After a hard day’s beetling, beetle rescue on my way home. Ants were moving in but this beautiful lesser stag beetle was lucky to encounter this entomologist tonight. Saved from death by ant or human, delivered back into the undergrowth 🪲

Beetle News! 🪲 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt Beetles, barcodes and big data: A deep dive into the phylogeny of #Harpalinae (#Carabidae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70042 #Phylogenetics #Mitogenomes #Taxonomy @gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Sincerest birthday wishes to Sir David Attenborough! On behalf of all 🪲 🐞 thank you! But it’s not all about beetles 🤭 Here is a new genus of wasp named for Sir David, demonstrating the significance of his impact on many of our careers m.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWG...

When beetles go wrong… www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The not so private lives of the praying mantises 💚 m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8c...

Roger Casement is remembered as a revolutionary & humanitarian, but new research reveals a surprising side to him- a lifelong passion for zoology. He even has a hawkmoth named after him (Gnathothlibus casementi). Dr Aidan O’Hanlon’s new @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Saturday was the second annual @womeninvertnetwork.bsky.social meet up at @bbowt.bsky.social College Lake. Love getting together with others who enjoy spending their spare time looking for ‘bugs’ 🤭🐝🐞🦋🪲 Supported by @britentsoc.bsky.social

Beetles for #EarthDay 🪲 🌍 www.instagram.com/stories/nhm_...

Starting on #WorldEarthDay, we are taking part in #BigGive #EarthRaise 🌍 #StandTallForTheSmall & help us raise funds to bring free, accessible #InsectScience directly to young people with limited access to nature and science education. Donate from 22–29 April - Spread the word! 🔽

New bite sized wildlife news from around the world! m.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Yc...

Oppressive heat. Species extinctions. Pollution-choked skies. This is the future that awaits the world unless humanity takes dramatic steps to end a series of mushrooming environmental crises, finds #GEO7. Read more: https://ow.ly/58Rj50YGrjM

@beetlequeen.bsky.social Found this little guy on my walk yesterday! Am I able to get a cheeky identification please? xx

Harpalinae, one of the largest subfamilies of beetles in the world with ~19,000 species, but not as you know it! #taxonomy #systematics #entomology #MuseumCollections resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The new Issue of #RESSystematicEnt is now open! The first article reports on how #UCE #phylogenomics improves the classification of the cosmopolitan pit-building #antlion tribe Myrmeleontini (#Neuroptera: #Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70040 @gkergoat.bsky.social

How do firefly bottoms glow? Find out here 👇🏻 💡 music.youtube.com/watch?v=2qNL...

Very excited to be part of this exciting new journal on methods in #InsectScience

Discover the beetle tree of life! Explore how scientists map relationships among one of Earth’s most diverse creatures and uncover their evolutionary secrets. youtu.be/Pg47Lktz4Ag @beetlequeen.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

It's #worldfrogday! Buy my book! It was written especially for World Frog Day. Also World Book Day. Also your birthday. Also Xmas day. Also all the days of the week. Every day is frog day!

The deadline for this year's LinneSys approaches! You have until Fri, March 27th at 23:59 GMT+1 If you're looking for a small grant for systematics work, get your application in ASAP systass.org/linnesys/ Just become a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social first!

Good morning from the @nhm-london.bsky.social Spring has officially sprung as the ladybirds emerge here at our great institution and natural spaces 🐞 🍃

New #research in #RESEcolEnt From primary #forest to human-modified habitats: Impacts of #LandUseChange on Amazonian #GroundBeetle #diversity doi.org/10.1111/een.70079 @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social Photo credit: Laura Londoño Alejo

Look who is giving a Royal Institute Lecture 😉...on flies..can you believe it.... Very excited to be giving a talk about the Life Cycles of Flies - the vast and splendid adaptations undertaken by these little marvels.. www.rigb.org/whats-on/met...

The women watching over London’s natural history collections www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the...

Dung beetle 101 m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKpZ...

Nature research paper: Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature go.nature.com/4ua5R82

Opinion piece speaking the truth on the state of the science of #taxonomy by Art Borkent. Case in point busy writing the @RoyEntSoc handbook to the biting midges 🪰 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Museum never sleeps! Demonstrating how to pin beetles and flies for entry into the NHM collections and spreading the good word on just how great and important insects are for the health of the Earth.

Looking forward to Coleopterists Day on Saturday 21st. It’s not too late to drop all your weekend plans and head over to the excellent World Museum Liverpool for a day of beetle talks and behind the scenes at the entomology collection 🪲

With over 400,000 described species, Coleoptera represent one of the most diverse groups of organisms on Earth, necessitating a global, integrative approach to understanding their evolutionary history. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg47...

Really enjoying this by @graemelyons.bsky.social I don't think I'll ever become a super-naturalist but I'll have fun trying! #PanSpeciesListing

It’s been a very wet few weeks in the UK – but we’re far from the rainiest place on Earth! ☔ The Amazon is around twice as wet, as the forest helps generate rain. This rainfall is worth billions to Brazil's economy, which might help stop deforestation. Find out more 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Happy belated Valentine’s Day! Please enjoy the delightful @beetlequeen.bsky.social telling us about witchy plants and lovable bums! m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qNL... 🌱 🐛 Plus some penis fencing flatworms… 🤺

A belated Valentines themed podcast which was so much fun with the inimitable @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qNL... 🧙‍♀️ 🧹 Caution: do not take lessons in seduction from a scientist 🤓

What a joy to be speaking on the diversity of beetles in London’s Royal Parks at the Friends of Regents Park and Primrose Hill meeting @theroyalparks such appreciation for London’s green spaces and urban forests 🌳

Saturday 21st February is the annual Coleopterists Day! We hope to see many of our beetle supporters at the World Museum Liverpool on the day 🪲 🙌🏻

The programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day is here...

Beetles have survived ice ages and mass extinctions — but can they survive today’s global change? 🪲 Join our FREE entoLIVE webinar on 17 Feb with Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social on mapping the beetle tree of life and what it tells us about biodiversity’s future. 🧪 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...

BBC News - Nature loss is a national security risk, intelligence groups warn - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our new 416pp #FliesofBritainandIreland covering over 1300 species & with over 1500 photos is now being printed - due mid Feb 2026. You can still pre-order until 31 Jan bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social

!Please Read! Coleopterists Day is happening on Saturday 21st February, not the 22nd as previously circulated. Accept our apologies for this confusion, we hope to see you there for discussions, presentations and more...🪲🪲🪲

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday 21st February 2026 is Coleopterists Day at Liverpool Museum. A fun and informative programme of talks with access to the entomology collections in the afternoon. We look forward to seeing you there. Details on how to attend following soon 🪲 @colsocbi.bsky.social

Merry Christmas! 🎄 And a festive beetle bauble🪲 I didn’t collect this beetle in Costa Rica this year, it collected me, attempting to nest in my hair! A very special experience. This is scarab chafer in the aptly named genus Euphoria, as it’s true I was euphoric or have met it.

Beetles are astonishingly diverse: 400,000 species and counting. A major new project aims to build the most comprehensive beetle phylogeny ever, mapping 100,000 species to reveal their evolutionary history. Learn more w/ Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social on 17 Feb. 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...

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Did you know 1 in 4 animal species is a beetle? 🪲 With 400k+ species, beetles are among Earth’s most diverse lineages. Learn about the huge project mapping their tree of life in a FREE talk with Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social in Feb 2026. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274... @nhm-london.bsky.social

Yes, yes you can find beetles in the winter in the UK! Communing with the Black Snail beetle up a very wet and windy Fell in the Lakes. Phosphuga atrata on Great Mell Fell. 🪲

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...