Myriapod Meet Up 2026 will be on 1 April, 8AM - 5PM (EDT). This online event will include short talks, and a chance to share and discuss research about myriapods (and other multipedes, e.g. Onychophora). Anyone may participate in this free event (no need to give a talk).

Phrynops hilarii is a side-necked turtle, which means exactly what it sounds like: instead of compressing its neck backward into the shell, it folds it to the side. Magnificent.

While the French were establishing a settlement in New Orleans and Blackbeard was killed off the Outer Banks of NC in 1718, a printer and bookseller in Amsterdam was producing a wondrous book on Indonesian fishes of which only 16 known copies survive today. 🐠 #SciArt

I do love a ghost gable like this found near Ancoats in Manchester - but it's rarer still to find the intangible signs of the puff of smoke from the chimney...

Moon-snail drillholes in shells are such beautiful & gruesome traces, which is why I love them. Devoted a chapter to these and other drilling traces in my book 'Life Sculpted' (2023, @uchicagopress.bsky.social), titled "Jewelry-Amenable Holes of Death." #MolluscMonday

Purple gallinule, Orlando Wetlands Park, Florida. Most of their range is in South America, and Florida is the only place in the US they're regularly found year-round. #birds #wildlifephotography

Psyllids are quite underrated #insects. They are tiny leaf dwellers and some make elaborate sugary shelters (lerps). These are Cardiaspina sp. nymphs with their intricate fan-shaped covers. #Tasmania

Looking for a fun spring project? Join me for a 4-session online course drawing a raccoon in coloured pencil starting April 1. I will walk you through all the steps from drawing the initial image to bringing it to life in colour. You can register at: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/classes #SciArt

Western Pygmy Blue butterfly (Brephidium exilis) on one of its host plants, desert holly (Atriplex hymenelytra, a type of saltbush) in the Mojave Desert yesterday. They're the smallest butterflies in North America, with a wingspan just over half an inch. #BugSky 🐙🌿📷

So this was the result from this mornings dive in the Abu Dhabi Marina. Very poor visibility and masses of silt did not mar good conditions - but was much better than what was going on up in the sky at the time.

Another brainy Orange Rock Posy #lichen. NWT, Canada. Pic covers about 5cm, left to right. #fungi #fungifriends. Typically this species doesn’t have these brainy growths, but over the years, I’ve found several dozen specimens that do.

Marvellous 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus 🐙❤️ Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

elite travel strategy: search "bedbug" on inaturalist to find hotels to avoid

#ElkeDagEenInsect Meestal staan ze het me niet toe, maar deze roofvlieg wilde wel even voor me pauzeren. #Entomologie #Entomology🪰

A recent Common Quaker for #MothFaceFriday. This moth played dead so convincingly that I thought it was dead. #teammoth #dramaqueenmoth #moths

Went for a nice calm dive in an Abu Dhabi marina this morning to collect some undescribed sea slugs under a permit for study. When we surfaced we discovered that war had started and missiles were flying over our heads. It’s been an interesting day so far

Cochylis hybridella in gel pens on brown paper. #mothsMatter #mothartwork #pendrawing #welshartist #wildlifeartwork

From a few years ago: katydid eggs mostly parasitized by tiny wasps. When a katydid hatches, the egg opens like a clam shell; but as you can see (pic 2), if there's a parasitoid wasp inside, they chew their way out. Btw, the baby katydid on my fingertip hatched from the same egg clutch. #BugSky 🐙🌿

Got an interim FOIA response yesterday from the EPA regarding its (weak) enforcement actions against Spartan Mosquito. What surprised me most was that they monitored my Twitter activity, especially when my posts mentioned a regional office. I really miss the ability to directly engage gov accounts.

Anyone got pointers on taking pics of little things that are under 1mm, underwater, and still moving? I have the magnification for it (SLR lens and microscope setting on my phone), it's just the water surface reflection that gives me trouble every time

Orange Rock Posy Lichen. NWT, Canada. lichen is about 3cm in longest dimension. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

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Never miss a chance to get face-to-face with a harvestman. This is the stunning subspecies Algidia viridata ssp. bicolor, endemic to New Zealand!

The emergence of spring bees here in Austin also means the emergence of somewhat rarer bee parasites. I caught this Sapyga nevadica wasp yesterday; it lays eggs in solitary bee nests.

X's legal team is telling me I need to fill in their copyright form if I wish them to process a DMCA removal request, which requires me to open an X account. That is not legal, and from my perspective is X is now assuming liability for the infringement.

An amazing new species of Cordyceps-mimicking spider has just been described from the Ecuadorian Amazon - Taczanowskia waska www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

yet another beetle genus whose SEO has been utterly destroyed by the whims of capitalism

A lovely fresh-looking queen Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) in our #Staffs garden this morning. I think that what it is anyway! #bees #SocialBees

Green Rock Posy Lichen. NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends Lichen is about 4cm in longest dimension.

This rather adorable Pebblebug (tribe Lipocalliini) visited our Perth Hills moth light this week. These guys are a type of planthopper (Fulgoromorpha) and can be found around Australia #ausinverts #wildoz #Hemiptera #inaturalist #nature

Now is the time to order supplies for mosquito-killing buckets. In early spring, fill them with H2O, leaves, and part of a Mosquito Dunk (dried Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis = "Bti"), then attach netting to exclude birds. Mosquitoes in yard will lay eggs in bucket; Bti will kill all the larvae.

Cladonia sp #lichen #Newfoundland Canada. Lichens are about 3cm high #fungi #fungifriends

This magnificent little snail is likely in the genus Calliostoma — click through the photos for a sense of scale! 👀 📷 kychinmay on iNaturalist 📍 India 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

🧪 It is going to be a busy year for #cavity-nesting #bee #research. 8000 potential homes for solitary bees just arrived!

🦟 Has anyone tried the Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech? The company has emerged from the class-action lawsuit with new management and a new Facebook page. If you're familiar with this scam product, please consider leaving a review via link. #mosquitoes #mississippi www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Paracantha culta, a stunning fruit fly that eats thistle flowers as larvae. Travis County, Texas

Black-banded Wasp Moth (Syntomeida melanthus), Brewster County, Texas. #inverts #insects #moths

I'm slowly filling my brain with useless facts about old Philadelphia. #philadelphia #archaeology #history #books

A larval Macrourid sighting at 917 m! ROV pilots filmed future-fish during the #OBVI #LivingBioreactors expedition, supported @schmidtsciences.bsky.social.#OBVI#LivingBioreactorscientists are studying midwater organisms and how they sequester carbon.

What a perfect day for John Oliver to do a Twitter takedown

🦟 Has anyone tried the Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech? The company has emerged from the class-action lawsuit with new management and a new Facebook page. If you're familiar with this scam product, please consider leaving a review via link. #mosquitoes #mississippi www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

reminder another reason to do alt text is that the same good alt text also helps people who don't know the same cultural references as you look stuff up. what show is that? who is that actor? what's happening in that scene? people are here from different generations, countries, interest circles etc!

A sphinx moth came to slurp at a desert lily as we were watching the sunset over the Anza Borrego badlands.

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During our Valentine’s Day weekend trip, I spotted an acorn on blue oak with a gall wasp (presumably Andricus albobalani) chewing her way out. So I kept the acorn and she emerged from it in our hotel room. Most people probably don’t consider this as a romantic gift but I think it is 😂

#WorldPangolinDay #2026sketches Day 8 #art #illustration

Snow Fleas (Boreus hyemalis) active in the sunshine at Felbrigg yesterday. Great to share these lovely little insects with members of Norfolk Fungus Study Group on their foray.

A polypore fungus, likely the pan-tropical Earliella scabrosa. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawai’i.

Profile of @ceiseman.bsky.social's leafminer work. #inaturalist #leafminers #insects #moths #flies #sawflies #beetles #entomology www.inaturalist.org/blog/124811

One notable thing about Borneo is that there are sooo many leeches. They wait around on leaves and, when the unsuspecting myrmecologist lies down on the floor to watch ants, they jump off and crawl towards him. By the dozens. Ant hunting in Borneo is a bloody business. The leeches are pretty though.