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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The programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day is here...
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day is here...
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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...
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...
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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...
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...
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BBC News - Nature loss is a national security risk, intelligence groups warn - BBC News
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Nature loss is a national security risk, intelligence groups warn
The degradation of ecosystems around the world threatens UK food security, a long-awaited report says.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 AM
BBC News - Nature loss is a national security risk, intelligence groups warn - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
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!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...🪲🪲🪲
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
!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
@colsocbi.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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
@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.
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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.
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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 🔽
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WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
Special thanks to @ukladybirds.bsky.social, @hayleyento.bsky.social, Anna Platoni and Gia Aradottir 🐞🪴🪰🦗
Read more about women in entomology 🔽
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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
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August 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New subspecies for the Madeira islands. Very nice study on Carabidae diversity mapress.com/zt/article/v...