Beulah Garner
@beetlequeen.bsky.social
Entomologist. Curator of Polyneoptera at The Natural History Museum, London. Ground beetle evolution and taxonomy in the Vogler lab https://www.site100.org
Chair at Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland colsoc.org
Chair at Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland colsoc.org
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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...
Learn more w/ Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social on 17 Feb.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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...
Learn more w/ Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social on 17 Feb.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
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@sarahwhild.bsky.social @earthwormuk.bsky.social @peskypb.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social @pickeletto.bsky.social @lancefly.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @beetlequeen.bsky.social
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Please share widely
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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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
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
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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
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. 🪲
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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. 🪲
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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...
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...
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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...
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...
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Don’t miss the #OrthopteraSIG 2025 on 5 Nov at @nhm-london.bsky.social 🦗
Enjoy talks, posters & live specimen displays, and a buffet dinner option at our friendly informal forum to share research across behaviour, acoustics, taxonomy, ecology & more.
Submit your abstract and register now 🔽
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Enjoy talks, posters & live specimen displays, and a buffet dinner option at our friendly informal forum to share research across behaviour, acoustics, taxonomy, ecology & more.
Submit your abstract and register now 🔽
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Orthoptera Special Interest Group (SIG) 2025
Join us at The Natural History Museum, London for the Royal Entomological Society’s annual Orthoptera meeting about grasshopper and cricket research, conservation, recording and more.
Our Orthoptera Special Interest Group (SIG) provides a forum for the discussion of all aspects of research and outreach involving Orthoptera, including behaviour, physiology, acoustics, ecology and taxonomy. The programme includes around ten short talks, with posters and livestock presented during refreshment breaks. The meeting is followed by an optional supper and drinks in the NHM common room.
We welcome contributions from all enthusiasts, students, academics, and other professionals.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Don’t miss the #OrthopteraSIG 2025 on 5 Nov at @nhm-london.bsky.social 🦗
Enjoy talks, posters & live specimen displays, and a buffet dinner option at our friendly informal forum to share research across behaviour, acoustics, taxonomy, ecology & more.
Submit your abstract and register now 🔽
🔗
Enjoy talks, posters & live specimen displays, and a buffet dinner option at our friendly informal forum to share research across behaviour, acoustics, taxonomy, ecology & more.
Submit your abstract and register now 🔽
🔗
When your Thai bestie @pun158 over on X, combines two of your favourite things: entomology themed stationary and beetle science! New species of stag beetle to Thailand: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When your Thai bestie @pun158 over on X, combines two of your favourite things: entomology themed stationary and beetle science! New species of stag beetle to Thailand: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Come along to the @amentsoc.bsky.social fair on Saturday for all your insect needs! 🪲 🐝 🦋 🦗 🐝 🪰 🐞
🪲 Love #insects? Got art, photos, science projects or specimens to share? Book a space at the #aesfair Annual Exhibition – 27 Sep 2025 Kempton Park Racecourse, Surrey! Exhibitors get free entry! 🐜Details + booking form: www.amentsoc.org/events/listings/01112 #amentsoc
September 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Come along to the @amentsoc.bsky.social fair on Saturday for all your insect needs! 🪲 🐝 🦋 🦗 🐝 🪰 🐞
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Yesterday, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities launched the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis at the @WildSummitUK🚨
This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Yesterday, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities launched the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis at the @WildSummitUK🚨
This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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#Ento25 our workshop: how to use taxonomic keys had a lot of enthusiasm, ‘some’ frustration #whatisit but with genuine engagement. Featuring test keys: Orthoptera & Dermaptera & of course Carabidae handbook with www.royensoc.co.uk/publications... with specimens from www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/ce...
September 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#Ento25 our workshop: how to use taxonomic keys had a lot of enthusiasm, ‘some’ frustration #whatisit but with genuine engagement. Featuring test keys: Orthoptera & Dermaptera & of course Carabidae handbook with www.royensoc.co.uk/publications... with specimens from www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/ce...
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🌟 Huge thanks to all the incredible plenary speakers of #Ento25!
May Berenbaum, Vojtěch Novotný, Christiane Weirauch & Nicole van Dam - Your inspiring talks have been a true highlight of the conference 🐝🦋🐞
🎥 Catch up on these talks on our YouTube channel early next week
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
May Berenbaum, Vojtěch Novotný, Christiane Weirauch & Nicole van Dam - Your inspiring talks have been a true highlight of the conference 🐝🦋🐞
🎥 Catch up on these talks on our YouTube channel early next week
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🌟 Huge thanks to all the incredible plenary speakers of #Ento25!
May Berenbaum, Vojtěch Novotný, Christiane Weirauch & Nicole van Dam - Your inspiring talks have been a true highlight of the conference 🐝🦋🐞
🎥 Catch up on these talks on our YouTube channel early next week
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
May Berenbaum, Vojtěch Novotný, Christiane Weirauch & Nicole van Dam - Your inspiring talks have been a true highlight of the conference 🐝🦋🐞
🎥 Catch up on these talks on our YouTube channel early next week
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
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I'm really pleased that @royentsoc.bsky.social is hosting a workshop on ethics in insect research later today at #Ento25. It's an area where the UK entomology community can and should lead the way. Can't make it? You can still access my slides here: drive.google.com/file/d/1rBzi...
September 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I'm really pleased that @royentsoc.bsky.social is hosting a workshop on ethics in insect research later today at #Ento25. It's an area where the UK entomology community can and should lead the way. Can't make it? You can still access my slides here: drive.google.com/file/d/1rBzi...
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Thank you to everyone that attended the #WomenInEntomology morning at #Ento25, what a fantastic turnout!
Special thanks to @ukladybirds.bsky.social, @hayleyento.bsky.social, Anna Platoni and Gia Aradottir 🐞🪴🪰🦗
Read more about women in entomology 🔽
buff.ly/9OBCyNM
WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
Special thanks to @ukladybirds.bsky.social, @hayleyento.bsky.social, Anna Platoni and Gia Aradottir 🐞🪴🪰🦗
Read more about women in entomology 🔽
buff.ly/9OBCyNM
WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
September 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Thank you to everyone that attended the #WomenInEntomology morning at #Ento25, what a fantastic turnout!
Special thanks to @ukladybirds.bsky.social, @hayleyento.bsky.social, Anna Platoni and Gia Aradottir 🐞🪴🪰🦗
Read more about women in entomology 🔽
buff.ly/9OBCyNM
WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
Special thanks to @ukladybirds.bsky.social, @hayleyento.bsky.social, Anna Platoni and Gia Aradottir 🐞🪴🪰🦗
Read more about women in entomology 🔽
buff.ly/9OBCyNM
WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
Tropical rainforests in the SW Pacifics. Dr Novotný took us on an epic adventure featuring Terry Erwin! On the arms race between plants and insects in the tropics, and the army of people it takes at a local scale to provide the raw data for these interactional insights over decades. #Ento25
September 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Tropical rainforests in the SW Pacifics. Dr Novotný took us on an epic adventure featuring Terry Erwin! On the arms race between plants and insects in the tropics, and the army of people it takes at a local scale to provide the raw data for these interactional insights over decades. #Ento25
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Meet Harpalus politus, a predominantly granivorous #carabid beetle threatened with extinction in #Germany (RL1) that is found exclusively on dry grasslands on limestone soils 🪲. Suitable habitat management and traditional grazing regimes are needed to help the species survive 🌿🐑
June 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New subspecies for the Madeira islands. Very nice study on Carabidae diversity mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Desertas Islands (Madeira archipelago, Portugal): description of a new subspecies and faunistic notes
| Zootaxa
mapress.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New subspecies for the Madeira islands. Very nice study on Carabidae diversity mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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In the last few weeks, some parts of the UK have been blessed by a veritable swarm of ladybirds in gardens and on beaches - they even disrupted the cricket (game)! 🦗
But do you know the collective noun for a group of ladybirds? 🐞
But do you know the collective noun for a group of ladybirds? 🐞
August 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
In the last few weeks, some parts of the UK have been blessed by a veritable swarm of ladybirds in gardens and on beaches - they even disrupted the cricket (game)! 🦗
But do you know the collective noun for a group of ladybirds? 🐞
But do you know the collective noun for a group of ladybirds? 🐞
Natural history museum San Jose, Costa Rica delivered ALL the insects. So great to see so much of Costa Rica’s diversity on display 🪲 🦋 #CostaRicaBiodiversity
July 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Natural history museum San Jose, Costa Rica delivered ALL the insects. So great to see so much of Costa Rica’s diversity on display 🪲 🦋 #CostaRicaBiodiversity
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Tree crickets build megaphones, called "baffles", by chewing holes in leaves to attract mates. For my PhD, I am studying the evolution of baffling. Lil bit of phylogenetics, lil bit of citizen science. Follow the link to my new project on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
Baffling in North American tree crickets
This project aims to collect data on “baffling” behaviour in tree crickets (subfamily: Oecanthinae). Baffling is a strategy used by males to make themselves louder. They do so by calling from leaf edg...
www.inaturalist.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tree crickets build megaphones, called "baffles", by chewing holes in leaves to attract mates. For my PhD, I am studying the evolution of baffling. Lil bit of phylogenetics, lil bit of citizen science. Follow the link to my new project on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
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A new #ShortComm in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that urbanization imposes declines in flying insect #biomass through the loss of large-bodied species
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A new #ShortComm in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that urbanization imposes declines in flying insect #biomass through the loss of large-bodied species
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859
#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
@katriendewolf.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
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🌸 Wildflower walks in London! 🌸
Step outside and enjoy a peaceful stroll surrounded by beautiful blooms.
Plan your visit via the link below
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Step outside and enjoy a peaceful stroll surrounded by beautiful blooms.
Plan your visit via the link below
ow.ly/bT8u50WnvmF
July 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🌸 Wildflower walks in London! 🌸
Step outside and enjoy a peaceful stroll surrounded by beautiful blooms.
Plan your visit via the link below
ow.ly/bT8u50WnvmF
Step outside and enjoy a peaceful stroll surrounded by beautiful blooms.
Plan your visit via the link below
ow.ly/bT8u50WnvmF
I was only trying to make friends but don’t mess with the Bess! Bess beetles (Passalidae) are of the few beetles that care for their young and live communally. This encounter in the mid-elevation tropical forest of Costa Rica.
July 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I was only trying to make friends but don’t mess with the Bess! Bess beetles (Passalidae) are of the few beetles that care for their young and live communally. This encounter in the mid-elevation tropical forest of Costa Rica.
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Got a chance to photograph one of North America's most beautiful dung beetles, Copris arizonensis, at the Bugshot course in Portal last month. The various textures and shapes on this animal are amazing.
July 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Got a chance to photograph one of North America's most beautiful dung beetles, Copris arizonensis, at the Bugshot course in Portal last month. The various textures and shapes on this animal are amazing.
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