Zoe Xirocostas
@zoexiro.bsky.social
Chancellor’s Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney | Board member @ecolsocaus.bsky.social | plant ecology, climate change, biological invasions, interactions, scicomm | invert-lover 🪲 and beach fiend 🏝️ | she/her | zoexiro.com
Currently listening to: the snap, crackle and pop of ballistic seed dispersal 🎶 💥
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Currently listening to: the snap, crackle and pop of ballistic seed dispersal 🎶 💥
Look at this monstrous beauty!!! Double headed hawk moth caterpillar 🐛 .. good luck with the metamorphosis buddy
October 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Look at this monstrous beauty!!! Double headed hawk moth caterpillar 🐛 .. good luck with the metamorphosis buddy
Some snaps from the field today in Heathcote National Park on Dharawal land 🌱
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Some snaps from the field today in Heathcote National Park on Dharawal land 🌱
Saw a red beardie yesterday (YES that's really one of its common names!!!) - or for the scientifically inclined, Calochilus paludosus🧔♂️❗
September 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Saw a red beardie yesterday (YES that's really one of its common names!!!) - or for the scientifically inclined, Calochilus paludosus🧔♂️❗
Spotted this big fella while teaching in the Blue Mountains with @ecologybrad.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Spotted this big fella while teaching in the Blue Mountains with @ecologybrad.bsky.social
Spent the past month in Greece 🇬🇷 on holiday and visiting family. But surprised to see so many reminders of Aus (Eucalypts) planted on so many islands! (could they be contributing to the wildfires Greece is being ravaged by? So many questions!)
August 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Spent the past month in Greece 🇬🇷 on holiday and visiting family. But surprised to see so many reminders of Aus (Eucalypts) planted on so many islands! (could they be contributing to the wildfires Greece is being ravaged by? So many questions!)
Very surprised to see things still flowering so late in the season but made my walk much brighter 🌸
(1. Crowea saligna, 2. Epacris longiflora, 3. Acacia terminalis, 4. Giant aerial termite mound?)
(1. Crowea saligna, 2. Epacris longiflora, 3. Acacia terminalis, 4. Giant aerial termite mound?)
April 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Very surprised to see things still flowering so late in the season but made my walk much brighter 🌸
(1. Crowea saligna, 2. Epacris longiflora, 3. Acacia terminalis, 4. Giant aerial termite mound?)
(1. Crowea saligna, 2. Epacris longiflora, 3. Acacia terminalis, 4. Giant aerial termite mound?)
Just wrapped up our second (very productive!) meeting for the sConsume working group at iDiv in Leipzig 🇩🇪
So glad to have such fantastic group members as collaborators and friends 💚🌿🐛🦠
@fletcher-h.bsky.social
@suzeveringham.bsky.social
@ebelingae.bsky.social
@annekempel.bsky.social
So glad to have such fantastic group members as collaborators and friends 💚🌿🐛🦠
@fletcher-h.bsky.social
@suzeveringham.bsky.social
@ebelingae.bsky.social
@annekempel.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just wrapped up our second (very productive!) meeting for the sConsume working group at iDiv in Leipzig 🇩🇪
So glad to have such fantastic group members as collaborators and friends 💚🌿🐛🦠
@fletcher-h.bsky.social
@suzeveringham.bsky.social
@ebelingae.bsky.social
@annekempel.bsky.social
So glad to have such fantastic group members as collaborators and friends 💚🌿🐛🦠
@fletcher-h.bsky.social
@suzeveringham.bsky.social
@ebelingae.bsky.social
@annekempel.bsky.social
That’s a wrap on Science Meets Parliament 🤝
2 packed days in Canberra with panels featuring Ministers/Senators and R&D leaders, all aiming to infuse more evidence into decision making. Highlights were meeting with my local MP, connecting with non-ecologist ECRs & the fabulous gala dinner! #SMP2025
2 packed days in Canberra with panels featuring Ministers/Senators and R&D leaders, all aiming to infuse more evidence into decision making. Highlights were meeting with my local MP, connecting with non-ecologist ECRs & the fabulous gala dinner! #SMP2025
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
That’s a wrap on Science Meets Parliament 🤝
2 packed days in Canberra with panels featuring Ministers/Senators and R&D leaders, all aiming to infuse more evidence into decision making. Highlights were meeting with my local MP, connecting with non-ecologist ECRs & the fabulous gala dinner! #SMP2025
2 packed days in Canberra with panels featuring Ministers/Senators and R&D leaders, all aiming to infuse more evidence into decision making. Highlights were meeting with my local MP, connecting with non-ecologist ECRs & the fabulous gala dinner! #SMP2025
Excited to be attending Science Meets Parliament 2025 in Canberra. Kicked off this morning with insights from Bill Shorten around R&D investment and amplifying science within government policy #SMP2025
February 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Excited to be attending Science Meets Parliament 2025 in Canberra. Kicked off this morning with insights from Bill Shorten around R&D investment and amplifying science within government policy #SMP2025
I really should have more hesitation before picking up cool bugs
January 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I really should have more hesitation before picking up cool bugs
Snapped in Meroo National Park 🏞️
December 27, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Snapped in Meroo National Park 🏞️
Friends found yesterday
December 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Friends found yesterday
Hey friends 👋 this weird lumpy thing is growing on a tree in my friend’s garden. Any idea what it is? She is curious and I feel a bit useless not having an answer for her 😅
December 16, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Hey friends 👋 this weird lumpy thing is growing on a tree in my friend’s garden. Any idea what it is? She is curious and I feel a bit useless not having an answer for her 😅
Thanks @ecolsocaus.bsky.social for another wonderful conference 🪲🐛🌱🐍 always fun to see old and new friends and learn what everyone is up to (and inspire ideas too)!
December 13, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Thanks @ecolsocaus.bsky.social for another wonderful conference 🪲🐛🌱🐍 always fun to see old and new friends and learn what everyone is up to (and inspire ideas too)!
This morning’s cafe stop seems very #ESAus2024 appropriate
December 8, 2024 at 8:48 PM
This morning’s cafe stop seems very #ESAus2024 appropriate
Todays fieldwork with @ydavila.bsky.social involved collecting Lantana samples and dodging cicada pee from the trees above us 🥴
December 5, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Todays fieldwork with @ydavila.bsky.social involved collecting Lantana samples and dodging cicada pee from the trees above us 🥴
Cowboy beetle 🪲 🤠
November 24, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Cowboy beetle 🪲 🤠
My undergrad volunteer in a sea of Lantana (and other invasive plants 😶)
November 18, 2024 at 4:22 AM
My undergrad volunteer in a sea of Lantana (and other invasive plants 😶)
Eastern Koel among the Lantana in Sydney’s northern beaches.
November 14, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Eastern Koel among the Lantana in Sydney’s northern beaches.
A wonderful morning guiding a bird/plant-spotting walk through Centennial Park with the Sydney Society for Conservation Biology 🌱
Our youngest attendee Freya (pictured) even learnt a new word - “duck!”
Our youngest attendee Freya (pictured) even learnt a new word - “duck!”
April 21, 2024 at 8:14 AM
A wonderful morning guiding a bird/plant-spotting walk through Centennial Park with the Sydney Society for Conservation Biology 🌱
Our youngest attendee Freya (pictured) even learnt a new word - “duck!”
Our youngest attendee Freya (pictured) even learnt a new word - “duck!”
Can a better birder than me (my skill level is not hard to surpass) please answer: Is this a juvenile grey butcherbird?
March 20, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Can a better birder than me (my skill level is not hard to surpass) please answer: Is this a juvenile grey butcherbird?
I love it when nature colour coordinates
March 18, 2024 at 4:39 AM
I love it when nature colour coordinates