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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall
@pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
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entomologist researching biodiversity + taxonomy + evolution of weird, spindly things underground. #1 ensifera enjoyer 🦗 also: queer liberation 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ + neurodiversity 🧠 + solarpunk ☀️🌱 they/she 🌈
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 21d
Say hi to Micropathus ditto and M. zubat, two #NewSpecies of cave cricket from forests in southern Tasmania! These crickets are threatened by climate change, land clearing, and logging. Giving them names is an important step towards their conservation. But why did we choose these ones? #bugsky 🧵 1/6
Micropathus ditto (female) in profile sitting on a cave wall. Superimposed in the corner is a sprite of the Pokemon Ditto. Image credit Tim Rudman, source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71119620 Macro photos of the morphology of Micropathus zubat, showing the head, ovipositor, and genital plates. Superimposed in the corner is a sprite of the Pokemon Zubat.
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 3h
Strange dog
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 4h
Me too - my main concern is that the end product is clear/accessible so others can use it. This was with the European Journal of Taxonomy. I get the impression they're normally very thorough with this stuff and it was an unfortunate case of human error. Still sucks, though!
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 5h
This means there are big sections of our key/figure legends/treatments etc. that are empty, nonsensical, or actively misleading for ID! No idea how they'll handle the corrigendum, but I just hope it isn't too messy. Super disappointed. I was really proud of this paper, too. ☹️ 2/2
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 5h
The final proof was correct, but something went wrong when it was uploaded and the published version is different. It would have been okay-ish if my edits just weren't incorporated, but in the online version ANY text I edited has been completely deleted. 1/2
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 5h
The Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) is an anostostomatid from New Zealand. It's one of the largest insects in the world! Major threats to this cutie include land clearing and predation by rats. It's listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: d_kluza (iNaturalist)
Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6343096
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 5h
Update: reached out to an ex-ICZN commissioner and he unfortunately confirmed that it can't be changed. Huge corrigendum time, I guess...
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 7h
Calling #ICZN people: we had a #taxonomy paper come out w/ literally dozens of publisher errors. Told it can’t be fixed online as that’s against the Code & needs a lengthy correction notice. 😤 imo that would make it even less accessible - is it really our only option?
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CuttleDreams 🪱🪳 @cuttledreams.bsky.social · Aug 26
Bug time!! Got this one done just in time for #Invertefest ~
An illustration of the earwig Oreasiobia fedtschenkoi. It is swooping down wings outstretched. Around it is a wavy golden boarder and star shapes. The background is waves of pastel purples pinks and greens with glitter-like sparkles.
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 20h
I relate to this so much 💀
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 21h
happy international lesbian day!
Maisy Mouse in overalls proudly holding a lesbian flag. Photo credit POKOPIPO: https://x.com/POKOPIPO/status/1285841855280640001/photo/1
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 22h
yes of course!!
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 1d
listen. You're not wrong 💀
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 1d
Cooloola monsters are weird, chunky insects endemic to South East Queensland, Australia. They're probably related to king crickets (Anostostomatidae), but not much is known about their evolution. The wingless females live permanently underground. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Visit Gympie Region
A pale insect with tiny eyes digging underground. It looks almost like a fat potato with legs. Source: https://www.visitgympieregion.com.au/great-experiences/wildlife/
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HarbsBugPics @phazonharbinger.bsky.social · Nov 20
Nesoecia nigrispina are quite a chunky yet formidable species. #cricket #grasshopper #katydid #insect #bug #macro #wildlife
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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 2d
everyone to their own leaf 🍃
Nesoecia nigrispina male (top) and female (bottom), sitting each on their own dry oak leaf
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 1d
Ensifera my beloved
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 2d
The Wonderful World of Insects (1999) #oldinternet #bugsky
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/19990209121149/http://www.insect-world.com/main/six01.html
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 2d
There are ~18,000 species of katydids, crickets, & allies worldwide - over 32,000 if you include questionable names. I thought it'd be fun to showcase some weird, beautiful, or unusual species daily. First up is Orophus tessellatus, a katydid from Central America! #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Karl Kroeker
A side profile of a katydid resembling a brown, crunchy leaf. The wings of the katydid even have veins! Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68304626
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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 3d
Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare
Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects
www.science.org
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 2d
oh. that's...
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 3d
So envious! Apparently we have just under 600 spp. in Australia, but I'm guessing it's wayyy more in your part of the world?
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Hannah Comstock @hannahorca.bsky.social · 3d
A bunch of new Halloween-themed Fish and Beetle Guys will be coming to my shop on Tuesday (October 7) at 12 pm PST!
www.hannahcomstock.com/store
Photo of multiple beetle and fish inspired creature figurines on a table. They are painted with various colors and patterns inspired by Halloween, things such as Jack o lanterns and skeletons
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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 19d
Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 4d
These are insanely pretty!
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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 5d
Millipede fans rejoice: we published our revision of Apheloria! This is the most common cherry millipede genus, but its taxonomy has been riddled with nebulous subspecies names. No longer! We clarify species limits and provide a distribution map. mapress.com/zt/article/v... @apheloria.bsky.social
Revision of the millipede genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini) | Zootaxa
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