Frank Etzler

I want to personally apologize to @Zelenskyy for the embarrassment of a meeting that occurred yesterday. Every day I get more and more disappointed with my country. Slava Ukraini!
Strugglers! Struggle ever onward! Do not give up hope

One week to go before the closing date on this ansum PhD. Like rainforests? Like Beetles? Like Devon and Cornwall? Then resolve to apply now!

this is not actually a wasp, but a clearwing moth. it is black and yellow like a yellowjacket

this is not actually a wasp, but a thick-headed fly sitting on a leaf. it is black and pale yellow, with a thin waist like a dark wasp

these are not actually wasps, but mating hover flies on siding. they are yellow and black, with a thin waist like a yellowjacket wasp

this is not actually a wasp, but longhorn beetle on siding. it is yellow and black, with a orange legs like a yellowjacket wasp

Just some wasps 😏

Snow Owl. Sharpie paint pen on black cardstock. A single snow Owl, all white with black spots on edges and with yellow eyes, stares at the viewer.

Snow owl. Sharpie paint pen on black cardstock.

Yup! I'm planning on being here full time come January. Maybe sooner if I get tired of the "other place" and the cesspool it has become

The Death Knight from the Berserk manga stating "That's the only sword a struggler can use against death!! Struggle, challenge, and rise to struggle again! Don't ever forget that!"

Keep moving fellow strugglers

We learned about them at a beetles course, and the defining trait is "doesn't have characters of other families". Funnily enough, that's the current definition for Elateridae too

thought you had a weevil there, huh? Nope, that's a salpingid

Wow, what a normal-looking rhysodid, WRONG it's another salpingid

What a cute little heterocerid body with cucujoid-like antennal clubs! OF COURSE IT'S A SALPINGID

Oh, a small beetle with very short elytra, obviously a staphylinid; WRONG it's a salpingid in the genus Inopeplus here to ruin your day

(tbf, Salpingidae is honestly one of the most life-ruining beetle families. Like they REFUSE to pick a lane, morphologically speaking)

Our study on the cophylogenetic interactions between oak gall wasps and their parasitoids in Hungary, using a Bayesian mixed modelling framework is now available as a preprint.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

At night, I say "Hello"
To the Collembola
On the outlet cover

The replication crisis is often described as a crisis of false positives, but is it?

In our (re)new(ed) preprint, we show that false positives do not explain the replication crisis, and that varying rep. rates are often explained by replication sample size. #metascience

osf.io/preprints/so...

You're going to have to fill out this form, then wait 3-5 business days for a quote...

I agree it's a pain!

Matrix-based key to the click beetle genera of Canada and USA with a summary of habitat use (Coleoptera, Elateridae) The Elateridae, or click beetles are abundant and diverse in most terrestrial ecosystems in North America, acting as plant pests and filling many other ecological roles. The 112 genera of Elateridae L...

We just published a new matrix based key for elaterid genera of Canada and the US. Give it a try!
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1193...

Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data Scientific Reports - Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data

New paper on the discovery & description of a new tiger beetle species from the Houston area led by Dan Duran in collab w/ R. Laroche, W. Godwin, S. Roman, D. Herrmann, E. Bull, & me... "Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex"

rdcu.be/dCL5v

Every now and then I fume over one of my ideas that got stolen and then they did it wrong anyways.

Our revision and phylogeny of Thonalmus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) is finally out, with the discovery of 7 new species! In your opinion, which of these is prettier? Publication available for download at: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #AmazingBeetles

Fantastic talks so far at the @coleopsoc.bsky.social meeting!

Yes, I agree! We need a video of this!

A click beetle on a white background. This beetle, Athous deceptor, had a black head, an orange-red pronotum with a central back spot, and elongate black elytra. It has dense yellow setae throughout it's body, with the exception of parts of the pronotal black spot where the setae are also black. The yellow setae is very dense on the scutellum, so the surface can barely be seen. There are dense yellow setae patches on the base of the elytra. The yellow setae is very dense at the center of the pronotum so it appears as if there is a yellow line going through the center of the black spot.

Finally had the time to play around with my camera set up yesterday and work out the bugs. It's finally up and running! Here's a quick test photo of Athous deceptor from Guatemala! Looking forward to taking more beetle photos

quick but critically important question: when u draw a cartoon octopus, what do u do with the bulbous part

🥳 surprise!

I’m relaunching The Brain Scoop wits new videos early next year. Stay tuned!!

youtu.be/Z7oFZogr99s?...
(it still has brains on it)

A small paper of ours that was the result of going WAAAAY down the literature rabbit hole to figure out the names of gall wasps is now out.

jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php...

My whirlwind two week visit to the US has ended, happy to see my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues at #EntSoc23. But my fav thing about the conference is by far the memes of Corteva Man.

A display at the Smithsonian of a fossil type specimen in a deathpose below a composite skeleton of a Dimetrodon looking down. The deathpose has the lizard-like mammal on its back, curled, and head is directed upwards towards the left of the photo.

Had a wonderful time at #EntSoc23! Great to catch up with people I haven't seen in a few years. Also got to be a bit of a tourist yesterday at the Smithsonian. No insect zoo at this time, but did get to see this fantastic type specimen in a death pose!

Screenshot of text about the Exhibit Hall from the printed conference schedule. A red arrow and circle point to the 7:30-9:30 PM listed for Sunday, with a large red bold "PM" to indicate 7:30 PM and not 7:30 AM. Full text visible reads "Exhibit Hall The Exhibit Hall, located in Prince George’s BCD will feature exhibitors, poster presentations, student club tables, Artisan Row, and concessions. Our exhibitors have the latest entomological equipment, supplies, gifts, and reference materials. Be sure to stop by and support our exhibitors. DAILY EXHIBIT HALL HOURS: Sunday, November 5..............................7:30 – 9:30 PM Monday, November 6.....................9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, November 7 ....................9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 8 .............9:00 AM – 2:00 PM"

An important clarification about Sunday's #EntSoc23 Exhibit Hall hours: The Hall opens at 7:30 PM for the Welcome Reception after tonight's Opening Plenary. It is not open during the daytime hours today. The listing in the schedule handed out at registration may be unclear.

"screenshot of online program listing, with text: Presentation Preview Room (PPR) Saturday, November 4, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake D In-Person The Presentation Preview Room (PPR) room is located in Chesapeake D of the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Presenters are expected to upload their presentation the day before their scheduled talk. Operating hours are as follows: Saturday, November 4 • 4:00 – 6:00 PM Sunday, November 5 • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday, November 6 • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, November 7 • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 8 • 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM"

To #EntSoc23 attendees wondering, "Where do I upload my presentation?" The answer: The Presentation Preview Room, located in room "Chesapeake D." Open 7a-5p S/M/T, and 7a-12p W.

Ordering the free COVID tests from the govt is a joke. By the time they send them, freezing risk is high making them worthless. Pretty sure ours were delivered to the wrong address, so get to freeze over night. Thanks #USPS

paper abstract "Kids these days: Why the youth of today seem lacking" by Protzko and Schooler. it's a zinger!

This 2019 Science Advances paper lives rent-free in my head, and I think it's the social science paper that I mention the most in everyday conversation with my peers or elders... #youths #olds #science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Lulu, a black and white small dog, standing on a concrete step, looking towards the top left. She has a purple bow in her hair behind her left ear and a bandana around her neck. She is very cute, and reminds one of a bear cub.

The world is going through some very rough times currently, but here is Lulu rocking her new haircut and enjoying the nice Fall weather!

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