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Agnes Kreiling

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Entomologist at Faroe Islands National Museum. Diptera. Coleoptera. And everything else that comes crawling my way.

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Figure 1.Six categories of dorsal pattern on elytra of Pachyrhynchus.

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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Always an adventure visiting our more inaccessible monitoring plots on the Northern side of #Koltur.

#TodaysOffice #Tjรณรฐsavniรฐ @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

02.08.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

#Tjรณรฐsavniรฐ #Coleoptera

15.07.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Me and my colleagues at #Tjรณรฐsavniรฐ 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...

@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social

03.07.2025 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

25.06.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Cutest field assistant we ever had.

#Tjรณรฐsavniรฐ #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

25.06.2025 06:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

19.06.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Flower visitation observations in sunny weather! Lots of #Diptera on Caltha palustris outside my office.

#Tjรณรฐsavniรฐ #monitoring

19.05.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

#Tjรณรฐsavniรฐ @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

05.05.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

18.04.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fabrizio holding out a plant so that listening students can understand its features. Three students stand to the side, listening.

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.

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.

Students leaning down to take photos of orchids. The orchids are not yet open, but have pointed, dark flower buds.

A dung beetle, ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช, rolling a ball of dung.

A dung beetle, ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช, rolling a ball of dung.

Day 2 with Neuchรขtel and weโ€™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 ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช rolling its balls of dung.

11.04.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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...

09.04.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
now with shading

now with shading

long distance relationship

23.02.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 584    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem. Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem. There was a time when an ecologistโ€™s education was not complete without the mud of a marsh on their boots or the scent of damp ...

The concept of the โ€œextinction of experienceโ€ 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

25.02.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 145    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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.

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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Setting up this year's #LIFEPLAN site, on #Koltur.

23.01.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Carabus hispanus was the entomological highlight during our trip to southern France in 2024 - perfect for #BlueMonday!

#BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

20.01.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The time has come ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŸ

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

@fishiceland.bsky.social

07.01.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Nice...

05.01.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very 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 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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