Uma “nuvem” de agúdias “invadiu” a Feira do Livro de Lisboa. Estes insetos saem com o objetivo de se reproduzirem com insetos de diferentes ninhos e são inofensivos. “As formigas em si não fazem absolutamente nada", esclarece Roberto Keller, investigador de Ciências. 🔗https://t.ly/APRwR

One of the strong points of #TETTRIsEU is the Cascade-grant mechanism. We managed to give 1.8 million € to 12 amazing Satellites projects that are now producing great results and pushing the reach of the project to new limits. Enjoy L.U.C.E. and the italian #fireflies 👏 #taxonomy

I have been worried on the field, and it is not just in Portugal. It has been decreasing immensely since 2013. I have never seen such low numbers as I have last month's field work. Nor such low numbers of species. :/ Everyone is saying the same. Especially whoever goes to the southern areas.

(re)Follow Tatiana for everything bug related, especially butterflies, and more!

Oh hi! :D My old account was hacked, so I kinda am rediscovering BlueSky and also wanted to share this awesome new account about the work @rkellerp.bsky.social has been doing at our National Natural History and Science Museum (Lisbon, PT), so follow us & have fun! www.instagram.com/p/DI541lts8n6

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

🌍 #TETTRIsEU Taxonomy Recognition Day – May 23! 🌿 Let’s celebrate the vital role of #taxonomy in protecting #biodiversity on Earth! 📸 Snap a photo of your favourite animal, plant, or mineral 🔤 Identify it with its taxonomic name (we’re happy to help!) 📱 Share it on social media using #NameItToSaveIt

#TETTRIsEU Satellite ARCADE is getting famous in Portugal! 🇵🇹 Muitos Parabems! wilder.pt/naturalistas...

Smugglers busted trying to take thousands of queen ants out of Kenya, destined for the exotic pet trade.

Learn about the extinct species of "dirt ant" that was found in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, adding an important piece to an evolutionary puzzle.

⌛️ Deadline for the “ #Collections Reaching Out” collection at @nhcm.pensoft.net is approaching ❕ Inspired by the 2024 @entcollnet.bsky.social meeting, the collection invites anyone looking into the design & use of #entomological outreach drawers as educational tools. @entiminae.bsky.social ℹ️

Taxonomy fail: yes, Diacamma ants (pictured) occur in Asia's tropical regions, but they are not related to Colobopsis exploding ants, apart of also happening to be ants. #taxonomyFail

Any entomologists know what these eggs? are that I found in soil in Pittsburgh?

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

🐜 An updated taxonomic revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus for the Afrotropical region based on the worker caste, with five newly described species: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #newspecies #taxonomy #ants #entomology

Our Executive Director Ana Casino in this interview in Spanish 🇪🇦, given at @mncn-csic.bsky.social: "The strong voice of scientists is crucial" #taxonomy4science #taxonomy #policymaking #worldwildlifeday #wildlife

Are you hardcore into #DarwinCore? 😎 The Darwin Core Maintenance Group are seeking public review for the accumulated set of proposed changes to Darwin Core. 👀 🐸 Interested in contributing? The review period will be open for at least 30 days. 🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...

#CETAF signed this letter to ask for a serious commitment to preserving #nature and insist on environmental-friendly regulations. Any step back would be critical for the planet! Read the new version of the letter here 👇 👓 zenodo.org/records/1486... #taxonomy4nature

#TETTRIs #PolicyBrief 📝 #Biological nomenclature is a cornerstone of #biodiversity #research, conservation and #taxonomy. #Policymakers, funding agencies, museums and international standards organisations should provide the necessary investment and support to secure its future. shorturl.at/H7zBD

As I see my colleagues at risk of job loss in the US government, I have been on the phone with people in tears over many concerns I won’t get into on this platform. I am doing my best for them behind the scenes. However, I will recall a passage from William M. Wheeler in 1970. #science #entomology

Snap! Trap-jaw ant (Orectognathus mjobergi) from Australia just caught herself a large collembolan prey. What's interesting here is that the ant has to carry it high up in the air to prevent it from being dragged on the ground and potentially picking up mites, fungi etc'.

🐜 Hormigas al descubierto: La nueva taxonomía de las #hormigas Zasphinctus en la región Afrotropical

Australia has the shiniest ants. This is a worker of Rhytidoponera aspersa carrying eggs among her colony's nest sites.

Episode 3 (imaging): Don't just sort. Also image, from multiple perspectives! Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More here: www.techrxiv.org/users/813834...

Increasing Disconnection of Primary Biodiversity Data from Specimens: How Does It Happen and How to Handle It? academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...

Brighten up #BlueMonday with this gorgeous Anthaxia dimidiata! #BlueBugs From the collection of the Nacional Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon.

Next Monday, help me transform #BlueMonday into a celebration of BLUE INSECTS! Join in by sharing your photos or artwork along with the hashtag #BlueBugs 🦋🪲🔬🧪 This weevil was my 2024 offering…

pulling up the original "Species-scape" by Quentin Wheeler and Frances Fawcett, showing different groups of organisms at a size proportional to their species richness. Of COURSE all insects are represented by a monstrous Agathidium

Ant folks, is antweb down? Does anyone know why? Can we help?

Epopostruma wardi, one of my favorite ant species because of the unusual triangular shape of their head. We don't know too much yet about their biology. #ants #fourmis #myrmecology #insects #bugs #nature #macro

In 1897, Alfred G. Mayer created his butterfly wing projections, an attempt to gain new insights into natural patterns and laws. Vertical blocks denote individual wings, distorted and stretched mathematically to fill a tidy rectangular space. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/m...

📢 Initiated at the last @entcollnet.bsky.social annual meeting, this topical collection welcomes contributions about #specimens curated for #public #education & awareness. ⌛️ 31 March 2025 👌 No #APCs 🤗 Open to anyone, including non-members! #entomology #ento #scicomm #scholcomm #openaccess

If you are one of those interesting people who like sausage-like ants, you are in for a treat: we just published in @zookeys.pensoft.net a taxonomic update for Afrotropical Zasphinctus describing 5 new species! You read that right FIVE! Happy 2025 for you as well zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1312...

Today in @currentbiology.bsky.social: a Quick Guide to the wondrous and fascinating biology of the clonal raider ant:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kOXg3QW8S...

*Be my new work supervisor!* Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. *I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!* apply.interfolio.com/159166

15 years old, but still completely relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we could be creating today would be a LOT better and easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

🤩 At the #Collections Club community #scientists initiative at the #FieldMuseum, volunteers have processed over 300,000 #scientific #specimens, records & objects to make valuable #data accessible to #researchers worldwide. 👏 More about the latest paper in our #journal via the @pensoft.net blog 👇

MicroCT scan of a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus).

You may find it disturbing but it is unfortunately still necessary. Identification of insects is usually far more complex than with most mammals, birds & reptiles, often requiring dissection to accurately get to species. You can’t even begin to protect something if you don’t know what it is. …

I’ve found a ton of Instagram insect sellers who slap “sustainably sourced”, but never seem to elaborate what they mean by “sustainable”. Curious! So I checked their pages to see what I can find. This one didn’t even try to hide it. You can see labels stating origin country and collection date. 1/9

That's interesting, I just tried the same search (screenshotted in my previous thread) to see if google is still prioritizing AI slop for certain taxon names. It looks like they've fixed Chrysina:

There isn't a week in which the Lisbon's tram that passes in front of my place of work is blocked by a car that is too fat for the parking spaces, delaying public transport and traffic in general There's no place for SUVs in European cities.

3/n qwheeler.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...

This collection description highlights the zoological specimens from Portuguese oceanographic campaigns in former colonial territories, currently deposited in the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

We're ZooKeys, an open-access, peer-reviewed zoology journal published by @pensoft.bsky.social. We're very excited to share our research with you and meet fellow scientists! Submit your manuscript or find out more about us at zookeys.pensoft.net

New journal just dropped! Excited to serve as subject editor for this venue promoting collection-based research and the legacy of our museums of natural history! Gives us a follow.

Hello Bluesky 👋 Natural History Collections and Museomics has launched with its inaugural editorial! Read it here: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm... Learn more about the launch on the @pensoft.bsky.social blog: blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/29/n...

Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.