#entomology

#insektenSamstag 😍 fast schon traditionell kram ich da bilder von den eher unterrepräsentierten insekten raus, die sonst oft unbeachtet bleiben, weil unspäktakulär oder gewöhnlich oder unbeliebt. und fotos die nicht so gut geworden sind und deshalb erst in die 2. reihe gerieten und dann vergessen wurden. ein beispiel für ersteres: Goldfliege Gattung Lucilia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfliege #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

zum #insektenSamstag noch einmal ein meist unterbeachtetes, diesmal von heute/vorhin, eine fliege der Gattung Mydaea (denke ich, nicht sicher) #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 16 to 17 Sep 2026. High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55533057656_c17f9525f7_o.jpg https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern@scicomm.xyz #Lepidoptera #entomology

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@xris/117265601977772218 Proud to share that I'm speaking at the Rutgers Department of Entomology Weekly Seminar this Friday, 9/18. The event is hybrid, and will be available via Zoom. The link is available from their web page: https://entomology.rutgers.edu/seminars.html https://flic.kr/p/2sAVAy7 #NativePlants #Insects #Bees #Entomology #Ecology #Gardening #CommunityScience #GardenEcology #HabitatGardening #iNaturalist

Who do I know online here teaching or studying at Rutgers University in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, especially in either the Department of Entomology or Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources? #Rutgers #RutgersUniversity #Entomology #Ecology #Evolution #NaturalSciences #BiologicalSciences #Networking

'Farbrausch' #FotoVorschlag poste ich da jetzt die so bunte Schlehen-Bürstenspinner-Raupe von vor 2 wochen oder doch das vllt letzte gute foto eines Tagpfauenauges dieses jahres, von vor 2,6 wochen? oder beide? beide \o/ #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 10 to 11 Sep 2026. High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55520060052_ef360855ea_o.jpg https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern@scicomm.xyz #Lepidoptera #entomology

🐝 NEW: University of #Melbourne researchers logged more than 5,000 bee-flower interactions to map where five native bee species live across the city and which indigenous #plants feed them. Since #nativebees travel only about 100 meters from their nests, connected backyard #gardens can work like a bee highway linking parks and green spaces. 👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-vital-native-bee-highway-backyard.html #pollinators #biodiversity #gardening #wildlife #insects #entomology #bees #plants #nature #science #australia #ecology #habitat #conservation

The curator of our university Entomology museum, John Marris, excitedly popped into my office earlier today to share this neat new study on ant-associated beetles, by Yu-Cheng Feng and colleagues. These small beetles live inside ant nests. Not only have they evolved cunning ways to co-exist with the ants, but they have also evolved *handles* to help the ants carry them about. The phyologeny of the subfamily Chlamydopsinae suggests that these beetles have independently evolved ant handles several times. "Our findings provide direct evidence that the characteristic surface relief of chlamydopsines, at least partly or in some cases, serves as a mechanical adaptation for ant‑mediated transport" Insect Systematics and Diversity, Volume 10, Issue 5, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixag034 #entomology #ants #beetles #symbiosis #insects #NaturalHistory #EvolutionaryBiology

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 22 to 23 Aug 2026. High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55481861734_54375ba712_o.jpg https://amt.hobern.net/ @dhobern@scicomm.xyz #Lepidoptera #entomology

#insektenSamstag 😍 Wasseraloe-Zünsler Parapoynx stratiotata https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapoynx_stratiotata #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

nochmal etwas super gewöhnliches aber nichtdestotrotz schönes, allein schon wegen des tollen farbkontrastes 🤩 Gemeine Feuerwanze Pyrrhocoris apterus https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeine_Feuerwanze #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

und gleich noch ein bild, vom selben Waldbrettspiel Pararge aegeria https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldbrettspiel diesmal komplett mit der ganzen bühne, auf der es sich so eindrucksvoll in szene setzte, hier sogar mit sonne durch die flügel durch passt auch zum #FotoVorschlag 'poetisch' #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #SchmetterlingsMontag

#SchmetterlingsMontag 😍 Kleiner Eisvogel Limenitis camilla https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Eisvogel passt auch zum #FotoVorschlag 'poetisch' #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

#insektenSamstag 😍 noch so eine under-appreciatete schönheit, ein Olivbrauner Zünsler Pyrausta despicata https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivenbrauner_Z%C3%BCnsler #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

'Nicht fertig' #FotoVorschlag Haus-Feldwespen Polistes dominula https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus-Feldwespe das sind übrigens mit die chilligsten unter den wespen #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology

ein bild bei dem ich dachte "wie gut dass gerade nicht SilentSunday ist", so laut knallt das. Tagpfauenauge Aglais io https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagpfauenauge #insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology

🐛 Cynips quercusfolii (Cherry Gall Wasp) 📅 Observed on 2025-07-29 👤 By: major_bombylius 📌 Location: Fernilee Reservoir 🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341360649 📷 Photo credits: (c) Jon Mortin, some rights reserved (CC BY) 🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynips_quercusfolii #iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

Today I did my monthly biodiversity survey by bike along the Summit Road of the Port Hills of Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ. And, along it I found the first ever Canterbury record, and second South Island record, of the toatoa bud gall mite, *Aceria victoriae*. 😀 These native mites make distinctive galls on the NZ native plant, toatoa (*Haloragis erecta*). Yet, after they were described as a species from specimens collected in Wellington in 1956/57, nobody recorded them. That is, until Nicholas Martin found them in Auckland in 2012. Nicholas Martin put out the call for entomologists to look for them, yet only a few more were found, and all in Auckland. I looked and couldn't find them around Christchurch. Then, last year, Lisa Bennett on #iNaturalist found them in Wellington and Joseph Knight found them on Otago Peninsula. Inspired by their finds, I was looking carefully for them today and found one plant with the galls. It's a mystery why they've been so cryptic as their host plant is common. I think it underscores how little we still know about the little creatures that live in NZ with us. https://www.inaturalist.nz/projects/hunt-for-the-toatoa-bud-gall-mite #NZ #NaturalHistory #entomology #mites #discovery #CitizenScience