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James Robertson, PhD

@2elytra.bsky.social
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Lover of biodiversity, beetles, stick and leaf insects, evolution, pigeon racing and food. PI Insect Molecular Systematics Diagnostics Lab, APHIS. Views my own.

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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Possibly the coolest insect I have collected *inside* my house. It was very pleasing indeed.
Possibly the coolest insect I have collected *inside* my house. It was very pleasing indeed.
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Haha! Not only am I an entomologist, I specialize in the evolution of Phasmatodea. Must be a friends issue 😆
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Bro can’t take a hint
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Guess I’ll need to call in sick today.
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This woman definitely has a man in her life. Nothing says “I’m taken” quite like the copious use of tape in repairs.
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
No one does Easter eggs quite like stick and leaf insects do www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Not sure about the Easter Bunny, but the Easter Beetle is definitely real
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Well that’s sucky news. I’ve used CIRPES to run phylogenetic/evolutionary analyses from grad school to present. Such an important computational resource for the evolutionary biology community. What a loss. 😢
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A nice Macrolepiota I came across last fall.
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🙄🙄🙄
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Thank you @altmetric.bsky.social There’s a lot of sciencing being shared on @bsky.app www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I don’t care who you are, stick and leaf insects are just cool 😎 www.frontiersin.org/files/Articl...
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
My son’s 4th grade Christmas concert. Can you name that tune? Yeah, neither could I.
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Twinning with my racing pigeon
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Twinning with my racing pigeon.
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Beetles from Mars??? Nope. They are Paussus: The quintessential trojan horses of the insect world. Obligate myrmecophiles that fly under the ants’ radar, achieve royalty status in the ant colony, dupe the ants into feeding their young, all the while preying upon the ants and their brood. 🤯
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James Robertson, PhD @2elytra.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Pottery class or phasmid eggs? 🤯 The only insect order with blatant species specific egg morphology across the order. Read more at www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
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