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The great escape

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Two- and seven-spot ladybirds, cinnabar moth caterpillar (munching on poisonous ragwort to make itself inedible), and a funky long-necked small snakefly

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Harlequin ladybird pupas everywhere at the moment, with some stray seven- and two-spots.

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Mark Vellend has a new book, available for pre-order: "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More Than We Think, From Proteins to Politics". It looks interesting and VERY ambitious. Here's Mark's pitch for why you should read it: dynamicecology.wordp... 1/2

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Very pretty horseshoe ladybirds in the malaise trap in the botanical garden. Look at their little horseshoe patterns! Small ladybirds are often hairy, as you can see. Their real size is around the size of a dot --> .

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Thank you so much @ukladybirds.bsky.social, for joining us in České Budějovice🙏 These were such inspiring three days. Looking forward to write the perspective on priorities for fungal #citizenscience!

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Our first #C4inV4 workshop on citizen science ended today! The last day was full of discussions on motivation factors and priorities for citizen science in mycology. So happy with the outcomes of the past three days! #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund

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The first permanent slide at @teamlaboul.bsky.social at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences was made! This likely is a #newspecies of Artgrorhynchus from Papua New Guinea.

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Ladybird lab at the Cryptic Fungi workshop going swimmingly! We were looking for Hesperomyces, a small fungus on ladybirds we caught yesterday. #VisegradFund #TeamLaboul

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Ladybird lab at the Cryptic Fungi workshop going swimmingly! We were looking for Hesperomyces, a small fungus on ladybirds we caught yesterday. #VisegradFund #TeamLaboul

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Touring in the insect laboratory of Prof. Dr. Oldřich Nedvěd at the University of South Bohemia. From left to right: my PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Olda, me, and @ukladybirds.bsky.social. #C4inV4 #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund

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It is such a pleasure to be with you all - I am having a wonderful time immersed in the worlds of entomology and mycology (a perfect pair) during this fabulous workshop on cryptic fungi - thank you so much for inviting me @ukceh.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

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Such an exquisite fungus - I find them fascinating and great learning more about them from you all - thank you

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Now for talks by @dhaelewa.bsky.social, @ukladybirds.bsky.social and @robin-hutchinson.bsky.social on knowledge and knowledge gaps of citizen science and @pomscheme.bsky.social

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A very successful ladybird gathering with the #VisegradFund citizen science workshop here in Ceske Budejovice - fridged for now, checking them for miceofungi tomorrow!

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Our workshop on #citizenscience started today, supported by a #VisegradFund grant! First off, @michieldegroot.bsky.social is talking about next-level citizen science on Hesperomyces harmoniae, a microfungus parasitizing the invasive Harmonia axyridis, and our #Beetlehangers database.

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Time to look for Marienkäfer (🐞) in Marienbad (🇨🇿)

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Time to look for Marienkäfer (🐞) in Marienbad (🇨🇿)

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Arrived in the ghost hotel 👻 Let's see if I get haunted

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quadruples

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Trying to make plants work on the balcony which finally is bearing fruit (flowers?)

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We are inviting you for a public lecture by the wonderful Dr. Helen E. Roy, titled "Increasing Understanding of Biological Invasions Together". Supported by a Visegrad Fund grant. 📅19 May 2025, 19:00-20:00 📍České Budějovice, University of South Bohemia 🔗Registration: forms.gle/5kfREkMBpyjV...

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Little ecosystem: a beetlehanger fungus on a harlequin ladybird eating an aphid that was eating a rose, all on the side of the river on a sunny day in Ghent (Hesperomyces harmonise, Harmonia axyridis, Macrophisum rosae, Rosa sp.)

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As part of FunDive, a Europe-wide collaboration project targeting understudied fungi, we’re looking for more data on Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – and you can help! I made a video together with @inbo.bsky.social explaining everything you need to know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfh...

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Little ecosystem: a beetlehanger fungus on a harlequin ladybird eating an aphid that was eating a rose, all on the side of the river on a sunny day in Ghent (Hesperomyces harmonise, Harmonia axyridis, Macrophisum rosae, Rosa sp.)

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🍄 🧪🌍 #CitizenScienceMonth ends today, so I thought I'd share our review published last year in @consletters.bsky.social "The Power of Citizen Science to Advance Fungal Conservation" #citizenscience #conservationscience #conservation #ICYMI conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Sshh... make your nest quietly

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Bluebells in bloom!

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Bluebells in bloom!

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Sshh... make your nest quietly

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Masterclass in visual communication. If only I could do this in a paper!

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Industrious European paper wasp (Polistes dominula) scraping a tiny bit of wood from my balcony flower basket to build her nest good luck ma'am

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