!
Just looking in our little pond to see what’s happening when I spot something that looked like a #damselfly dead on the surface.
Touched it and it moved so I lifted it out on my finger.
That’s when I noticed it had a very emaciated abdomen. With a dead spider hanging off it!
Decided to place the damsel in distress in our young birch tree so I could have a better look.
Yes, definitely had clearly been predated by the spider, but (and I’m surmising here) had flown into the pond maybe to drown its attacker?
Is that a known observed strategy? Any #entomologists or damselfly specialists who can add to this thought? Or am I simply anthropomorphising the situation?
Or had it just flown off in panic and crashed into the pond?
It’s a jungle out there!
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Drama in the urban garden!
Just looking in our little pond to see what’s happening when I spot something that looked like a #damselfly dead on the surface.
Touched it and it moved so I lifted it out on my finger.
That’s when I noticed it had a very emaciated abdomen. With a dead spider hanging off it!
Edit (I’m stupid).
Mrs Runt pointed out that the damselfly had probably just emerged from the pond and that the exuvia was still hanging on. Doh!
#damselfly #entomologists #dramainthegarden #nature #wildlife #uk #norfolk #wymondham
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The first track on my new #album was written as a theme tune for the sentiment against AI slop in the #FAWM Slack channel, where (for reasons which will remain obscure) tools like suno are referred to as cupcakes. Hates them, we does.
For the #entomologists out there: the buzzing noise that shifts from right to left and back is a slowed-down sample of a Death's-head hawkmoth, acherontia atropos. Because of course it is; that's how I roll.
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The first track on my new #album was written as a theme tune for the sentiment against AI slop in the #FAWM Slack channel, where (for reasons which will remain obscure) tools like suno are referred to as cupcakes. Hates them, we does.
For the #entomologists out there: the buzzing noise that shifts from right to left and back is a slowed-down sample of a Death's-head hawkmoth, acherontia atropos. Because of course it is; that's how I roll.
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Any #entomologists out there who might be able to identify this #butterfly There's evidence from the photo history that it's a Red Admiral but I keep thinking it looks far more like a heliconius melpomene, the Postman butterfly.
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Any #entomologists out there who might be able to identify this #butterfly There's evidence from the photo history that it's a Red Admiral but I keep thinking it looks far more like a heliconius melpomene, the Postman butterfly.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/226505/ ‘One of those unforgettable discoveries’ #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #Éire #entomologists #ExtinctSpecies #GraemeLyons #HelenSmith #IE #Ireland #IsleOfWight #NatureReserve #Science #Wildlife #WolfSpider
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‘One of those unforgettable discoveries’
On a remote nature reserve only accessible by boat, entomologists have rediscovered a critically endangered species thought to…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #criticallyendangeredspecies #entomologists #extinctspecies #GraemeLyons #HelenSmith #IsleofWight #naturereserve #Science #wolfspider
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/340490/ -
‘One of those unforgettable discoveries’
On a remote nature reserve only accessible by boat, entomologists have rediscovered a critically endangered species thought to…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #CA #Canada #criticallyendangeredspecies #entomologists #extinctspecies #GraemeLyons #HelenSmith #IsleofWight #naturereserve #Science #wolfspider
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/337711/ -
Repost your post with the second paragraph turned into #hashtags
#biophilia #biology #biologyGeek #Botanists #entomologists #mycologists #whereAreYou
no algorthms on mastodon except hashtags, nothing is steered to your eyes, nothing takes your posts to biologists, except hashtags.
and boosts.
boost a lot, be the algorthm, hashtag a lot, its the #mastodon system
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Repost your post with the second paragraph turned into #hashtags
#biophilia #biology #biologyGeek #Botanists #entomologists #mycologists #whereAreYou
no algorthms on mastodon except hashtags, nothing is steered to your eyes, nothing takes your posts to biologists, except hashtags.
and boosts.
boost a lot, be the algorthm, hashtag a lot, its the #mastodon system
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Repost your post with the second paragraph turned into #hashtags
#biophilia #biology #biologyGeek #Botanists #entomologists #mycologists #whereAreYou
no algorthms on mastodon except hashtags, nothing is steered to your eyes, nothing takes your posts to biologists, except hashtags.
and boosts.
boost a lot, be the algorthm, hashtag a lot, its the #mastodon system
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Repost your post with the second paragraph turned into #hashtags
#biophilia #biology #biologyGeek #Botanists #entomologists #mycologists #whereAreYou
no algorthms on mastodon except hashtags, nothing is steered to your eyes, nothing takes your posts to biologists, except hashtags.
and boosts.
boost a lot, be the algorthm, hashtag a lot, its the #mastodon system
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‘Half the tree of life’: #ecologists’ horror as #nature reserves are emptied of #insects
A new point in history has been reached, #entomologists say, as #climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of #pesticides
The declines witnessed by Janzen and others around world – are part of what some ecologists call “new era” of #ecologicalcollapse, rapid #extinctions occur in regions that have little direct contact with people.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe -
‘Half the tree of life’: #ecologists’ horror as #nature reserves are emptied of #insects
A new point in history has been reached, #entomologists say, as #climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of #pesticides
The declines witnessed by Janzen and others around world – are part of what some ecologists call “new era” of #ecologicalcollapse, rapid #extinctions occur in regions that have little direct contact with people.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe -
Who says #entomologists can't be a bundle of laughs?
It's #cicada season here so the press are running a few articles on the noisy critters. From one of these I discovered that our local bug watchers have adopted some rather interesting common names for different species, including:
Whiskey Drinker
Cherry Nose
Yellow Monday
Red Eye
Greengrocer
Brown Baker
Black Prince
Double Drummer
and
RazorI'm sure Gary Larson would approve.
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Excastra albopilosa: A remarkable #NewGenus and #NewSpecies of Lamiinae (Coleoptera) from southeastern #Queensland, #Australia
http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/excastra.html #Beetles #Insects #Animals"The fact that this striking species has avoided the attention of #entomologists for so long is something of a mystery but serves to emphasise how much may be left to discover about the Australian Lamiinae fauna."
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Excastra albopilosa: A remarkable #NewGenus and #NewSpecies of Lamiinae (Coleoptera) from southeastern #Queensland, #Australia
http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/excastra.html #Beetles #Insects #Animals"The fact that this striking species has avoided the attention of #entomologists for so long is something of a mystery but serves to emphasise how much may be left to discover about the Australian Lamiinae fauna."
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Excastra albopilosa: A remarkable #NewGenus and #NewSpecies of Lamiinae (Coleoptera) from southeastern #Queensland, #Australia
http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/excastra.html #Beetles #Insects #Animals"The fact that this striking species has avoided the attention of #entomologists for so long is something of a mystery but serves to emphasise how much may be left to discover about the Australian Lamiinae fauna."
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Excastra albopilosa: A remarkable #NewGenus and #NewSpecies of Lamiinae (Coleoptera) from southeastern #Queensland, #Australia
http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/excastra.html #Beetles #Insects #Animals"The fact that this striking species has avoided the attention of #entomologists for so long is something of a mystery but serves to emphasise how much may be left to discover about the Australian Lamiinae fauna."
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Excastra albopilosa: A remarkable #NewGenus and #NewSpecies of Lamiinae (Coleoptera) from southeastern #Queensland, #Australia
http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/excastra.html #Beetles #Insects #Animals"The fact that this striking species has avoided the attention of #entomologists for so long is something of a mystery but serves to emphasise how much may be left to discover about the Australian Lamiinae fauna."
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A re-introduction as we have migrated to a different server: ESA is the world's largest org. serving professional/scientific needs of #entomologists and people in related disciplines. Follow along for news and updates from the world of #entomology, links to new blog posts and resources from ESA, and info about ESA events, programs, and engagement opportunities. #insects #arthropods #science Learn more about ESA at https://entsoc.org/
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A re-introduction as we have migrated to a different server: ESA is the world's largest org. serving professional/scientific needs of #entomologists and people in related disciplines. Follow along for news and updates from the world of #entomology, links to new blog posts and resources from ESA, and info about ESA events, programs, and engagement opportunities. #insects #arthropods #science Learn more about ESA at https://entsoc.org/
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Hallo #entomologists, is this Aproceros leucopoda? @buddepiept hast du da nicht mal drüber geschrieben?
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Hallo #entomologists, is this Aproceros leucopoda? @buddepiept hast du da nicht mal drüber geschrieben?
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🪲🪲🪲 Citation alert from a #dung #beettle #paper 🤔🤔🤔
With Antonio Vallecillo, we already defended the idea of #modeling being a #interdisciplinary discipline (see https://lnkd.in/etjUgMr6) but I never expected to see my work influencing #entomologists doing research on #dung #beetles. 😁😁
(btw, the image is not fake but the citation is indeed a mistake, yet another example of the drawbacks of relying too much on #citation metrics for researchers' #evaluation)
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Petite question pour les entomologistes du coin.
Qui pourrait identifier cette chenille ?
Elle mesure environ 15 cm et a été filmée ce mois-ci en Colombie (San Agustin)(Vous pouvez RT sans complexe)
#entomology #entomologists #insectes #butterfly #papillon #entomologie #columbia
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Petite question pour les entomologistes du coin.
Qui pourrait identifier cette chenille ?
Elle mesure environ 15 cm et a été filmée ce mois-ci en Colombie (San Agustin)(Vous pouvez RT sans complexe)
#entomology #entomologists #insectes #butterfly #papillon #entomologie #columbia
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@masukomi yeah, that seems a bit small -- now I'm SUPER curious. No mastodon #entomologists yet?! We need to know! Anyone into northern hemisphere #entomology?
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Any #entomologists or #entomology folks can help me pseudo-ID a bug?
I saw it come into the bathroom from under the baseboards, there's a small gap area.
Dark colour, possibly 1cm size, small "but a large small", moved fast. It came in, stopped, and went RIGHT back into the same hole.Now I'm fearing it's bedbugs but that seems unlikely, I've been in this place a few months now... But what could it have been?? Didn't seem like a cockroach ...
Thanks!
#bug #bugs #bugid #entomologist #insect -
To start, I'm a bit nuts. Forgive. Been finding dying #Palmettobugs (AKA #AmericanCockroach) in my house. I've left them alone thinking something is killing them and I suspect it's #EnsignWasps (my absolute favorites) their natural predators.
So, #entomologists and #naturalists, since Ensigns breed in roach egg cases, I'm tempted to let them do their thing. Haven't seen actual #wasps this year, just the roaches. Think I should clean em up or let them be?
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To start, I'm a bit nuts. Forgive. Been finding dying #Palmettobugs (AKA #AmericanCockroach) in my house. I've left them alone thinking something is killing them and I suspect it's #EnsignWasps (my absolute favorites) their natural predators.
So, #entomologists and #naturalists, since Ensigns breed in roach egg cases, I'm tempted to let them do their thing. Haven't seen actual #wasps this year, just the roaches. Think I should clean em up or let them be?
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Hello, Mastodon! World's largest org. serving professional/scientific needs of #entomologists and people in related disciplines here. We're expanding our social media presence and excited to connect with the entomology community on Mastodon. Follow along for news and updates from the world of #entomology, links to new blog posts and resources from ESA, and info about ESA events, programs, and engagement opportunities. #insects #arthropods #science Learn more about ESA at https://entsoc.org/
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Hello, Mastodon! World's largest org. serving professional/scientific needs of #entomologists and people in related disciplines here. We're expanding our social media presence and excited to connect with the entomology community on Mastodon. Follow along for news and updates from the world of #entomology, links to new blog posts and resources from ESA, and info about ESA events, programs, and engagement opportunities. #insects #arthropods #science Learn more about ESA at https://entsoc.org/
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@futurebird oh, no! Please hang in there. Keep making the vids. That’s so important!! Maybe tag #entomologists #bugpeople so we can share more widely(?). We’re here! 🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻
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Any budding #entomologists out there who can help identify this #beetle. He has a ‘horn’ and was about 1cm long.
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Any budding #entomologists out there who can help identify this #beetle. He has a ‘horn’ and was about 1cm long.