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Janus Hansen @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social · 25d

The nightlife here in France is quite something!

#entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?)
#trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar
@agneskreiling.bsky.social

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Sep 8

A badger checking out our #cameratrap in Southern France.

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hey, could you add me and @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social? We are managing the insect collection at the Faroe Islands National Museum.

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Aug 14

New beetle record for Europe: Sthereus ptinoides. Identified based on specimens in the entomological collection at #Tjóðsavnið.
Read the story of the discovery here: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social
Photo: Björn Hjaltason

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Aug 12

First (but hopefully not last) scientific publication on our species inventory on #Koltur came out today. Big thanks to all our collaborators! Publicly available under: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...

#Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · Aug 4

#LiteratureNotice Chen et al. Regional selection pressure and heterogeneous transitions shape diverse colour pattern in Pachyrhynchus weevils ( #Coleoptera: #Curculionidae) Open Access doi.org/10.1093/zool... #Beetle #Beetles #Weevils #Mimicry

Figure 1.Six categories of dorsal pattern on elytra of Pachyrhynchus.

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Aug 2

Always an adventure visiting our more inaccessible monitoring plots on the Northern side of #Koltur.

#TodaysOffice #Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Jul 15

Elodes pseudominuta is one of the species which is more common on #Koltur than expected. We find it during July among mosses in the vicinity of small streams.

#Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Jul 3

Me and my colleagues at #Tjóðsavnið have studied the island #Koltur since 2019. Our species checklist is now publicly available on @gbif.org. And the first publication is on the way...

www.gbif.org/dataset/a6fa...

@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social

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NatureBureau @naturebureau.bsky.social · Jun 25

Here are two spreads to tempt you from the Dung Flies Scathophagidae pages of our #FliesofBritainandIreland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z (maps to be done) for publication this autumn. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@tverc1.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Jun 25

Cutest field assistant we ever had.

#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

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Janus Hansen @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social · Jun 19

Me and @agneskreiling.bsky.social have seen a lot of cool species while on vacation in #Spain: #chamalaeon, #flamingo, #octopus and a huge #robberfly.

It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · May 19

Flower visitation observations in sunny weather! Lots of #Diptera on Caltha palustris outside my office.

#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · May 5

We choose the worst possible day to start #fieldwork for lake #monitoring - cold wind, sleet, snow and rain... but nevertheless plenty of #Chironomidae pupal exuviae around!

#Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

Janus Hansen @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social · May 3

I joined @agneskreiling.bsky.social in some freshwater fieldwork today. Well, I took care of the kid and dog, while she and a colleague did the fieldwork.
It was way colder than expected (3°C) and snowing a bit.
But seeing a mallard with ducklings definitely brought some feelings of spring.

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Janus Hansen @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social · Apr 18

The New Zealand flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) has decimated #Earthworm populations in the #Faroes. It probably was introduced by people who were importing non-native trees in the 1980'ies.
This one I found in our garden, close to our compost heap where there are no Earthworms.
#ias

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Merops Field Centre @meropsfieldcentre.bsky.social · Apr 11

Day 2 with Neuchâtel and we’ve been exploring the garrigue. This is a Mediterranean scrubland habitat based on limestone soils. We found specialist plants, including orchids. Although small, one of our highlights was finding the dung beetle 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪 rolling its balls of dung.

Fabrizio holding out a plant so that listening students can understand its features. Three students stand to the side, listening.

The top of a limestone platform in the garrigue. The oak trees are bare of leaves, and mosses and low-lying plants cover the limestone with green foliage.

Students leaning down to take photos of orchids. The orchids are not yet open, but have pointed, dark flower buds.

A dung beetle, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪, rolling a ball of dung.

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Apr 9

New Chironomidae record for the Faroes: Metriocnemus carmencitabertarum. Found as pupal exuviae in a rainwater-filled bassin in the garden of my in-laws.
www.tjodsavnid.fo/news-in-engl...

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · Feb 23

long distance relationship

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Rhett Ayers Butler @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social · Feb 25

The concept of the “extinction of experience” has been used to describe the dwindling human connection with nature, often applied to the general public.

But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.

mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L

Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem.

Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem. There was a time when an ecologist’s education was not complete without the mud of a marsh on their boots or the scent of damp ...

www.butlernature.com

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · Feb 18

Playing with images of black and shiny flies for when I eventually get to writing a new key; hopefully. Alloborborus pallifrons (Sphaeroceridae; Copromyzinae) a smart small fly, very 'spikey'. Larvae develop in horse dung (usually), not a species I find often. www.dipteraid.co.uk #ecology #flies

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Janus Hansen @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social · Jan 23

Setting up this year's #LIFEPLAN site, on #Koltur.

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Jan 20

This Carabus hispanus was the entomological highlight during our trip to southern France in 2024 - perfect for #BlueMonday!

#BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

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Theresa Henke @theresahenke.bsky.social · Jan 7

The time has come 🤓🇮🇸🐟

I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream:

eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639

@fishiceland.bsky.social

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Jan 5

Nice...

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Agnes Kreiling @agneskreiling.bsky.social · Dec 29

Very happy about this publication on Faroese Diapriidae. Recent material examined was collected during our species inventory on the island #Koltur.

David Notton @davidnotton.bsky.social · Dec 19

NEW publication 'Review of Diapriidae of the Faroe Islands (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae)' with Mio Hübner, Hannes Gabel, Viktor Deines & Agnes-Katharina Kreiling. Free download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... We identified 10 species including Basalys abruptus (figs below)

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