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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Check out RES journals, especially the exciting new Approaches in Entomology. If you have an idea for a submission dm me 🪲

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Michael Caterino @mcaterino.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is certainly true, that with indigenous languages go important ways of understanding nature. But it is also true with respect to 'modern' taxonomic knowledge. Many groups of organisms have lost or never had dedicated experts, leaving them invisible or unitelligible to the broader community.

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Please join us for Young Entomologists Day Sat 29th August for all your insect fascinations! 🪲 🦋 🪰 🦗 🐝

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Amateur Entomologists' Society @amentsoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Unable to see the Young Verrall Lecture - Sticky Feet: How Insects Inspire Technology in person? You can now catch up on YouTube! The Young Verrall is organised jointly by us & @royentsoc.bsky.social with thanks to Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair for hosting us! youtu.be/gnyhRdCQapA?...

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Young Verrall 2026 with Stanislav Gorb

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Richard Jones @bugmanjones.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I like beetles, I like them a lot. So I’ve written a book about them to indoctrinate children. dk.com/products/978...

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there? A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years. Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social

This photo was taken in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste

This microgastrine wasp was named by co-author Jose Fernandez-Triana in honour of Costa Rican parataxonomist Roberto Espinoza in recognition of his contribution to understanding the plant biology of ACG. The species is Snellenius robertoespinozai. The image is Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) so can reused provided the original author (Jose Fernandez-Triana) and the source are properly cited. The source is: Fernandez-Triana JL, Whitfield JB, Smith MA, Kula RR, Hallwachs W, Janzen DH (2015) Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62(2): 137-201. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.62.5276

image of a Malaise trap in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

In this unprecedented but entirely predicted by scientists, UK warming event, you could always just go to the beach ☀️ Spotted being cool hanging out in the Marram grass is the broad nosed weevil, Philopedon plagiatum 🪲 #InsectWeek @colsocbi.bsky.social

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It’s the perfect summer weather to be spotting members of the Oedemeridae, the false blister beetles. Beautiful metallic colours frolicking on meadow vegetation. This thick legged flower beetle is pumped! 🪲 💚 #InsectWeek coleoptera.org.uk/family/oedem...

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle (Pseudovadonia livida) is small and flower loving. An anomaly amongst most longhorns, its larvae developing in soil where Fairy-ring fungus grows, rather than dead wood. Adults love pollen and nectar from umbellifer flowers, as well as they love to mate 💚 🪲 #InsectWeek

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

When small brown beetles be small brown beetles. Industrial scale genitalia extraction to determine the true differences and help to describe the species better. A heady mix of precise scientific method and inventive use of a vegetable steamer 😎 🧪 🪲

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

For this month’s news roundup, we’re focusing on the awesome invertebrates that have hit the headlines in May! Join us to discover deep sea creatures, shiny beetles and Sir David Attenborough’s own wasp! (1/4)🧵

A shiny black beetle with four yellow patches on its body walks through leaf litter.

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

After a hard day’s beetling, beetle rescue on my way home. Ants were moving in but this beautiful lesser stag beetle was lucky to encounter this entomologist tonight. Saved from death by ant or human, delivered back into the undergrowth 🪲

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt Beetles, barcodes and big data: A deep dive into the phylogeny of #Harpalinae (#Carabidae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70042 #Phylogenetics #Mitogenomes #Taxonomy @gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sincerest birthday wishes to Sir David Attenborough! On behalf of all 🪲 🐞 thank you! But it’s not all about beetles 🤭 Here is a new genus of wasp named for Sir David, demonstrating the significance of his impact on many of our careers m.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWG...

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Sir David Attenborough has wasp named in honour of his 100th birthday | Natural History Museum

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Roger Casement is remembered as a revolutionary & humanitarian, but new research reveals a surprising side to him- a lifelong passion for zoology. He even has a hawkmoth named after him (Gnathothlibus casementi). Dr Aidan O’Hanlon’s new @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Photograph of Sir Roger Casement 'who laid down his life for Ireland August 3 1916'. Casement standing against rail with hat, cane and coat in hand. Autographed 'From his sister Agnes Casement Newman, with best wishes, 1924'.

The Gnathothlibus casementi, a species of Hawkmoth named in honour of Roger Casement. Photo: Eitschberger & O'Hanlon, 2023

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Saturday was the second annual @womeninvertnetwork.bsky.social meet up at @bbowt.bsky.social College Lake. Love getting together with others who enjoy spending their spare time looking for ‘bugs’ 🤭🐝🐞🦋🪲 Supported by @britentsoc.bsky.social

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Beetles for #EarthDay 🪲 🌍 www.instagram.com/stories/nhm_...

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Starting on #WorldEarthDay, we are taking part in #BigGive #EarthRaise 🌍 #StandTallForTheSmall & help us raise funds to bring free, accessible #InsectScience directly to young people with limited access to nature and science education. Donate from 22–29 April - Spread the word! 🔽

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Starting next week!

Save the date and spread the word - Read more about the campaign here.

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 10/04/2026

Oppressive heat. Species extinctions. Pollution-choked skies. This is the future that awaits the world unless humanity takes dramatic steps to end a series of mushrooming environmental crises, finds #GEO7. Read more: ow.ly/58Rj50YGrjM

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stedmund.bsky.social @stedmund.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

@beetlequeen.bsky.social Found this little guy on my walk yesterday! Am I able to get a cheeky identification please? xx

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The new Issue of #RESSystematicEnt is now open! The first article reports on how #UCE #phylogenomics improves the classification of the cosmopolitan pit-building #antlion tribe Myrmeleontini (#Neuroptera: #Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70040 @gkergoat.bsky.social

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Very excited to be part of this exciting new journal on methods in #InsectScience

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 23/03/2026

Discover the beetle tree of life! Explore how scientists map relationships among one of Earth’s most diverse creatures and uncover their evolutionary secrets. youtu.be/Pg47Lktz4Ag @beetlequeen.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

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Mapping the Beetle Tree of Life

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Jim Labisko💚🐸🦎🐍🐢🦇🐆🧪💙😷4/4 @jimlabisko.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

It's #worldfrogday! Buy my book! It was written especially for World Frog Day. Also World Book Day. Also your birthday. Also Xmas day. Also all the days of the week. Every day is frog day!

Front cover of the book The Lives of Frogs, featuring a male Ranitomeya fantastica (fantastic poison frog) carrying a tadpole on its back

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The deadline for this year's LinneSys approaches! You have until Fri, March 27th at 23:59 GMT+1 If you're looking for a small grant for systematics work, get your application in ASAP systass.org/linnesys/ Just become a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social first!

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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund

LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Good morning from the @nhm-london.bsky.social Spring has officially sprung as the ladybirds emerge here at our great institution and natural spaces 🐞 🍃

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

New #research in #RESEcolEnt From primary #forest to human-modified habitats: Impacts of #LandUseChange on Amazonian #GroundBeetle #diversity doi.org/10.1111/een.70079 @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social Photo credit: Laura Londoño Alejo

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Look who is giving a Royal Institute Lecture 😉...on flies..can you believe it.... Very excited to be giving a talk about the Life Cycles of Flies - the vast and splendid adaptations undertaken by these little marvels.. www.rigb.org/whats-on/met...

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Museum never sleeps! Demonstrating how to pin beetles and flies for entry into the NHM collections and spreading the good word on just how great and important insects are for the health of the Earth.

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Looking forward to Coleopterists Day on Saturday 21st. It’s not too late to drop all your weekend plans and head over to the excellent World Museum Liverpool for a day of beetle talks and behind the scenes at the entomology collection 🪲

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

With over 400,000 described species, Coleoptera represent one of the most diverse groups of organisms on Earth, necessitating a global, integrative approach to understanding their evolutionary history. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg47...

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Mapping the Beetle Tree of Life

YouTube video by Biological Recording Company

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Tim Worfolk @timworfolk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Really enjoying this by @graemelyons.bsky.social I don't think I'll ever become a super-naturalist but I'll have fun trying! #PanSpeciesListing

Cover of book Pan-species Listing by Graeme Lyons.

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It’s been a very wet few weeks in the UK – but we’re far from the rainiest place on Earth! ☔ The Amazon is around twice as wet, as the forest helps generate rain. This rainfall is worth billions to Brazil's economy, which might help stop deforestation. Find out more 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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Tropical forests make rain worth billions of pounds | Natural History Museum

Rain generated by the Amazon rainforest could be worth up to £15 billion every year.

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The Perfect Specimen @perfect-specimen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy belated Valentine’s Day! Please enjoy the delightful @beetlequeen.bsky.social telling us about witchy plants and lovable bums! m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qNL... 🌱 🐛 Plus some penis fencing flatworms… 🤺

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Did witches ride broomsticks? Our guest explains why we might think so | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep20

YouTube video by Natural History Museum

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A belated Valentines themed podcast which was so much fun with the inimitable @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com m.youtube.com/watch?v=2qNL... 🧙‍♀️ 🧹 Caution: do not take lessons in seduction from a scientist 🤓

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Did witches ride broomsticks? Our guest explains why we might think so | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep20

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

What a joy to be speaking on the diversity of beetles in London’s Royal Parks at the Friends of Regents Park and Primrose Hill meeting @theroyalparks such appreciation for London’s green spaces and urban forests 🌳

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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Saturday 21st February is the annual Coleopterists Day! We hope to see many of our beetle supporters at the World Museum Liverpool on the day 🪲 🙌🏻

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