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David Notton
@davidnotton.bsky.social
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Mad about diapriid wasps/bees 🐝taxonomy, zoological nomenclature, museums, entomology curation & IPM! Former NHMUK, now freelance. Recording Lauriston Agroecology Farm🌾🥕 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Notton #Edinburgh
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David Notton @davidnotton.bsky.social · Jun 13
New publication! Review of Tetramopria (Diapriidae) of E Palaearctic - mating behaviour and interactions with host ants. with Ryoji Kawai and Seonwoo Yoon. Free download:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · 16h
Our new paper “On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)” @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social jhr.pensoft.net/article/1632...
On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)
The name Bombus flavifrons has been applied to two different bumble bee species in North America, one described by Ezra Cresson in 1863, the other by Frederick Smith in 1866. Bombus flavifrons Cresson...
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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 17h
A handsome male Trybliographa gracilicornis wasp of the Eucoilidae, Figitidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Figitidae #Eucoilidae #HighWeald
side view of a shiny black wasp with orange legs
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Marguerite/Peg Turley @margueriteturl2.bsky.social · 1d
I love these tiny chalcid wasps! They’re so cute and shiny! #insects
Tiny bright green wasp on the underneath of a branch with leaves
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 1d
There's still silly mopey wasps roaming the leaf litter and grass, in October. 🖤
Ms Eupelmus here with her booty feather is looking for some quarry or another in dry pine needles.
Slender dark bluish shiny wasp with her booty in the air terminated with a black feathery ovipositor thingie, running the length of a dry pine needle
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 18h
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 186

Nectar guides on #flowers don’t lessen the time spent ‘on flower’ by #bees locating #nectar compared to ‘unpatterned’ flowers, but rather improve foraging efficiency by improving landing position and guiding bees to take-off!
#nature
#science
🐝🌍
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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 19h
A beautiful female Encarsia citrina wasp of the Aphelinidae found under pines in Brede High Woods this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Aphelinidae #HighWeald
a tiny wasp with a yellow head that has a red spot at the top, a yellow-buff thorax, and banded brown and yellow abdomen. Its fringed wings are outstretched either side of the body, and they are partially shaded toward their middles.
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Banned Books Week! 🗃️

For more information on Book Bans, check out this recent report from @penamerica.bsky.social

pen.org/report/the-n...
Read Banned Books under a shelf of books.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 1d
A textbook image I did a few years ago showing a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus rixosus) with her mandibles held open and trigger hairs forward, and then in the closed position.

The snapping shut of the trap is one of the fastest measured animal movements.
A split-screen image showing (top) a face view of an elongated ant standing on a reflective surfave, facing us with toothy brown jaws held 180 degrees open, and (bottom), the same ant with jaws closed, the bluntly toothed tips held together.
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ChrisGibsonWildlife @chrismothman.bsky.social · 1d
Precious moment in the fleeting Wivenhoe sun this morning of a pair of German Wasps snatching an intimate moment... Really brought home the size difference. This is peak wasp mating time, with the male destined to die soon; the newly mated queens being the only ones to overwinter #criticalmoment
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d
We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy.

But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."

Let's make that description Labour votes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 2d
#ScotlandsRainforest grows in a zone with high rainfall right through the year. But with Wildfire Warnings becoming more common in Scotland’s springs and summers, how much of a threat do fires pose to this already vulnerable habitat? buff.ly/zlUM1Fh
📷 Samuel Lindsay
A fire burning in an area of rainforest, with young birch trees on fire, and blackened by the flames.
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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 2d
Our DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners.

Today’s featured specimen is a parasitic wasp from the Nixoniidae family, collected in Limpopo, South Africa. This record was made possible through funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund.
High-resolution arthropod specimen with inset map of collection site in the bottom left corner, scale bar in the bottom right corner, and funder logo in the top right corner.
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Brandon Claridge @ichsofna.bsky.social · 2d
Very preliminary but below should be a #newspecies and the first record of the #ichneumonid genus Patroclus in the US! This newly collected singleton specimen is from central Utah but Patroclus is neotropical, getting as far north as Mexico.

#taxonomy #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #parasitoid
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GBIF Morpho 🦋 @gbifmorpho.bsky.social · 2d
New paper in Royal Society Open Science using @gbif.org mediated data:

Morphological constraints in hymenopteran forewings limit flight efficiency optimization

#CiteTheDOI: ❌

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250224
Morphological constraints in hymenopteran forewings limit flight efficiency optimization | Royal Society Open Science
The evolution of wings and flapping flight was integral to the radiation of Pterygota, but little is known about the factors underpinning the morphological disparity of insect wings. We use a theoreti...
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GBIF @gbif.org · 2d
Trying to blend in? 😶‍🌫️ Bots stand out! 🤖

We have introduced a "challenge page" to protect GBIF services (like occurrence pages) from data scraping that may cause unreasonable loads on our systems.

No action is required, but if you see a page that's bare-ly there, 🐻 now you know why!
a photograph of three andean bears peering over a hedge
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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 2d
How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body
The sawfly’s egg-laying organ, the ovipositor, could help modern surgical techniques
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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 4d
Back in June, we hosted a team from #GardenersWorld to share how we’ve been improving the grounds of the National Museums Collection Centre for biodiversity. 🎬 🐞🪰🌿🌼

Catch it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

#NMCCbiodiversity
Behind the scenes from our day of filming. Here I’m crouched down in one of the grassland areas looking at an orchid, with camera operator Gavin and producer Charlotte.
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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 6d
I've had inquiries about this evening's "Surveying for Pollinators" webinar, from people who can't make the live event. If you register you'll have access to the recording & reading list after it finishes. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surveying-...
#bees #pollinators #ecology #biodiversity
Surveying For Pollinators
Learn how to survey and monitor pollinators in this webinar — tools, tips, and techniques for all skill levels.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 7d
Hello, I am Myrmoteras and I will be your disembowler this evening.
macro photo in face view of the head of a ruddy red ant with massive black compound eyes and two wide open, rake-like jaws with sharp teeth
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David Notton @davidnotton.bsky.social · 7d
Map case perhaps?
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Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 8d
#Flowers that mimic the smell of injured #ants to attract #kleptoparasites as #pollinators!

Go home evolution you’re drunk!

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Olfactory floral mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly pollinators
Mochizuki reports a plant that lures pollinating flies by imitating the scent of ants injured by predators. This study reveals the first known case of ant mimicry in flowers and uncovers previously un...
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David Notton @davidnotton.bsky.social · 7d
It has some painted text on it, can you see what it says?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d
Trump's energy policies are laughable. This ad proves it. [from: @canarymedia.com]
Trump's energy policies are laughable. This ad proves it.
Swedish energy giant's spot with Samuel L. Jackson pokes fun at the administration, even as Trump targets comedians.
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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 8d
A larger than normal female Anaphes fuscipennis parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods earlier this year.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #HighWeald
side view of a tiny wasp, its head and antennae are to the left of picture, narrow wings are held at an angle above body
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WeDigBio @wedigbio.bsky.social · 15d
Every specimen tells a story! Join #WeDigBio Oct 9–12 to help transcribe collections that power biodiversity science. Register today if you are hosting an event: wedigbio.org/content/regi... ✨ Sign up by Sept 24 to get fun swag! Registration continues if no swag required!
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