Tuomas Kankaanpää
@bugwebs.bsky.social
Insect ecologist. Insect responses to environmental change. Interested in trophic interactions. Now developing monitoring methods for blood-feeding insects in the North. #InterregAurora #InsectsoftheNorth
Post-doctoral researcher at University of Oulu
Post-doctoral researcher at University of Oulu
Yes. It's imperative that the planned research involves insects.
February 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Yes. It's imperative that the planned research involves insects.
Humbug. Doing a PhD was fun and I got paid to do it.
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Humbug. Doing a PhD was fun and I got paid to do it.
Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää
🪲 New BAAE article:
Metabarcoding of stored carabid beetles reveals declining prey diversity over the last decade. Temporal diet shifts highlight long-term invertebrate declines and the value of historical collections for monitoring.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
Metabarcoding of stored carabid beetles reveals declining prey diversity over the last decade. Temporal diet shifts highlight long-term invertebrate declines and the value of historical collections for monitoring.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🪲 New BAAE article:
Metabarcoding of stored carabid beetles reveals declining prey diversity over the last decade. Temporal diet shifts highlight long-term invertebrate declines and the value of historical collections for monitoring.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
Metabarcoding of stored carabid beetles reveals declining prey diversity over the last decade. Temporal diet shifts highlight long-term invertebrate declines and the value of historical collections for monitoring.
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
They didn't realize that it doesn't take many generations to become fat.
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
They didn't realize that it doesn't take many generations to become fat.
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🦋 New research challenges the Temperature-Size Rule and highlights climate change’s potential to profoundly reshape butterfly life cycles, population dynamics, and ecological interactions.
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/zFrpO7t
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/zFrpO7t
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🦋 New research challenges the Temperature-Size Rule and highlights climate change’s potential to profoundly reshape butterfly life cycles, population dynamics, and ecological interactions.
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/zFrpO7t
📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/zFrpO7t
of course dudes dressed in vinyl wearing gas masks cluster is much bigger than the ento cluster
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
of course dudes dressed in vinyl wearing gas masks cluster is much bigger than the ento cluster
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The spotted lanternfly has spread across the United States with unrelenting speed — and now we have a clue as to why: living in cities seems to have helped these invasive insects evolve to be more resistant to stresses. 🧪
www.livescience.com/animals/inse...
www.livescience.com/animals/inse...
Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China's cities.
The alarming spread of spotted lanternflies across the U.S. has been made possible by cities acting as evolutionary incubators, fine-tuning the insects and enabling them to thrive.
www.livescience.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The spotted lanternfly has spread across the United States with unrelenting speed — and now we have a clue as to why: living in cities seems to have helped these invasive insects evolve to be more resistant to stresses. 🧪
www.livescience.com/animals/inse...
www.livescience.com/animals/inse...
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I've been working on this for >20 years. It was about time to write it and stop playing dice against time (far too old for that)
"On commonness and rarity of insect pollinators: patterns of species abundance and diversity in a hyperdiverse Mediterranean assemblage"
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
"On commonness and rarity of insect pollinators: patterns of species abundance and diversity in a hyperdiverse Mediterranean assemblage"
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
www.biorxiv.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I've been working on this for >20 years. It was about time to write it and stop playing dice against time (far too old for that)
"On commonness and rarity of insect pollinators: patterns of species abundance and diversity in a hyperdiverse Mediterranean assemblage"
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
"On commonness and rarity of insect pollinators: patterns of species abundance and diversity in a hyperdiverse Mediterranean assemblage"
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Voisikohan osan eläkkeistä maksaa suoraan hoivapörriäiselle? Ei tarvitsisi kelaa vaivata.
February 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Voisikohan osan eläkkeistä maksaa suoraan hoivapörriäiselle? Ei tarvitsisi kelaa vaivata.
Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää
New research shows dry‑ice tick traps can capture more ticks than traditional cloth‑dragging, suggesting a faster and potentially more effective way to monitor tick‑borne disease risks.
Can Traps Outperform Cloth Dragging for Tick Surveillance?
New research shows dry‑ice tick traps can capture more ticks than traditional cloth‑dragging, suggesting a faster and potentially more effective way to monitor tick‑borne disease risks.
entomologytoday.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
New research shows dry‑ice tick traps can capture more ticks than traditional cloth‑dragging, suggesting a faster and potentially more effective way to monitor tick‑borne disease risks.
Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää
We just released the latest update of the European Grassland Butterfly Indicator.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
With nearly 50% decline since 1991 and the decline not reversing, this is again an urgent call for actions for bending the curve, restore habitat and protect biodiversity
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
With nearly 50% decline since 1991 and the decline not reversing, this is again an urgent call for actions for bending the curve, restore habitat and protect biodiversity
EU Grassland Butterfly Index 1991-2024 Technical report
Executive Summary Butterflies have been systematically monitored in Europe for several decades using standard protocols that are now adopted in over 30 countries. Butterflies are ideal biological indi...
doi.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
We just released the latest update of the European Grassland Butterfly Indicator.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
With nearly 50% decline since 1991 and the decline not reversing, this is again an urgent call for actions for bending the curve, restore habitat and protect biodiversity
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
With nearly 50% decline since 1991 and the decline not reversing, this is again an urgent call for actions for bending the curve, restore habitat and protect biodiversity
Probably that too, given their programming. Your post was just under an article about self-propagating prompts.
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Probably that too, given their programming. Your post was just under an article about self-propagating prompts.
Physical recursive agenting will be a blast.
February 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Physical recursive agenting will be a blast.
Live, laugh, cringe
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Live, laugh, cringe
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv
Towards red listing understudied tropical #insects: A case study of the #DungBeetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70045
#IUCN #RedList #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Towards red listing understudied tropical #insects: A case study of the #DungBeetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70045
#IUCN #RedList #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv
Towards red listing understudied tropical #insects: A case study of the #DungBeetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70045
#IUCN #RedList #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Towards red listing understudied tropical #insects: A case study of the #DungBeetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70045
#IUCN #RedList #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
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#DigitalAgriculture and #BiodiversityMonitoring are using the same tools (#Drones, #AI, #IoT) but living in different worlds… 🌍
New research suggests that this gap could turn every smart farm into a massive data source for #conservation
#AgriEcology #Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
New research suggests that this gap could turn every smart farm into a massive data source for #conservation
#AgriEcology #Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Narrowing farmland biodiversity knowledge gaps with Digital Agriculture - npj Sustainable Agriculture
npj Sustainable Agriculture - Narrowing farmland biodiversity knowledge gaps with Digital Agriculture
www.nature.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
#DigitalAgriculture and #BiodiversityMonitoring are using the same tools (#Drones, #AI, #IoT) but living in different worlds… 🌍
New research suggests that this gap could turn every smart farm into a massive data source for #conservation
#AgriEcology #Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
New research suggests that this gap could turn every smart farm into a massive data source for #conservation
#AgriEcology #Biodiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Wonderful weird: 3D reconstruction of the tracheal system and balloon gut of the male Stylops ovinae. #Strepsiptera
February 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Wonderful weird: 3D reconstruction of the tracheal system and balloon gut of the male Stylops ovinae. #Strepsiptera
Ei pitäisi olla teknisesti kovin vaikeaa. Alustat kuitenkin tietävät käyttäjistään kaiken. Ja missä on turvallinen, enshittifikaatiton ja mainokseton julkinen some?
February 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Ei pitäisi olla teknisesti kovin vaikeaa. Alustat kuitenkin tietävät käyttäjistään kaiken. Ja missä on turvallinen, enshittifikaatiton ja mainokseton julkinen some?
Aikuiset miehet pitäisi kieltää, piste.
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Aikuiset miehet pitäisi kieltää, piste.
Reposted by Tuomas Kankaanpää
New #OpenAccess work in #RESPhysEnt
Influence of #temperature & light on #development of #moth larvae: Different response in the sister species #Orthosia gothica & O. cerasi
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70030
#Phenology #Photoperiod
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social
Influence of #temperature & light on #development of #moth larvae: Different response in the sister species #Orthosia gothica & O. cerasi
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70030
#Phenology #Photoperiod
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New #OpenAccess work in #RESPhysEnt
Influence of #temperature & light on #development of #moth larvae: Different response in the sister species #Orthosia gothica & O. cerasi
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70030
#Phenology #Photoperiod
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social
Influence of #temperature & light on #development of #moth larvae: Different response in the sister species #Orthosia gothica & O. cerasi
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70030
#Phenology #Photoperiod
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social
Putin olisi sattumalta vähän oudonnäköinen, mutta kovassa kunnossa.
January 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Putin olisi sattumalta vähän oudonnäköinen, mutta kovassa kunnossa.
Eikö ttip tms. salli jenkkifirmojen haastaa valtion oikeuteen, jos niiden liiketoimintaa haitataan säädöksillä tai julkisesti tuetulla kilpailulla?
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Eikö ttip tms. salli jenkkifirmojen haastaa valtion oikeuteen, jos niiden liiketoimintaa haitataan säädöksillä tai julkisesti tuetulla kilpailulla?
it's the worst promo program ever
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
it's the worst promo program ever
Those pens are worth like gazillion ep-points, which require you to buy megagazillion dollars worth of eppendorf products and spend 1000 hours processing the ep-point code stickers.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Those pens are worth like gazillion ep-points, which require you to buy megagazillion dollars worth of eppendorf products and spend 1000 hours processing the ep-point code stickers.
Sakarin villapaita remake voisi oikeasti tuottaa miljoonia.
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Sakarin villapaita remake voisi oikeasti tuottaa miljoonia.