I was invited to give a virtual talk about @inaturalist.bsky.social to the Sri Lanka Natural History Society yesterday & was surprised to find the recording of the talk up already on the SLNHS’s YouTube channel today. youtu.be/_j0NIp-HY0I?...

After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...

Intrigued by images posted by @ianbeavis.bsky.social from British Blood-sucking Flies by Edwards, Oldroyd & Smart (1939) I found that it had had a precursor in Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies (1906), with paintings by Amedeo John Engel Terzi. @archive.org archive.org/details/illu...

Fly time. 📷 #photography #Diptera

Fall Colors. From Matthew Wills’ blog. matthewwills.com/2025/11/16/7...

More from 'British Blood-sucking Flies', Edwards Oldroyd & Smart, 1939

A portrait of the mosquito in question, Culiseta annulata, from 'British Blood-sucking Flies' (1939)

If you know anyone who is fascinated by wildlife, animals of all kinds, birds, butterflies, beetles, spiders, creepy crawlies, plants, etc., especially in #SriLanka 🇱🇰, tell them about @inaturalist.bsky.social & if they are free this Saturday 15 November ask them to join us for a chat ! 😊

The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura @zse.pensoft.net 101(4): 2133-2159 zse.pensoft.net/article/1653...

Very kind review of CRICK by @nicolebarbarophd.bsky.social:

Blue jay flyby #blueskymonday #birdoftheday #birdsoftheworld #bluejay #birdpins #photography

Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...

Brett Westwood chatted with Peter Creed about progress on Pisces Publications eagerly awaited #FliesofBritainandIreland at this year's Worcestershire Entomology Day. Due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social

Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎 We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social Learn more here 👇: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...

The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-... "The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."

Passive uplift of montane biotas: recent advances Michael Heads, Milen Marinov, Duncan A. Nicol, Patricio Saldivia First published: 06 November 2025 Cladistics (Early View) doi.org/10.1111/cla....

Predation [American Woodcock predated by young Red-tailed Hawk]. From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC matthewwills.com/2025/11/09/7...

On Nov 12th, 6pm Eastern, join us for a talk by Georgia Silvera Seamans entitled "Black New Yorkers' Arboreal Legacy!" It's sure to be a fascinating historical dive. Join us in person or virtually via zoom! Details & registration here www.torreybotanical.org/lecture-sche... 🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history

I'm speaking on #Chloropidae, trying to make a difficult and neglected group a little more accessible via a group-sourced Flickr photo library. Also looking forward to hearing the other speakers. www.flickr.com/groups/chlor...

The very beautiful and always very welcome Aphanus rolandri. #Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

Does spring begin in fall (or autumn)? Took a walk yesterday &!saw patches of ground (where in spring I find Ivy-leaved Speedwell) covered with these young plants with prominent cotyledons & their hairy true leaves still v tiny. I need to learn more about cotyledons, clearly more than food stores.

Meet Phalangium opilio, one of the UK’s most common harvestmen! 🕷️ Males have striking horn-like chelicerae, as in the photo. Join our UK Harvestmen webinar with @megabunus.bsky.social on 30th December 2025. 🌎 🧪 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859... @britishspiders.bsky.social

Birch Catkin Bug, Kleidocerys resedae. #Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

Issus coleoptratus nymph. #Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

Someone on iNat asked me about a marginal note about Gea subarmata (Araneidae) on the copy of my undergraduate thesis (1983) on the spiders of Sri Lanka uploaded to @archive.org (archive.org/details/wije...). So I thought I would post that page & the page from an old notebook as explanation.

The globular springtail Dicyrtomina saundersi in our #Staffs garden this morning. Between 1-2 mm long. #collembola #mesofauna #macro #photography

First DNA barcodes and morphometric analysis of Singaporean Tetrigidae (Orthoptera, Caelifera) support color variations as intraspecific polymorphism through integrative taxonomy Ivan Neo, Rebecca Ker Loh, Tricia J. Y. Cho, Nalini Puniamoorthy, Darren C. J. Yeo, Ming Kai Tan @zookeys.pensoft.net

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006 #IntegrativeTaxonomy @gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species. 26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened. Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable. Alpine Gentian: Endangered. Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social

The arachnological collection at the Natural History Museum of Bern (NMBE), Switzerland: scope, history, and significance Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, Christian Krop & Manuela Sann @zookeys.pensoft.net

Hickory Gall Midges. Caryomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC matthewwills.com/2025/11/02/h...

If you have ever fancied trying wildlife filmmaking or just want some tips on how to get better footage, I just posted a video on that very subject - its a long one though so get comfy 1st! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr7H... #wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifefilm #filmmaking

The Amazing Art of Gamini Ratnavira Introduced by Rohan Pethiyagoda youtu.be/QDpzuYqnLBw

Various Insects. From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC matthewwills.com/2025/11/01/v...

Often we hear “experts” say when asked to identify a spider (or whatever) from a photo that if they could see the genitalia they would identify the species. Not entirely true, whole animal photos are necessary, genitalia photos alone are “out of context”. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Ok, it *is* true that the idea of Daylight savings was invented by an entomologist that wanted more time to catch bugs, but I assure you few modern entomologists support it. nautil.us/the-19th-cen...

The Butterfly Thief: Adventure, Empire, and Australia's Greatest Museum Heist www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Trick or Treat. From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC matthewwills.com/2025/10/31/t...

Over 400,000 beetle species exist, but how are they related? 🐞 Join Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social ( @nhm-london.bsky.social ) on 15 Feb 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring efforts to map the global Beetle Tree of Life & uncover biodiversity patterns. 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-th...

Think it’s a spider? Think again! 🕷️ Opilio canestrini is a harvestman—one of the UK’s most visible urban arachnids. Join @megabunus.bsky.social on 30 Dec 2025 (18:30–20:00) for a deep dive into arboreal harvestmen ecology. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859... @britishspiders.bsky.social

Late Late Bee [Beach Dune Cellophane Bee (Colletes speculiferus)], from Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC matthewwills.com/2025/10/28/7...

My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...

Field Mycology issue 26(3) is up on the internets 😎 ▶️ doi.org/10.63482/cjr... I think it's a good one -- you should read it. It's free! cc. @britmycolsoc.org.uk

The time has come again! TBS has #grants available to undergrads, masters & doctoral students alike for #research, field work or workshop attendance! Grants are available to society members - learn more & apply at www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/ 🧪🌎🌿🍄🌾 #botany

The Silence of the Japanese Burrowing Crickets.

Some weeks you don't get to name any new species, some weeks you get two. Here's my latest, complete with #OpenAccess link to the paper:

The Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) [in French] by Jessica Jousse-Baudonnet, via her Terrapodia YouTube channel: youtu.be/vtIJgkKTNRk?...

What is @inaturalist.bsky.social ? An introduction & virtual demonstration of iNat to a primarily Sri Lankan audience, via the Sri Lanka Natural History Society. Saturday, November 15th, 2025. 6:30 PM 🇱🇰 time (Note: QR code to download iNaturalist app) Zoom: Meeting ID: 840 2777 8484 Passcode: 824340

Finally new paper on leaf insects out 📄🍃 We had a deeper look into the diversity of Indonesian _Phyllium_ 👀 new species, new phylogeny, new egg morphologies 🪾🪺🍃 with @tbuescher.bsky.social and @zookeys.pensoft.net 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zook...