@enavarro.bsky.social
Entomology, Ecology, Conservation, and anything in between. Doing a Msc By Research @ Oxford. Visiting student fellow at Yves Basset Lab (https://striresearch.si.edu/yves-basset-lab/)
🎄 For #InsectAdvent Day 5, meet #Mecoptera 🦂
#WinterFact: ‘#SnowFleas’, a #Mecopteran of the family #Boreidae, aren't actually fleas - The name is often used for a species of #scorpionfly ❄️
#WorldSoilDay: Their presence is an indicator of healthy soil rich in organic matter.
"Nature is not a ‘nice to have’; it is critical national infrastructure”🌿
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
Closing tabs with papers I promised myself i'll read
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4 drawers of partially sorted diptera
It is once again time to think about flies
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I would go and say Bombus terrestris?
Really surprised to have seen one at Hyde Park the other day.
flat color cartoon drawings of several thrips, small insects which may have four wings or none. clockwise from top left: a thrips with very complex fringed wings, a thrips with large crab claws, two drawings of thrips with no wings and a dark brown front end and tan back, and a long and thin black thrips with red legs
photos of the real animals that are drawn in the previous image; Arachisothrips has large and complex wings, Stephanothrips is wingless with a dark brown head and thorax, Idolothrips is very long and thin, and Carcinothrips has very large crab claw-like forearms
thrips
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What does representation in natural history look like? Mark your calendars for Giving Tuesday (Dec 2) — we’re excited to share how you can support #BlackinNHMs.” #GivingTuesday
Donation link: www.blackinnhms.org/donate
🌿 Step into the Amazon with scientist & author Rosa Vásquez Espinoza. Her insights blend Indigenous knowledge and cutting-edge science to reveal how rainforest communities guide solutions for climate, biodiversity & cultural resilience. Watch the talk & be inspired.
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
A beautiful yellow moth with brown patterning on the wings and a dark brown border along the wing edge, resting on the trunk of a tree.
Three orange moth eggs laid neatly along a thin stem
Damp, lightly wooded heathland habitat
As #NationalTreeWeek comes to a close, we're highlighting the wonderful Dark Bordered Beauty 🌳🦋
This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland.
📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
I must say, the @nhm-london.bsky.social really lives up to the expectations.
Wonderful, alive, and magnificent really.
The only thing is that the insect merch could be better!!
Heatwaves, poor diets, and parasitoids all stress insects, but not always in expected ways. New paper with
@jinlinchen.bsky.social
finds that Drosophila exposed to parasitoids survive extreme heat better than predicted. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Curculionidae sp. A
Curculionidae sp. B
Curculionidae sp. C
Curculionidae sp. D
Curculionidae sp. E
I totally would be an Ecolostic kinda person
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Peppermint narwhal collage of many arthropod species drawn in cartoon extra cute style. Text: I am thankful for arthropods. Be thankful and protect what you love
Every day:
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About 30% of island-restricted reptiles are currently threatened with extinction (vs 12% of mainland reptile species). Yet, just 6.7% of the published research from 1960-2021 is devoted to island species @mongabay.com
@biology.ox.ac.uk @jesusoxford.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
No joke, The Brain Scoop and @ehmee.bsky.social , has been like, of the most inspiring things in my career
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ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀
I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
Weevil, weevil, rock you!
Not quite as catchy as the Queen hit, the phylogeny of broad-nosed weevils was explored using mitochondrial genomes of 130 species, helping to classify the subfamily & uncover their biogeography! 🌍👇🧪
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
@linneansociety.bsky.social
The other day I had the chance of attending a lecture by the wonderful @waspwoman.bsky.social
Not only did she show amazing research, but the love and passion for the poorly misunderstood wasps is really something!!
Not only were food stalls the most common way for ordinary people to eat, but when people ate home-cooked meals, they ate communally, sharing among neighbors, coworkers, or family/friends.
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Phrictus quinquepartitus is what I'd call the dragon-headed lantern bug with the multiple tubercles lining its snout, or apical process.
Photographed in Belize
Looking forward to giving this talk later today @naturerecovery.bsky.social!
What better way to end the week than with a dose of #WaspLove!
@uclcber.bsky.social
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.
👩🌾 Grab your tools
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Matte green Orthopteran, surrounded by foliage and soil litter.
Matte green Orthopteran, surrounded by foliage and soil litter.
#ThrowbackThursday brought by a Ripipteryx marginata seem at El Valle De Anton in Panama last March!
The amazing matte finish is really not captured by the camera!
We are delighted to announce our upcoming LGBTQ+ seminar given by Dr Ross Brooks who will be talking about his upcoming book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life! 2nd December @ 4pm in the Life and Mind Building, open to all members of Oxford university 🥳🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@rossb-brighton.bsky.social #QueerBiology
worm or snake like creature with rainbow quilt-like scales and tiny white wings. its mouth is open, it has sharp teeth, and its tongue is blue and purple
worm
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