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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Nov 16

We’ve made a starter pack, to help you find people actively working with insect collections. Get in touch if you’d like to be added. 🦋

Entomological Collections Crew
go.bsky.app/C5VpWiw

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · 8d

Rain beetles are SO FLUFFY!

Now that we have your attention, don’t forget that Early-bird registration for #ECN2025 ends today. Don’t miss out!

➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-ecn-p...

📷 Pleocoma oregonensis, from Cornell University Insect Collection.

A pinned Rain beetle specimen (Pleocoma oregonensis) from the Cornell University Insect Collection. This chestnut coloured beetle is blessed with an exceptionally fuzzy undercarriage.

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 9d

Today’s winning data label goes to this flea

I’ve no idea who collected it but I’d love to met them, sounds like they are my sort of person 🤓

#collections @nhm-london.bsky.social #fleas #databasing

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Reminder!

If you submitted a presentation title for #ECN2025, remember to submit your abstract by Friday 26th September!

Abstracts can be emailed to us at: [email protected]

Advert for the up coming Entomological Collections Network meeting, in Portland Oregon, 8-9 November 2025.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 22d

the SIZE of her

Unit tray of Plotinus, one of which is simply enormous, the exact color, size, and shape of a fresh horse chestnut

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

Curatorial Associate

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...

careers.amnh.org

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Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social · 15d

We put out some social science research via preprint: "Natural history museums are missing an opportunity to present research and collections on YouTube" doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Natural history museums are missing an opportunity to present research and collections on YouTube

There have been repeated calls in the US for scientists to communicate the importance of biological collections to both a general public audience and to policy makers. Natural history museums that hou...

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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!

wedigbio.org

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Aug 29

Talk titles for #ECN2025 are due TODAY!

Just titles today folks! Full abstracts (of no more than 150 words) must be submitted by the Sept 26th.

Don’t delay, submit your titles now:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just when I had thought I had seen every way you could pin a specimen - I come across this cheeseboard of mosquitoes

God knows what is going on!!!

@natsca.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social #specimens #collection #curation

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hot tip for anyone trying to teach entomology on a budget: simply embed yourself in a department full of talented designers who will build you an elegant rolling cart that holds AND charges 20 tomlov scopes at once

A beautiful wooden rolling cart holding 20 rechargeable Tomlov digital microscopes (the 2nd cheapest option), with holes for the charging cables to connect to a central hub, which itself can be easily plugged into a powerstrip

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 25

BHL's #CallforSupport soft closes Aug 31. Even if your ideas aren’t fully formed, we want to hear from you.
🌱 Thinking about hosting?
🌱 Considering funding support?
🌱 Want to partner but unsure how?
Every possibility helps secure BHL’s future. about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup... #ILoveBHL

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TETTRIs @tettris.eu · Aug 19

Being a taxonomist combines passion, knowledge, and action to safeguard our planet.

Discover more examples of career paths for taxonomists – check out the link! 🔗 shorturl.at/6WXeo

#Taxonomy #Biodiversity #Careers

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Aug 26

Talk titles for #ECN2025 are due this Friday (29th)! Full abstracts (of no more than 150 words) must be submitted by the Sept 26th.

Don’t delay, submit your titles now:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ECN 2025 Portland, OR - Talk Submission

This form is to submit a talk to be presented at the annual meeting of the Entomological Collections Network, November 8–9, 2025.

docs.google.com

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Aug 21

As the next Entomological Collections Network meeting will be in Oregon… the natural choice for this years mascot was of course Rain beetles (Pleocomidae) ☔️🪲

Join us, November 8-9 in Portland:
ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...

#ECN2025

Neat rows of preserved Pleocomidae specimens from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Big brown round beetles with ridiculously fluffy undercarriages.

Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Aug 21

Done! Welcome 😊 we hope to see you both at the upcoming meeting!

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 19

🌱 BHL’s Call for Support soft-closes on Aug 31. 🧪
With @clirnews.bsky.social as our new fiscal sponsor, we now have an administrative & financial home, but we still need partners, hosts, funders & long-term investment to secure BHL's future. about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup... #ILoveBHL

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Aug 15

Registration for the 2025 Entomological Collections Network meeting is now open! 🪲

Join us in Portland November 8-9, in-person or online. For full details and to submit your talk title, head to our website: ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...

#ECN2025

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Jun 30

Well, there’s something you don’t see every day, a loan from 1992 returned in full and in flawless condition. Charlie O’Brien continues to deliver!

Original loan form from 1992, of 82 weevils in the genus Bagous

Loan return that arrived today, 82 weevils in the genus Bagous WITH DETS

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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲

For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website:
➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783

#Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs

A close up of hands using pinning forceps to transfer an Emperor moth specimen to the main drawer which can be seen in the background.

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · Jun 22

@mutillidae.bsky.social does it again! 😍

Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · Jun 4

I made a thing.

#NaturalHistoryCollections
#3DPrintingFTW
#Education&Outreach

@entcollnet.bsky.social
@entsocamerica.bsky.social

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Andrew Johnston @andrewjohnston.bsky.social · Jun 18

Want to set up your own photo-stacking imaging system for under $3000? This post which outlines all the off-the-shelf items I used this year along with some recommendations for how to use it. Planning to talk about this at @entcollnet.bsky.social this November, too! www.insectid.org/post/focus-s...

Focus-stacking photography: Building your own system

Ten years ago, Alex Wild published a guide on Scientific American on how to make your own focus-stacking system for under $6000. I can't seem to find that post any more, just some secondary posts with...

www.insectid.org

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · May 28

Very pleased that our intrepid team of students, curators, and community volunteers has surpassed 100,000 databased specimens, or what we estimate to be about 5% of the UT Insect Collection’s holdings.

University of Texas, Biodiversity Center, Entomology Collection (UTIC)

The Entomology Collection contains 500,000 pinned and 1.5 million ethanol-preserved specimens, with concentrations in Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (wasps, bee...

www.gbif.org

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Caroline S. Chaboo @cschaboo.bsky.social · May 29

#museum #exhibitions
"Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World"
washington.org/event/little...

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Stelios Chatzimanolis @schatzimanolis.bsky.social · May 29

It must be the “sort all the specimens that accumulated over the academic year” season

Picture of my work desk with a microscope and a shittone of specimen trays

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