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I'd rather not leave David Seymour at the top of my feed, so here are some far more delightful creatures that I've seen in our lovely little city of Ōtautahi this year.

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I'm taking a few week's break from social media. Happy holidays to those of you who take them at this time of year. See you in January!

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😟 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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A slide mounted cunaxid mite, Cunaxa capreolus, collected from leaf litter in northern California recently. Only 0.5 mm long, but sure to strike fear into the hearts of the litter springtails it might have encountered.

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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.

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For #Crustmas on #Woodensday: gamisida długwe' ( #Crab Puppet) Kwakwaka'wakw, BC, Canada, before 1952 Painted wood 11.4x22.9x67.9cm UBC MOA collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?... #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt The Kwakwaka’wakw have a history of puppetry related to ceremonial feasts.

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Even the street lamps in Lyme Regis are ammonite themed.

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This sign, marking the side entrance to the 58th Street jazz bar speakeasy in Peckham, raises more questions than it answers.

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Today I found this impressive mite in some leaf litter. Oribatids are masters of self-protection: they've evolved protective armour flaps, some wear their old moults on their back like shields, and this Neotrichozetes spinulosa has instead opted to become a sentient pincushion! 🧪 #Invertebrates

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Question for British people: Have you ever heard or used the word 'pottle', and if so what do you think it means?

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🦋 Is it time for entomology to embrace compassion? This compelling read challenges traditional practices, urging us to study arthropods with care for their welfare and intrinsic value. 🪲 #entomology #compassion #ecocentrism #conservation blog.ecologicalcitizen.net/2024/12/10/m...

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I'd be interested to hear from anyone doing regular repeated invertebrate #monitoring about what other #metadata you record when you visit your sites.

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Slime molds may resemble fungi, but are in fact a distinct group of unrelated organisms. Although they're single-celled organisms, they'll also perform an astonishing feat of cooperation - gathering together as a collective ‘organism’ to form amazing fruiting bodies. Which is your favourite? 🧪🍄

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Around 9,000 species have already gone extinct in Australia and we’ll likely lose another this week – new study ⬇️https://theconversation.com/

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Can anyone point me in the direction of a standardised repeatable method for surveying #butterflies? If it makes a difference, it should be easy for non-experts to follow and be suitable for urban / suburban conditions. Thank you so much!

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Here's something you don't see every day. An entire school classroom on the back of a truck, waiting to be moved to a new location. The ultimate in recycling!

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PhD position available! Are you interested in how natural selection shapes the evolution of animal memory? Be part of our experimental evolution plans at UCL @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @treesdla.bsky.social , co-supervised by Flo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo...

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7). The end of year wrap up. Moth books, I think all serious moth-ers have so many ID books you need a separate house. So it was nice to read some other mothy literature for a change. Both brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable, thank you @mothyblackburn.bsky.social @jameslowenwild.bsky.social #teammoth

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@ajcann.bsky.social UV LED battery powered strip light and 5mm foam board - Amazon. Foam board notched each piece to slot together for the X shape. Width of foam board should be about 1mm less than the diameter of the bottle as the bottom LED wrap needs to fit inside the inverted dome #teammoth 1/2

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📣New paper📣 We estimate the number of extinctions of Australian #invertebrates, plus the ongoing #extinction rate … Both figures are far higher than those currently recognised, pointing to alarming gaps in #conservation of an important area of #biodiversity 🪳🕷️🐌🪰🪲🪱 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Up to three insect species become extinct in Australia every week, report says

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This is my right hand man

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Entomologists of Bluesky: Has anyone here tried sugaring as a method for attracting moths? If so, do you have any good recipes? I'm talking #entomology not hair removal. It's not an easy thing to Google!

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@entomolrj.bsky.social I've never seen a live Strepsipteran in the field. They are top of my bucket list. I know we have them here in New Zealand. Any tips for finding them?

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It may not look impressive but this took weeks to get here. This is part of a PhD chapter that is coming real close to a wrap up. I hope to write a blog post about this one eventually so stay tuned.

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