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Erik Svensson

@EvolOdonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
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Evolutionary biologist, photographer and professor (Lund, Sweden). Preferred pronoun: comrade. Publications: tinyurl.com/fkhzubhw Photos […] [bridged from ecoevo.social/@EvolOdonata on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026
My latest Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
My latest Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
My latest Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
My latest Substack post about the failed pandemic debate in Sweden and how both the Left and the Right engaged in fear mongering: substack.com/@eriksvensson/note/p-2…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
My latest Substack post about the general national elections in Sweden tomorrow: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
My latest Substack post with some painful personal memories: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
My latest Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
My latest Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
My latest Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
My latest Substack post: substack.com/@eriksvensson/note/p-2…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
My latest Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
My latesr Substack post: professoreriksvensson.substack.com/…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
My latest Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/professorerik…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
My latest Substack post, in which I develop my critique of Western Marxism and the Frankfurt School: open.substack.com/pub/professorerik…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
My latest Substack post: Why Marxists should not embrace idealism, be sceptical of Hegel's "World Spirit" and should return to Marx Materialism. open.substack.com/pub/professorerik…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
Happy to finally see or phylogenetic comparative study on the macroevolution of steep metabolic allometry in the insect order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) finally published in Ecology Letters! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111… […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
open.substack.com/pub/professorerik…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026
Some more #naturephotography of mine from the cold winter in January 2016 in #Skåne, southern #Sweden All bird photos from #Jordbodalen in #Helsingborg #birdphotography #natgeoyourshot #natgeowild #birdsofmastodon #birding
Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)Dunnock (Prunella modularis)Redwing (Turdus iliacus)Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026
Some winter bird photography of mine from January 2026 in beautiful Scania, southern Sweden. #BirdsOfFediverse #birdsofmastodon #birdsofpixelfed #naturephotography #natgeoyourshot #sweden
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026
Tomorrow (Friday January 16), my new photo exhibition on dragonflies and damselflies at Dalby local library will be officially opened at 14.00. Come by for some soft drinks and snacks and ask me any questions you might have about my photos. The exhibition will […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025
Happy New Year to all my followers here! Here are some of my nature photography from 2024 and 2025. Check out my Instagram if you want to see more or follow me: www.instagram.com/eriksvenssonswede…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025
Some #naturephotography of mine from the region of #Blekinge in southern #Sweden in the summer of 2024. See more of my photos here: www.instagram.com/eriksvenssonswede…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025
European Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), male. Photographed in Jordbodalen, Helsingborg, southern Sweden in February 2025. #birdphotography #naturephotography #Sweden
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025
Stoked to see this journal cover of PNAS with one of my photos: a mating pair of Swamp Bluet (Africallagma glaucum) from Harold Porter Botanical Garden in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, photographed in 2011. #Odonata #odonataoftheworld #damselflies […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025
Some insect photography by me this summer, using my new #NikonZ9 body with my 105 mm macrolens. Photos taken In the region of #Skåne (two butterfly species of the family Lycaenidae) and #Blekinge (a robber fly and a jewel wasp) in southern #Sweden See more of […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2025
A male Greater Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum triangulare melania), photographed near Kyoto in Japan in August 2011. A species of the family Libellulidae, where males of many species are coloured in blue, achieved by pruinescence, a waxy colour substance on the […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2025
An Oriental Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope julius), photograhed on Amami Island (Japan) in August 2011. #Odonata #dragonfly #odonataoftheworld #dragonfliesofjapan #dragonfliesoftheworld #odonata #japan #natgeoyourshot #naturephotography #macrophoto […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2025
Trevligt reportage i Sydsvenska Dagbladet om min fotoutställning om flick- och trollsländor på Skrylle Naturum i Lunds Kommun. Utställningen hänger kvar till början av september 2025, för den som är intresserad av att se den. Tack @kallekn för detta!
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2025
And now IKEA has launched a new very much needed product!
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2025
Excellent presentation in #SvenssonLab today about Odonata genomics, synteny, B-chromosomes and the origin of recombination suppression of Chromosome 13 in Ischnura elegans by our postdoc Guillaume Lavanchy […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2025
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2025
Let's make this happen!
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2025
Two members of my research group at the Department of Biology in Lund - Sofie Nilén and Guillaume Lavanchy - are currently participating in the Population and Speciation Genomics course in Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic): www.facebook.com/share/p/1A1DyeUJi5
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2025
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) with food for its nesting young at the waterfalls of Hallamölla in the region of #Skåne, southern #Sweden in May 2024 #naturephotography #birdphotography #BirdsOfFediverse #birdsofmastodon See more of my nature photos here […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2025
We thank our two postdocs Guillaume Lavanchy and Anna Penna for leading an excellent discussion about scientific publishing for members of #SvenssonLab and #TsuboiLab at #LundUniversity yesterday, January 10 2024.
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2025
Me and m cat Sixten wish all my followers on Mastodon a continued Happy 2025!
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2025
Some more nature photos of mine from the great year of 2024 and a link to my Instagram profile if you want to see more and follow me there. #naturephotography #insectphotography #birdphotography www.instagram.com/eriksvenssonswede…
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year to all of my followers on #Mastodon! Here are some of my natural history highlights during 2024, photographed during my brief sabbattical in southern #India during January-March. More nature photos of mine here […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/12/2024
Raptor migration over #Falsterbo in southern #Sweden in autumn 2024, where I took these photos of Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) and Black Kite (Milvus migrans). Note the two colour morphs of the buzzard. See more of my photographs here […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2024
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2024
We congratulate our PhD-student Sofie Nilén in #SvenssonLab for successfully defending her Halftime Report and summarizing her research progress for an interested audience in the Biology Department today. We also thank her opponent Dr. Anja Felmy from the […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]
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