Illegal construction of a Kushner-backed luxury resort, violent repression of protesters, and deepening ecological damage at one of Europe's most important coastal habitats - www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06...

Six new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Sri Lanka, with a key to the Sri Lankan species Naruwan Dayananda & @sureshbenjamin.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1761...

New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt Effects of #soil physical properties on #DungBeetle #assemblages in pasture landscapes of the Brazilian Cerrado doi.org/10.1111/afe.70021 @jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social Photo credit: César M.A. Correa.

Spain's renewable energy output was not the cause of the outage. bbc.com/news/article...

Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal. www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...

A new article in #RESInsectConsDiv looks at the solitary oil-collecting bee in cities: habitat suitability and lack of population structuring in Centris analis #OpenAccess🔽 doi.org/10.1111/icad.12840 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

No, the modern nation of Israel is a state established in 1948, while the biblical nation of Israel refers to an ancient kingdom and people described in religious texts. They are related historically and symbolically, but not the same politically or geographically.

Thrilled to share this amazing publication — the result of a North–South collaboration with @KalaKemangga and @DrescherJochen of @uniGoettingen. Thomisids have always been my babies.🕷️🌍 #CrabSpiders #Taxonomy @https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1241.148348 via @ZooKeys_Journal

Happy #BiodiversityDay2025! 🦚📷 At @nifslk, biodiversity is a major research theme. Our contributions so far: 152 new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae), 14 Sericini beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), and a new Myiophanes species (Reduviidae: Emesinae) and still batting.

#LiteratureNotice Ranasinghe et al. Morphospace disparity and species diversity in Sri Lankan phytophagous #ScarabBeetles—A comparison by forest types, altitude and sites doi.org/10.1111/een.... #Beetle #Beetles #Morphometrics

Ah yes, just your average home collection—795 liquor bottles and 214 wine bottles. Who needs a bar license when you can run a mini liquor store from your house? Cheers to entrepreneurship! 🍾😂 #DeshabanduSpecial

New export market for #srilankan #eggs; there is an egg shortage in #Australia!

new to mee too!

Why haven’t I heard about this spider book before? link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

@nifs news: www.nifs.ac.lk/news/new-spi...

When you're out in the field craving chocolate, but all you find are dark brown spiders. 🍫🕷️ #FieldworkProblems DAYANANDA & BENJAMIN (2025). Five new species of the genus Mallinella Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5570: 100–118 Publication #3 for 2025

Agustina Burgo et al: Systematics of the colour-polymorphic spider genus Cybaeolus, with comments on the phylogeny of the family Hahniidae (Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2025, 203, zlae165 Second paper for 2025.

🌍100 Jahre DAAD – Wandel durch Austausch🎉 Seit 1925 fördert der DAAD internationalen akademischen Austausch – und feiert nun Jubiläum! Freut euch auf zahlreiche Veranstaltungen und Aktionen weltweit. Mehr dazu auf www.daad.de/daad100 & bei Insta @100YearsDAAD! #100YearsDAAD #ChangeByExchange

The #DAAD celebrates 100 years of fostering academic exchange and global cooperation! Since 1925, we’ve supported around 3 million students and academics worldwide. Join us this year to reflect on a century of #ChangeByExchange. More info: ➡️ www.daad.de/en/the-daad/... #DAAD100

Nice drawing. You should publish them sometime.

My thought is that Boagrius silindui is found above ground and steriphopus spp in leaflitter and below?

Priyantha, I think your drawing is of Boagrius salindui. I think this is the specimen found living under bark?

Palp-footed spiders of Sri Lanka with descriptions of six new species (Araneae: Palpimanidae). By @sureshbenjamin.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1453...

Looks like a new species, right? Where is it from?

Allen Roy Brady (February 7, 1933 - November 7, 2024): Life Story / Obituary dykstrafuneralhome.com/obituaries/a...

One of the most familiar jumping spiders of Sri Lanka, found on garden vegetation, evidently the species is widespread in South Asia, commonly identified as “Telamonia dimidiata” but probably a different species. www.inaturalist.org/observations...