#malaise — Public Fediverse posts

Slides from my talk last night to the Field #Naturalists Association of #Canberra:

"Lessons from #Malaise trapping in Aranda"

https://codeberg.org/dhobern/presentation/src/branch/main/Lessons_from_Malaise_trapping_in_Aranda.pdf

As with most of my talks, there are few notes, but the gallery of amazing #insects may mean something to some of you.

#entomology #taxonomy #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity #OnceAndFutureKing #Hymenoptera #Lepidoptera #Strepsiptera #Hemiptera #Collembola #Araneae #wasps #moths #springtails #spiders

A selection of #insects from the #SLAM #Malaise trap I run in #Canberra for the week 3-10 February 2023.

#Fly: Austrotephritis pumila #Diptera #Tephritidae

Darwin #wasp: Anacis sp. female #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae

Click #beetle: Conoderus sp. (probably C. exsul)

Small wasp: #Encyrtidae sp.

https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-3-10-february-2023/

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?user_id=dhobern&on=2023-02-10&place_id=any&verifiable=any

#Entomology #Coleoptera #Elateridae #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae #Encyrtidae