Michael Palmer @cosmopterix

Video raises questions??? No, it answers the questions.

11.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not too far from my birthplace! (Brownsville)

11.02.2026 20:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I once gave a talk at a conference in Prague hosted by the Santa Fe institute. Now I know where that money came from. Barf.

07.02.2026 16:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Actually, the first two are probably the same...

07.02.2026 05:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rove Beetles (Family Staphylinidae) Rove Beetles from Lane County, OR, USA on February 6, 2026 at 06:25 PM by Mike Palmer. Caught in a homemade Lindgren Funnel. 9046

and one of the rove beetles
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

07.02.2026 05:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Click Beetles (Family Elateridae) Click Beetles from Lane County, OR, USA on February 6, 2026 at 06:00 PM by Mike Palmer. Caught in a homemade Lindgren Funnel. 9043

The clicker
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

07.02.2026 05:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Minute Clubbed Beetles (Family Monotomidae) Minute Clubbed Beetles from Lane County, OR, USA on February 6, 2026 at 06:08 PM by Mike Palmer. Caught in a homemade Lindgren Funnel. 9045

and the third
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

07.02.2026 05:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Minute Clubbed Beetles (Family Monotomidae) Minute Clubbed Beetles from Lane County, OR, USA on February 6, 2026 at 05:45 PM by Mike Palmer. Caught in a homemade Lindgren Funnel. 9042

another
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

07.02.2026 05:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Minute Clubbed Beetles (Family Monotomidae) Minute Clubbed Beetles from Lane County, OR, USA on February 6, 2026 at 05:17 PM by Mike Palmer. Caught in a homemade Lindgren Funnel. 9040

one of the monotomids. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

07.02.2026 05:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

maybe place the trap inside a coffin?

07.02.2026 05:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

here is the little featherwing

07.02.2026 05:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cool! Do you use any bait?

By the way, our two beloved cats are buried about 50m away

07.02.2026 03:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is the family really associated with graveyards?

07.02.2026 03:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

A graveyard of trees. RIP 2020

07.02.2026 00:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Perhaps this is a hotspot? I encounter them reasonably frequently.

07.02.2026 00:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

*salpingid (hippopotamus beetles)

07.02.2026 00:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Results after a little over 24 hours:

33 Scolytines at least 2 species
12 nitidulids
6 thrips
6 salpigids
4 staphylinids, at least 4 species
3 monotomids at least 2 species
2 sciarids
1 Ptiliid
1 Miroid bug
1 elaterid
1 chironomid
1 ceratopogonid

06.02.2026 23:54 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 6 📌 0

Baeus?

06.02.2026 21:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If the body breaks off, will the tail regenerate a new one?

06.02.2026 20:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pure AI, cutting out the human oversight

06.02.2026 18:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My first homemade Lindgren funnel, made from used peanut butter tubs. The only purchased items were black spray paint and ethanol. Within 2 hours I caught about a dozen beetles. On a warm winter day.

06.02.2026 03:47 — 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Monotomids are always treats

06.02.2026 03:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great news! It’s a strong stand even though it will likely be ignored.

06.02.2026 02:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you

05.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I just saw several nematoceran mating swarms over old stumps. But my net has holes too large to catch them.

04.02.2026 20:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Most democrats I know want ICE abolished.

04.02.2026 00:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0