The trickiest bees I've photographed so far! The cuckoo bees (Thyreus), with the chequered cuckoo bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus) on the left and the neons cuckoo bee (Thyreus nitidulus). #bees #australianbees #entomology #macrophotography #nativebees

First day at new job! Excited to teach undergrads about animals and zoological research.

Male Amegilla asserta roosting, Sydney NSW. #macrophotography #nativebees #bees #entomology #Australianbees

Happy start to the Sydney Mardi Gras season! Here's a couple of pride flags (rainbow + trans) I made up using my Australian native bee photography! #QueerSTEM #macrophotography #nativebees #sydneyMardiGras #transgender #Australiannativebees

Full on autocracy ⬇️ Minns will restrict protests even more. The point of a protest is a show of force (voters) and to be seen. Reducing the size of protests, or relegating them to areas where there aren't many people, defeats the purpose of protesting. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

I think everyone should trans their gender at least once, as a treat

New stingless bee tattoo for submitting and finishing (corrections are almost done) my PhD. My PhD focused on the cognition, learning and brains of the only Sydney stingless bee - Tetragonula carbonaria. I have a pretty full arm of bee tattoos now! #bees #entomology #tattoo #scientistswithtattoos

I'm still struggling to find work post PhD. It feels like everyone else around me was able to get great jobs right away while I've applied for almost 200 with only a couple interviews to show for it. Unsure what I'm doing wrong 😔 #phdlife #phdadvice #science #jobhunt #academia

Local bush walk today and stumbled onto some male native bees, Lipotriches australica, aka. green and gold nomia. #entomology #nativebees #bees #australianbees

My garden is being visited by the aptly named, Amegilla bombiformis, aka teddy bear bee. On the left is a female and on the right, a male. #macrophotography #entomology #insects #australianbees #nativebees

I'm never going to be okay with the idea that I'm supposed to sit politely while people talk about using ChatGPT to do their research! I actually do this science stuff because I enjoy it, and I think if you hate writing your own papers or parsing your own data THAT much you should do something else!

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Why does my desk turn into a mess every time I do some insect pinning! 😭

Maybe police and security services should have spent less time harassing peace protesters and more time looking into IS-affiliated guys with multiple weapons who went to the Philippines for terrorist training…?

Gaza’s Government Media Office reports Israel has broken terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire at least 738 times since it took effect on October 10, killing at least 386 Palestinians, while severely restricting shipments of food, shelter, medicine, fuel and other basic goods into Gaza.

This male Lipotriches australica was bubbling! A process in which the bee will bubble nectar in order to evaporate the water and condense the nectar! #macrophotography #entomology #nativebees #australianbees #insects

NSW police are doing what they do best, using a tragedy as an excuse to over police and arrest minorities.

It's wonderful that antisemitism is finally universally condemned. But you didn't have to make virulent Islamophobia acceptable instead

Why “I Don’t Hate Trans People, But…” Is Never Neutral www.transvitae.com/w... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The attack at Bondi is directly linked to the fact the government won't lift a finger to stop racists neo-nazis terrorising Sydney as they please.

Heartbroken at the events in Bondi overnight. But also furious at the Israeli PM’s comments, essentially blaming the Australian government for the attack. At a time of sadness, he demonstrates yet again that there’s no tragedy he won’t twist for political gain. Disgusting.

Devestating to wake up to the news of the death toll reaching 16 people at the #Bondi shootings yesterday. Just awful. 7News is reporting that the hero who tackled the gunman is Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43-year-old Lebanese immigrant, father and fruit grocer from the suburb of Sutherland.

Probably just a coincidence that the list of Australia's new fossil fuel projects will come out on the Friday before Xmas. #takingoutthetrash #Auspol #climate #transparency

A review paper I did during COVID finally got accepted! A nice early Christmas surprise.

Another chapter from my PhD thesis submitted for review! This research was really exciting, fingers crossed for a smooth review process.

We just added a new article! - QNews - NSW man convicted of transgender hate speech trans.au/news/qnews-n...

F'ing this! 👇

Today's native bee for #auspollinatorweek is Leioproctus sp. (hairy colletid bee). These small, hairy bees are most commonly found in Australasia! #pollinatorweek #invertebrates #bees #nativebees #entomology #macrophotography

The Tiny Bees Powering Giant Eucalyptus Trees! 🐝🌳 Australia's best superheroes are often overlooked! ⭐ Euryglossinae Bees are only found in Australia where over 400 species are pollinating Eucalyptus trees every day! 👊🌸 The catch? They are TINY! Only 3-8mm big! 🤯 (1/2)

Female round-headed masked bee (Hylaeus rotundiceps) pollinating lillypillys today. Named for their mask-like facial markings. #nativebees #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweek #invert #australianbees #invertebrates🐙 #Australianwildlife

Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp. or the leaf cutter bee. This female was covered in pollen, they store the pollen on the long scopal hairs under their abdomen. #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweek #bees #nativebees #macrophotography #entomology #australianbees

Standing room only in the Queer Entomology symposium, especially for Chris Marshall and the greatest grad student T-shirt ever created

This was my first time combining two of my photos, at different focuses, to get a clear, in focus, subject. These Amegilla sp. are currently pollinating all the salvia and tomato plants in my backyard. #macrophotography #bees #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweek #insectphotography🐝📷

It's Australian native pollinator week! I'll be trying to post a native bee a day. Here's today's (10/11) bee the Ferruginous-tailed Austral-Nomia (Lipotriches phanerura), capable of buzz pollination. #auspollinatorweek #pollinatorweekaus #australianpollinatorweek #entomology #nativebees #science🧪

How many pollinators can you fit in one photo? Found these two brown flower beetles mating next to flying ants and two foraging native bees (Hylaeus and Parasphecodes). #nativebees #bees #entomology #pollinators #science🧪

I have officially heard back that I have passed my PhD! I’m giving myself a day to celebrate before I tackle the corrections. #PhBee #PhD #doctorbee

Last day of teaching for this year! The semester went by so fast! I’m now looking for full-time work so please keep me in mind if something comes up! I’ve got experience in research and undergrad teaching.

A beautiful spot to do some assessment marking!

I’ll be giving a short talk on Aussie bees their cognition in a few weeks for the @neuroethology.org webinar series! Tune in if you want to learn about bees! #science🧪 #entomology #neuroethology #bees

In the park across from my house, these bottlebrush trees attract a ton of native bees. Here is a Lasioglossum (maybe L.bicingulatum but was hard to tell they were so fast) #wildoz #nativebees #entomology #bees

Another native bee during teaching this week. This one is a masked bee (Hylaeus sp.) They (usually) have facial markings, typically in bright yellow - hence the name. #hylaeus #wildoz #nativebee #entomology #australianbees

Dangerfield releasing a bug print line of clothes including bug bags called the entomologist print / bugs galore, feels extremely targeted towards me.

Not a honey bee (Apis mellifera) but an Australian native bee, Trichocolletes sp. on flowering Bossiaea scolopendria. #nativebee #wildoz #australianbees

A memorial piece I did for my partner’s dad, who’s 17 year old cat, Sherlock, recently passed away. I’ll miss you Mr. Sherlock.

Day 2 of our invertebrate prac was great! My students caught a beautiful ichneumon wasp. While o wish I could have shown them some native bees (It’s still a little too cold and no flowers), I was happy to show them at least one Hymenopteran!

We have a fun new prac for the ecology unit I help teach, all on invertebrates! Trying to get the students excited about insects 😭

People protesting against genocide get ticked off about ‘social cohesion’ Racists marching against immigration don’t Welcome to Australia from your political class

Ecology practical I’m teaching this week was on parasites! I think it was a hit with the students 🪱🪰 (we need more invert emojis!)