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  1. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  2. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  3. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  4. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  5. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  6. A very pleasant find during my afternoon of flipping rocks. They may be Bilobella but the black eyes make me think otherwise. If you know what they are, please tell me.

    #Nature #Photography #Macro #Collembola #Springtail #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  7. A very pleasant find during my afternoon of flipping rocks. They may be Bilobella but the black eyes make me think otherwise. If you know what they are, please tell me.

    #Nature #Photography #Macro #Collembola #Springtail #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  8. Here we go: now pitfall traps are collecting critters on the ground at the #alpine plateau of Ben Avon, in the #CairngormsNationalPark in the Scottish #Highlands. 🕷️🪲🐛

    Four habitat types, three pitfall traps each: looking forward!
    Maybe we can find some new records of soil invertebrates? The chances are high, as alpine soil fauna studies are rare in the UK.

    Thanks to Andrea Britton and Debbie Fielding from #jameshuttonInstitute for helping do field work! ✌️

    #BEN_EAF #AlpSoil_Lab #MountainSoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Scotland

  9. Here we go: now pitfall traps are collecting critters on the ground at the #alpine plateau of Ben Avon, in the #CairngormsNationalPark in the Scottish #Highlands. 🕷️🪲🐛

    Four habitat types, three pitfall traps each: looking forward!
    Maybe we can find some new records of soil invertebrates? The chances are high, as alpine soil fauna studies are rare in the UK.

    Thanks to Andrea Britton and Debbie Fielding from #jameshuttonInstitute for helping do field work! ✌️

    #BEN_EAF #AlpSoil_Lab #MountainSoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Scotland

  10. A beetle mite with its own pet mite riding on its back. This thing is miniscule. I think I took this at nearly 4.5x. There were a few of these in the soil near one of the pill louse I just posted.

    #Nature #Photography #Mites #Orbatid #Galumnidae #Arthropods
    #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  11. A beetle mite with its own pet mite riding on its back. This thing is miniscule. I think I took this at nearly 4.5x. There were a few of these in the soil near one of the pill louse I just posted.

    #Nature #Photography #Mites #Orbatid #Galumnidae #Arthropods
    #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  12. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  13. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  14. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  15. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  16. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  17. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  18. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  19. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  20. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  21. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  22. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  23. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  24. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  25. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  26. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  27. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  28. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  29. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  30. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  31. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  32. There are few soil animals as adorable as springtails!

    This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, so it can squeeze into cracks in decaying logs, where it lives. They're surprisingly fast at escaping into the cracks, so it's difficult to get a good photo of them!

    #Entomology #Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #Nature #SoilFauna #NaturePhotography #Soil #SoilEcology #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet

  33. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  34. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  35. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  36. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  37. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  38. Very helpful #preprint on #authorea from on "Standardised protocols for soil fauna extraction and a call for cross-lab implementation" 🪱🕷️🐞

    doi.org/10.22541/au....

    #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #SoilLabs #Soil

  39. Very helpful #preprint on #authorea from on "Standardised protocols for soil fauna extraction and a call for cross-lab implementation" 🪱🕷️🐞

    doi.org/10.22541/au....

    #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #SoilLabs #Soil

  40. Very helpful #preprint on #authorea from on "Standardised protocols for soil fauna extraction and a call for cross-lab implementation" 🪱🕷️🐞

    doi.org/10.22541/au....

    #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #SoilLabs #Soil

  41. Very helpful #preprint on #authorea from on "Standardised protocols for soil fauna extraction and a call for cross-lab implementation" 🪱🕷️🐞

    doi.org/10.22541/au....

    #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #SoilLabs #Soil

  42. Very helpful #preprint on #authorea from on "Standardised protocols for soil fauna extraction and a call for cross-lab implementation" 🪱🕷️🐞

    doi.org/10.22541/au....

    #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #SoilLabs #Soil

  43. SOIL BIODIVERSITY SPECIAL ISSUE!

    Are you researching the conservation, ecology or taxonomy of soil and litter invertebrates?

    Then consider submitting your paper to this Special Issue of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology, edited by me, Carlos Barreto and Andrew Barnes (what a dream team!).

    Just send me preliminary manuscript info by 30 November 2025.

    More information: royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-

    #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Soil

  44. This festival of waxy lumps is a baby biting midge, AKA a Forcipomyia larvae. Before they grow up to be bloodsuckers, they're surprisingly cute.

    They're very common on decaying logs here in Aotearoa, but I don't often photograph them. However, my good friend and fellow macrophotographer Andy Murray loves them, and has a whole webpage dedicated to them - so go check that out!

    chaosofdelight.org/forcipomyia

    #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Macro #Nature #NaturePhotography

  45. Hey, as I do love soil animals and critters, I did support an artist who draws very nice pictures of the vast variety of #SoilBiodiversity (mainly #SoilFauna). Stickers for the kids 🤩

    If you love #soil too, give it a try and support Svenja Meyer (bsky.app/profile/fminifera.bsk) and check out her store at smartwork.bigcartel.com/

    #SoilIsLife #SoilIsAlive

  46. Hey, as I do love soil animals and critters, I did support an artist who draws very nice pictures of the vast variety of #SoilBiodiversity (mainly #SoilFauna). Stickers for the kids 🤩

    If you love #soil too, give it a try and support Svenja Meyer (bsky.app/profile/fminifera.bsk) and check out her store at smartwork.bigcartel.com/

    #SoilIsLife #SoilIsAlive