Lin Hawthorne
@haggewoods.bsky.social
Still Curious
Editor, author, biologist, horticulturist. FLS
Dilettante now, with interests in
Scientific Latin
Plant-invertebrate interactions
Colours of Nature
Truth and Beauty
naturallatin.com
Editor, author, biologist, horticulturist. FLS
Dilettante now, with interests in
Scientific Latin
Plant-invertebrate interactions
Colours of Nature
Truth and Beauty
naturallatin.com
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A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function.
www.idiv.de
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
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Parents of young adult children or people who have jobs with gen z colleagues (or rare Actual Young Ppl On here): I want to interview someone who's done any kind of government employment scheme (whether apprenticeship or other) for a book (fiction). Would appreciate any tipoffs!
December 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Parents of young adult children or people who have jobs with gen z colleagues (or rare Actual Young Ppl On here): I want to interview someone who's done any kind of government employment scheme (whether apprenticeship or other) for a book (fiction). Would appreciate any tipoffs!
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Day 9 of our annual #AdventCalendar takes us to the dramatic Hautes Pyrenees, home to a wonderful array of alpine ringlets, including the heavily eye-spotted and richly-coloured Piedmont Ringlet, a charismatic butterfly that always makes our day.
#NaturePhotography #butterflies
#NaturePhotography #butterflies
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Day 9 of our annual #AdventCalendar takes us to the dramatic Hautes Pyrenees, home to a wonderful array of alpine ringlets, including the heavily eye-spotted and richly-coloured Piedmont Ringlet, a charismatic butterfly that always makes our day.
#NaturePhotography #butterflies
#NaturePhotography #butterflies
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1/2 #speciesaday no. 681 is Sericomyia lappona. A very smart and distinctive large, almost black and white hover with a conker for a scutellum. Restricted to boggy sites, much commoner in the north and west but also New Forest. Not common in Sussex. My records are between 30th May and 20th June.
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 681 is Sericomyia lappona. A very smart and distinctive large, almost black and white hover with a conker for a scutellum. Restricted to boggy sites, much commoner in the north and west but also New Forest. Not common in Sussex. My records are between 30th May and 20th June.
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Thinking this is Diaea dorsata, which I am sweeping/seeing repeatedly at Allerthorpe Common in East Yorkshire at the moment, so it must be well-established up here now? @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ecology-digest.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thinking this is Diaea dorsata, which I am sweeping/seeing repeatedly at Allerthorpe Common in East Yorkshire at the moment, so it must be well-established up here now? @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ecology-digest.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
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It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
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Parantica melaneus, a widespread Danaid #butterfly species in SE Asia, bringing some light in these dark winter days.
Nam Nao NP, Thailand, oct 2024
Nam Nao NP, Thailand, oct 2024
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Parantica melaneus, a widespread Danaid #butterfly species in SE Asia, bringing some light in these dark winter days.
Nam Nao NP, Thailand, oct 2024
Nam Nao NP, Thailand, oct 2024
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Surveys of plant-pollinator interactions taken almost a century apart show how changing timing of flowering and pollinator activity in a warmer world is reshaping these mutualisms 🌿
Phenological Shifts in Plants and Pollinators over a Century Disrupt Interaction Persistence* | The American Naturalist
Abstract Mutualistic interactions between plants and pollinators play an important role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem stability. However, these interactions are increasingly threatened by…
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Surveys of plant-pollinator interactions taken almost a century apart show how changing timing of flowering and pollinator activity in a warmer world is reshaping these mutualisms 🌿
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Nothing like the joy of crows riding a southern squall.
December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Nothing like the joy of crows riding a southern squall.
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Very importantly, this drawing is based on a detailed photo by @sagaoptics.bsky.social - please make sure you follow him for stunning insect photography.
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Very importantly, this drawing is based on a detailed photo by @sagaoptics.bsky.social - please make sure you follow him for stunning insect photography.
Yarn bombers having a lot of fun. 😊
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Yarn bombers having a lot of fun. 😊
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December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Job Opportunity on functional #diversity and Ecosystem services at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.
Leiden University is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher - Functional Diversity and Ecosystem Services (TerraChem Project)
Postdoctoral Researcher - Functional Diversity and Ecosystem Services (TerraChem Project)
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Job Opportunity on functional #diversity and Ecosystem services at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.
Betula bark, labelled as B. ermanii 'Grayswood Hill', though this should be a selection with pure white bark. the bark of the species is described as creamy white and pinkish, fawn when first exposed. I would have a grove of seed-raised birches though, and revel in the variation of colour.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Betula bark, labelled as B. ermanii 'Grayswood Hill', though this should be a selection with pure white bark. the bark of the species is described as creamy white and pinkish, fawn when first exposed. I would have a grove of seed-raised birches though, and revel in the variation of colour.
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Arbutus menziesii, Madroño. The beauty of this gorgeous bark, with chestnut coloured outer bark, peeling to reveal the smooth, olive green inner bark. This is cool to the touch, and smooth as the skin on the inner thigh of a maiden, or so I have been told. Is very lovely.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Arbutus menziesii, Madroño. The beauty of this gorgeous bark, with chestnut coloured outer bark, peeling to reveal the smooth, olive green inner bark. This is cool to the touch, and smooth as the skin on the inner thigh of a maiden, or so I have been told. Is very lovely.
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Acer capillipes.
trawling through the archives, I discover I have relatively few pictures of bark in winter. I'm not sure why, but this is the season to remedy this omission.
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trawling through the archives, I discover I have relatively few pictures of bark in winter. I'm not sure why, but this is the season to remedy this omission.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Acer capillipes.
trawling through the archives, I discover I have relatively few pictures of bark in winter. I'm not sure why, but this is the season to remedy this omission.
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trawling through the archives, I discover I have relatively few pictures of bark in winter. I'm not sure why, but this is the season to remedy this omission.
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polo in the round
Luster Dish with Polo Player https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.74
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
polo in the round
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oh WOW! SPONGE plus SCALLOP combo! from New Caledonia #molluscmonday #spongethursday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Scallops (Family Pectinidae)
Scallops from Anse Vata, Nouméa 98800, Nouvelle-Calédonie on September 14, 2022 at 03:34 PM by Johan Bas
www.inaturalist.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
oh WOW! SPONGE plus SCALLOP combo! from New Caledonia #molluscmonday #spongethursday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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MOAR iridescent scallop insanity! #molluscmonday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Iridescent Scallop (Pedum spondyloideum)
Iridescent Scallop from Lady Elliot Island, Queensland 4805, Australia on March 9, 2021 at 10:03 AM by Emma Brown
www.inaturalist.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
MOAR iridescent scallop insanity! #molluscmonday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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He looks like me when I track down one of the remaining Margaret Sullavan vehicles
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
He looks like me when I track down one of the remaining Margaret Sullavan vehicles
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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🕊️ The countdown continues! There’s still time to help #GiveBHLWings before BHL becomes independent on 1 January 2026. Your support keeps this global library flying high into the future. #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 💸
💚 Donate: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL...
💚 Donate: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL...
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🕊️ The countdown continues! There’s still time to help #GiveBHLWings before BHL becomes independent on 1 January 2026. Your support keeps this global library flying high into the future. #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 💸
💚 Donate: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL...
💚 Donate: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL...
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@haggewoods.bsky.social you might like this soundcloud.com/imogen/modes...
Modeste Hugues - Fomba
Listen to Modeste Hugues - Fomba by Imogen #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
@haggewoods.bsky.social you might like this soundcloud.com/imogen/modes...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script