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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

She's a critic Blackbird (Turdus merula)

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

First known mention of Wittgenstein in a Laboul presentation!

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Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📣 New paper! We showed @inaturalist.bsky.social can be used for “next-level” applications to document the occurrence of Hesperomyces harmoniae on its host, using Québec as a case study. ▶️ www.eaglehill.us/NENAonline/a... @michieldegroot.bsky.social @dhaelewa.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"AI can get in the way of learning, and it can promote learning, depending on how it's used." I really like Terry McGlynn Terry McGlynn's conceptual take on how we might think about student use of AI in courses. https:// scienceforeveryone.s... 1/2

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What to do when student turn in assignments generated by AI?

More importantly: what not to do

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

It was a pleasure to host 🇧🇷 PhD student Marília Pereira Rodrigues de Melo in our group for a few months! She returns home with new knowledge, new friends, and the #TeamLaboul mug 🍵🪲🍄 Photo shows me surrounded by PhD students Aimée Blondelle, Marília, and @michieldegroot.bsky.social.

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Margaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Some big diffs between citizen science observations (from iNaturalist) and specimen records (from digitised museum collections) - cit. sci records biased towards large inverts & exotic spp. Great MSc project with recommendations 🌏🧪@nzhymenoptera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Slow traffic this morning in Ghent 🐑

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Slow traffic this morning in Ghent 🐑

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Want to read the #OpenAccess article itself? Find it here! Effects of #temperature & #humidity on the presence & prevalence of a common fungal #parasite on an invasive ladybird buff.ly/jw3xPTY #Harmonia #Hesperomyces @michieldegroot.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

New @royentsoc.bsky.social #ResearchHighlight available! A new article examines which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird. Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/DVDCgIt Video courtesy of article authors, videographer E. Liu.

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Why did we use a hot dog roller for this? Did the ladybirds just enjoy it like a fairground ride? I explain here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=46JW...

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Effects of temperature on ladybird - Journal Highlights

YouTube video by Royal Entomological Society

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

New paper! We looked at how temperature and humidity affect a fungal parasite on a ladybird in an article in @royentsoc.bsky.social's Ecological Entomology. 🐞🍄 You can find the full journal highlight here: www.royensoc.co.uk/news/tempera...

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How temperature and humidity affect a common fungal parasite in an invasive ladybird - Journal Highlight - Royal Entomological Society

The Royal Entomological Society journal Ecological Entomology has recently published an article on which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird. The researchers hig...

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I have letter to the editor this week in our local paper. Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The work reports on abiotic factors influencing the parasite-host interactions of a microfungus & the invasive harlequin ladybird (#Harmonia axyridis). @michieldegroot.bsky.social @adriaenstim.bsky.social @dhaelewa.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be Photo credit: Trey Wardlaw (CC-BY-NC)

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

New paper! Featuring state-of-the-art technology!

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Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart @smnstuttgart.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

@fundive-fungi.bsky.social is a Europe-wide project to better understand & protect fungi. Find, photograph & document fungi and join us to help reveal Europe's fungal diversity! Follow @fundive-fungi.bsky.social and check fun-dive.eu/en/get-involved for more information!

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FunDive: Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity for nature cons @fundive-fungi.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🍄Microfungi on insects🍄 Fungi in the genus Hesperomyces are associated exclusively with ladybirds, visible as yellowish-greenish elongated balloons. We aim to map them in Europe and describe #newspecies. Join the #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...

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Subterranean Biology @subtbiol.pensoft.net · 25/07/2025

The only known extinct species of the beetle subfamily Catopocerinae (Leiodidae), Archaeocerus uenoi Perreau, 2019, is redescribed. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/subt... #extinction #fossils #taxonomy ‪@dhaelewa.bsky.social @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social @michieldegroot.bsky.social

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We made a few terabytes of images, which were reconstructed to create 3D images over the past couple of years by Michel back in Paris, resulting in this paper! Doesn't it still look like he has the ~99 million year old wind blowing through his antennae?

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Also, the synchrotron makes you look like the most sciency scientist ever. (Pictured: a guy who pretends he understands what all this machinery is for, exactly.)

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The technique to create 3D image out of the microscopy is called micro-tomography, which was what we spent most our time doing. It is useful if you want to look at fragile fossil beetles trapped in amber! Michel Perreau, a French beetle and fossil expert, asked us to image them for him.

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It's a massive complex with a big particle accelerator, which takes a long time to get around - many people had little mopeds or bikes. Particle accelerators produce extremely bright, focused, and tunable X-ray beams, which can be used to "see through" objects and reconstruct the details inside.

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Practice pool

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The great escape

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Two- and seven-spot ladybirds, cinnabar moth caterpillar (munching on poisonous ragwort to make itself inedible), and a funky long-necked small snakefly

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Harlequin ladybird pupas *everywhere* at the moment, with some stray seven- and two-spots.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Mark Vellend has a new book, available for pre-order: "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More Than We Think, From Proteins to Politics". It looks interesting and VERY ambitious. Here's Mark's pitch for why you should read it: dynamicecology.wordp... 1/2

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The Second Science*

Note from Jeremy: this is a guest post from Mark Vellend. *** When the Covid pandemic sent everyone home in the spring of 2020, Françoise Cardou and I – amidst some guilt about our generally good h…

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Very pretty horseshoe ladybirds in the malaise trap in the botanical garden. Look at their little horseshoe patterns! Small ladybirds are often hairy, as you can see. Their real size is around the size of a dot --> .

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Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution @teamlaboul.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Thank you so much @ukladybirds.bsky.social, for joining us in České Budějovice🙏 These were such inspiring three days. Looking forward to write the perspective on priorities for fungal #citizenscience!

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Our first #C4inV4 workshop on citizen science ended today! The last day was full of discussions on motivation factors and priorities for citizen science in mycology. So happy with the outcomes of the past three days! #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The first permanent slide at @teamlaboul.bsky.social at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences was made! This likely is a #newspecies of Artgrorhynchus from Papua New Guinea.

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Found some more again!

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Ladybird lab at the Cryptic Fungi workshop going swimmingly! We were looking for Hesperomyces, a small fungus on ladybirds we caught yesterday. #VisegradFund #TeamLaboul

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Ladybird lab at the Cryptic Fungi workshop going swimmingly! We were looking for Hesperomyces, a small fungus on ladybirds we caught yesterday. #VisegradFund #TeamLaboul

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Touring in the insect laboratory of Prof. Dr. Oldřich Nedvěd at the University of South Bohemia. From left to right: my PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Olda, me, and @ukladybirds.bsky.social. #C4inV4 #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund

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ukladybirds.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It is such a pleasure to be with you all - I am having a wonderful time immersed in the worlds of entomology and mycology (a perfect pair) during this fabulous workshop on cryptic fungi - thank you so much for inviting me @ukceh.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

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ukladybirds.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Such an exquisite fungus - I find them fascinating and great learning more about them from you all - thank you

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Michiel de Groot @michieldegroot.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

A very successful ladybird gathering with the #VisegradFund citizen science workshop here in Ceske Budejovice - fridged for now, checking them for miceofungi tomorrow!

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