Anna Frances Probert
@afprobert.bsky.social
From Aotearoa, now a Lecturer based at UNE in NSW 🇦🇺 Non-native species, biosecurity, ecology & entomology. Loves ants 🐜 I always RT ecology jobs & PhD opps. She/her
Went to take a shower and had this carry on happening outside the bathroom window this morning 🦘🥊
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Went to take a shower and had this carry on happening outside the bathroom window this morning 🦘🥊
Poor photo but that’s a lovely greater glider right there 🥰 If you’ve not heard of this wonderful animal, look it up!
August 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Poor photo but that’s a lovely greater glider right there 🥰 If you’ve not heard of this wonderful animal, look it up!
It's the best time of the year! I get to see all the wonderful work from my entomology students 🥰
June 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's the best time of the year! I get to see all the wonderful work from my entomology students 🥰
It’s the highlight of the end of the trimester - seeing all the fabulous insect collections submitted by students 🦋🐝🐞
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It’s the highlight of the end of the trimester - seeing all the fabulous insect collections submitted by students 🦋🐝🐞
My malaise trap did not fare well in the storm
February 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My malaise trap did not fare well in the storm
It’s a crab eat crab world out here 🦀
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It’s a crab eat crab world out here 🦀
Invasive species come in all shapes and sizes. This is the invasive giant centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes) a species implicated in the decline/extinction of several endemic species here on Christmas Island.
January 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Invasive species come in all shapes and sizes. This is the invasive giant centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes) a species implicated in the decline/extinction of several endemic species here on Christmas Island.
Harrison the inquisitive heron came by for a visit this morning
January 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Harrison the inquisitive heron came by for a visit this morning
Treated myself to a new book, excited to read this @mothyblackburn.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Treated myself to a new book, excited to read this @mothyblackburn.bsky.social
Fun day at Melbourne Museum
January 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Fun day at Melbourne Museum
Saw this lovely little “Beeville” whilst walking around Melbourne suburbs yesterday
December 28, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Saw this lovely little “Beeville” whilst walking around Melbourne suburbs yesterday
Koala with joey on campus today! 🐨❤️
December 11, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Koala with joey on campus today! 🐨❤️
Ants ants ants! Have new pinned specimens thanks to the wonderful Steve Tremont for teaching my ant ID lab with the Entomology students next year 🐜❤️🐜❤️🐜❤️
December 11, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Ants ants ants! Have new pinned specimens thanks to the wonderful Steve Tremont for teaching my ant ID lab with the Entomology students next year 🐜❤️🐜❤️🐜❤️
Some of our light trap visitors last night from the Methods in Invertebrate Ecology module I’m running at Mt Hyland in NSW 🦋🪲🪰🐜🦗
December 3, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Some of our light trap visitors last night from the Methods in Invertebrate Ecology module I’m running at Mt Hyland in NSW 🦋🪲🪰🐜🦗
A highlight of this trip was being asked to judge a student English-language singing competition last night! 🎤🎶
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM
A highlight of this trip was being asked to judge a student English-language singing competition last night! 🎤🎶
In Zhengzhou🇨🇳 for two weeks where I gave a lecture about the drivers and pathways of invasive species last week and got to see one - the (exotic) pet trade - yesterday.
November 25, 2024 at 1:05 AM
In Zhengzhou🇨🇳 for two weeks where I gave a lecture about the drivers and pathways of invasive species last week and got to see one - the (exotic) pet trade - yesterday.