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naturefromsam.bsky.social
πŸŽ“ Entomologist & Ecologist @ Stirling University. πŸͺ² Lover of bugs and birds. πŸ“Έ Photographer of all things green and brown. πŸ•ΈοΈ Find my stuff @naturefromsam.
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Get your stigma out for the bees. #Invertebrates #Inverts #Bees

My sweet child, where has the other half of your mouth gone? #Invertebrates #Inverts #Insects #WeevilWednesday

Stop. Admire the bee fly. Look at how it flies with absolutely no grace whatsoever. Observe how it unites bee and fly lovers everywhere without effort. Where is it going? What has it seen? With no honey to make, it has a lot of free time. #Invert #Invertebrate #Bee? #Fly #Insects

When a bunch of entomology students find a beetle. It was probably terrified. #RoyalEntomologicalSociety #RES

How management and creation of woodland can benefit biodiversity πŸŒ³πŸŒΌπŸ¦…πŸ› www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications...

Just another foodie influencer documenting their meal before turning the restaurant into a nursery. Classic. #Invert #Invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #insect #weevil #beetle

Stop punishing yourself for not being as sustainable as possible. www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

Local harvestman discovers that having eight legs doesn't help carry the weight of perpetual misidentification by humans. #bugs #macro #Inverts #Invertebrates #opilione

when you're pretending to mind your own business but you're actually watching all the drama unfold at the next table #macro #macrophotography #insects #bugs

Fuck. Off. This is a Tory talking point picked up by the so-called "left" Labour. As a former consultant, here's what you need to do: streamline your shit application process for licenses. NatureScot has already managed this - why not Natural England?? news.sky.com/story/angela...

Four records I submitted to iRecord in May 2020 have only now just been accepted as correct. 4.5 years. And it was birds! This is why people have dirfted to iNaturalist - even if it is just amateur identification.

Dipped a toe into the limelight with this production from Woodlands TV on the leaf cycle. Had great fun filming it. Following in the footsteps of @georgemcgavin.bsky.social? Time will tell πŸ˜‚ youtu.be/-dqkMb7iIYk?...

I just completed @infohackit.bsky.social's 12-month design course, which is definitively one of the most valuable things I have done for my career. If you're an academic with even a slight interest in science communication, I would recommend it in a heartbeat.

When I come across a paper from a supervisor 5 hours deep into a literature search #phd #academia