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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Taxonomy Recognition Day 2026 at Luomus @nathist.bsky.social Not too late to join the #NameItToSaveIt campaign!

Taxonomy Recognition Day poster on stand in front of elephant specimen in entrance hall at Luomus

Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Join the Name It To Save It campaign to bring taxonomy into the spotlight on Taxonomy Recognition Day on the 23rd of May! 1) Take a photo of any organism 2) Find its scientific name 3) Post the photo & name together with the hashtag #NameItToSaveIt

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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Group photo taken during last week's #TETTRIs project Final Event at theRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. Exciting to hear about, see, present & demonstrate results of the project and to meet colleagues from across our continent in person! #tettris.eu #naturalsciencesbelgium

A group photo of about 50 people standing on a staircase in the Brussels Natural History Museum

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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Get ready for #Taxonomy Recognition Day on the 23rd May! Join the #NameItToSaveIt movement. Take a photo of a favourite species, with its scientific name, and share it! Naming a species is the first step toward protecting it. Taxonomy plays a crucial role! tettris.eu/trd/

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Fábio Oliveira @fabiogloliveira.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Womersleymeria bicornis (Womersley, H, 1940:137) Stach, J, 1949, an springtail endemic to Australia. #NAMEITTOSAVEIT

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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Group photo on #TaxonomyRecognitionDay after giving a talk on beetle diversity, followed by tour and Q&A session in LUOMUS entomology collection for Aalto University students (Physical sciences & Anthropology). Iquisitive, engaged & polite audience💚! @tettris.eu @nathist.bsky.social #NameItToSaveIt

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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

This is a fun way to find out about species that I have not seen before! Case in point - this beautiful moth

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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Pelidnota cyanitarsis (Gory, 1833) - a splendid metallic scarab beetle from northeastern Brazil's unique arid, little-known and now threatened caatinga biome. #NameItToSaveIt

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 26/03/2025

#Reference #collections are crucial for protecting #biodiversity: Hanna Laakkonen (@nathist.bsky.social) explains why we still have a long way to go to know and understand the World's richness. #TETTRIsEU #NameItToSaveIt youtu.be/9w0oQ_phS3c?...

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Why are reference collections important for biodiversity monitoring?

YouTube video by TETTRIsEU

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 20/05/2025

🟠 🟢 🔵 Use #nameittosaveit to raise awareness about #taxonomy to a new level: 📷 Picture your favourite animal or plant 🐯🍀🍄 🔤 Give it the correct taxonomic name 🤳 Share it on social media with the #NameItToSaveIt hashtag ... And remember: May 23 is Taxonomy Recognition Day! tettris.eu/trd/ #tettriseu

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

For 🌱 #InternationalBiodiversityDay, explore the earliest published #NaturalHistory book, Pliny's Natural History (1469) 📖 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52290882 ‪digitized for #BHLib by @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social #ILoveBHL 🧪

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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Tomorrow is #TaxonomyRecognitionDay Natural History Museums join forces to highlight taxonomy—the foundation of biodiversity research & conservation Share your favourite species to take part in a fun way! Take a photo of the species Add its scientific name Share it with the hashtag #NameItToSaveIt

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Dr Conrad P.D.T. Gillett 🇪🇺 @coleopteriste.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My 1st post here - aptly following my 1st CETAF General Assembly meeting #cetaf57, warmly hosted by the Musée national d'histoire naturelle in beautiful Luxembourg🇱🇺. Wonderful meeting colleagues from across the breadth of our continent to work together in promoting & developing taxonomy!

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