@agneskreiling.bsky.social
Entomologist at Faroe Islands National Museum. Diptera. Coleoptera. And everything else that comes crawling my way.
The nightlife here in France is quite something!
#entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?)
#trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar
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A badger checking out our #cameratrap in Southern France.
08.09.2025 11:56 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Hey, could you add me and @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social? We are managing the insect collection at the Faroe Islands National Museum.
21.08.2025 11:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New beetle record for Europe: Sthereus ptinoides. Identified based on specimens in the entomological collection at #Tjóðsavnið.
Read the story of the discovery here: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
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Photo: Björn Hjaltason
First (but hopefully not last) scientific publication on our species inventory on #Koltur came out today. Big thanks to all our collaborators! Publicly available under: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
#Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring
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Figure 1.Six categories of dorsal pattern on elytra of Pachyrhynchus.
#LiteratureNotice Chen et al. Regional selection pressure and heterogeneous transitions shape diverse colour pattern in Pachyrhynchus weevils ( #Coleoptera: #Curculionidae) Open Access doi.org/10.1093/zool... #Beetle #Beetles #Weevils #Mimicry
04.08.2025 04:28 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Always an adventure visiting our more inaccessible monitoring plots on the Northern side of #Koltur.
#TodaysOffice #Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
Elodes pseudominuta is one of the species which is more common on #Koltur than expected. We find it during July among mosses in the vicinity of small streams.
#Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera
Me and my colleagues at #Tjóðsavnið have studied the island #Koltur since 2019. Our species checklist is now publicly available on @gbif.org. And the first publication is on the way...
www.gbif.org/dataset/a6fa...
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Here are two spreads to tempt you from the Dung Flies Scathophagidae pages of our #FliesofBritainandIreland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z (maps to be done) for publication this autumn. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@tverc1.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Cutest field assistant we ever had.
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
Me and @agneskreiling.bsky.social have seen a lot of cool species while on vacation in #Spain: #chamalaeon, #flamingo, #octopus and a huge #robberfly.
It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.
Flower visitation observations in sunny weather! Lots of #Diptera on Caltha palustris outside my office.
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring
We choose the worst possible day to start #fieldwork for lake #monitoring - cold wind, sleet, snow and rain... but nevertheless plenty of #Chironomidae pupal exuviae around!
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The New Zealand flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) has decimated #Earthworm populations in the #Faroes. It probably was introduced by people who were importing non-native trees in the 1980'ies.
This one I found in our garden, close to our compost heap where there are no Earthworms.
#ias
Fabrizio holding out a plant so that listening students can understand its features. Three students stand to the side, listening.
The top of a limestone platform in the garrigue. The oak trees are bare of leaves, and mosses and low-lying plants cover the limestone with green foliage.
Students leaning down to take photos of orchids. The orchids are not yet open, but have pointed, dark flower buds.
A dung beetle, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪, rolling a ball of dung.
Day 2 with Neuchâtel and we’ve been exploring the garrigue. This is a Mediterranean scrubland habitat based on limestone soils. We found specialist plants, including orchids. Although small, one of our highlights was finding the dung beetle 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪 rolling its balls of dung.
11.04.2025 05:27 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
New Chironomidae record for the Faroes: Metriocnemus carmencitabertarum. Found as pupal exuviae in a rainwater-filled bassin in the garden of my in-laws.
www.tjodsavnid.fo/news-in-engl...
now with shading
long distance relationship
23.02.2025 23:40 — 👍 583 🔁 174 💬 2 📌 3
The concept of the “extinction of experience” has been used to describe the dwindling human connection with nature, often applied to the general public.
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
Playing with images of black and shiny flies for when I eventually get to writing a new key; hopefully. Alloborborus pallifrons (Sphaeroceridae; Copromyzinae) a smart small fly, very 'spikey'. Larvae develop in horse dung (usually), not a species I find often.
Playing with images of black and shiny flies for when I eventually get to writing a new key; hopefully. Alloborborus pallifrons (Sphaeroceridae; Copromyzinae) a smart small fly, very 'spikey'. Larvae develop in horse dung (usually), not a species I find often. www.dipteraid.co.uk #ecology #flies
18.02.2025 15:46 — 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Setting up this year's #LIFEPLAN site, on #Koltur.
23.01.2025 17:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This Carabus hispanus was the entomological highlight during our trip to southern France in 2024 - perfect for #BlueMonday!
#BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
The time has come 🤓🇮🇸🐟
I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream:
eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639
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Nice...
05.01.2025 12:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Very happy about this publication on Faroese Diapriidae. Recent material examined was collected during our species inventory on the island #Koltur.
29.12.2024 13:30 — 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
