Reposted by SteveAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A gallery of Pseudomyrmex, the elongate twig ants:alexanderwild.comPseudomyrmex - Alex Wildis a largely tropical genus of elongate ants, usually arboreal, found throughout the warmer regions of the New World. Several Central American species have evolved complex and specialized relationship... 1333
Reposted by SteveAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A parasitic Apocephalus ant-decapitating fly closes in on her target, a Camponotus chromaiodes carpenter ant. Sand Ridge State Forest, Illinois. 813327
Reposted by SteveDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fall deeply in love with the vertical archive that is peat, and the incredible life it supports. If you love bogs, moss, and all things peaty, share your thoughts with me! 3497
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ooh the first of this year’s #chili crop have dried! Var. ‘Big Devil’ ~2000 SHU they are described as jalapeno-like. I’ve tasted one and it is warm and smokey. Not many fruits this year but I’m going to try over wintering the plants to get ahead next year. Next pair in the greenhouse to dry. 150
Reposted by SteveTorsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#TDWG2026 presenting (virtually) this morning (local time in Oslo) on tool for automated transcription of digitized insect specimen labels - using machine learning to extract, transcribe + itemize data into Darwin Core fields - we call it Labellum - slides at @figshare.com doi.org/10.25573/dat... 085
Reposted by SteveJitte @jittebug.nl · 23/09/2026Just a blur and a butt, but at least we're sure we found some Strongylognathus testaceus in a Tetramorium nest last weekend! #Myrmecology 082
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What was your first computer growing up? Zenith Z 171. First person on my BSc to have a PC in student accom. Still used it during my PhD. IBM compatible. Ran a pirate copy of ‘AsEasyAs 123’ spreadsheets. * booted from 5.25” floppy 256Kb RAM - 128Kb as virtual drive. (Not Gb, not Mb, that’s Kb! 020
Reposted by SteveBen de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hello friends, the Harvard Life Science departments have banded together to hire a new colleague working at the intersection of Life Sciences and AI. Could be primarily an experimentalist, or could be primarily a compute/theorist. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16773academicpositions.harvard.eduTenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AIThe Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme... 34051
Reposted by Steveecoleg sazer @ecologycymru.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Poor phone photo through window of tiny spider with ghost eyes pattern on abdomen. Gower, SW Wales is it possible to ID it? (It’s gone now so I can’t measure it). @britishspiders.bsky.social 134
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I don’t know if any #fungi folk can ID these little guys as they are not opened but they were all over a rotting log above Cheddar Gorge this week. Wee crusty little things! About 8mm across but you can see the scale from the moss. Maybe @lukaslarge.bsky.social would know? 180
Reposted by SteveEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The magic of an Irish rainforest 141051104
Reposted by SteveSusan Madigan @susanmadigan3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For all autistic freshers and returning autistic college students, do listen if you get a chance! 011
Reposted by SteveJuliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Face to face with an Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae). 411518
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Nearly #HamOrJam but we didn’t have ham in our cream tea… so just jam! I put some jam on the pot lid & held it in front of the wasp as she circled our plates. She followed it back to the tray. I think she’s Vespula vulgaris. Video of her enjoying the jam. #WaspLove @waspwoman.bsky.social 2153
Reposted by SteveAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 16/09/2026An army ant worker plugs a hole in the trail using her own body, allowing her sisters to run more efficiciently on their way to the raiding front. Amazonian Ecuador. 47818
Reposted by SteveChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ah, I’ve been waiting for this… 2215
Reposted by SteveJohn Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A Hornet Vespa crabro nest with a one-way system! @rspb Brading Marshes, Isle of Wight this evening. Thanks to the local birders who let me know about this fascinating nest @waspwoman.bsky.social 2294
Reposted by SteveRogerWagnerMDPhD @rogerwagnermdphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Tube #MedSky #UKSky 67912
Reposted by Stevefranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026dear men: having healthy views on gender and all the expectations that come with it is hot, actuallyyoutube.comEducating haters (again)YouTube video by blumineck 2339101
Reposted by SteveRudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Five years back in Berlin #4a: Finding the small and mighty Most species are <5 mm. But small ≠ unimportant: ants outweigh all wild birds + mammals and spiders eat as much prey as humans meat/fish: ~400–800 Mt per /lyear. Meet EntoSieve for size sorting onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 02713
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A year ago a small boy at #Latitude festival asked “When was the first animal?” Here is are some potential answers! @helenczerski.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #evolution #phylogeny #fossils 020
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Stopped for coffee on the motorway and was joined by a small #fly. Maybe 5mm long, covered in setae (hairs). I think that it is one of the #Psychodinae or drain #flies. It’s so fluffy! And look at those antennae. #diptera #entomology #insects iPhone photo so a bit blurred. 0121
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Without saying your age, what is your favourite film that came out when you were 20 years old?static.klipy.comSigourney Weaver as Ripley: 'Nuke from Orbit'ALT: Sigourney Weaver as Ripley: 'Nuke from Orbit' 020
Reposted by SteveDipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Lots of Diptera 'good stuff' coming up in October from those nice people at @biologicalrecording.co.uk. The days are getting colder and the nights are drawing in so let's get prepped ready for next year! dipterists.org.uk/events/robbe... dipterists.org.uk/events/surve... @flygirlnhm.bsky.social 0177
Reposted by SteveAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The desert field ant Formica perpilosa is a common insect in washes and riparian areas of southwestern North America. Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas. 1476
Reposted by SteveAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Polyrhachis trapezoidea here to teach you geometry with its thorax. 68910
Reposted by SteveBiodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 11/09/2026🔬 Micrographia illustrata London, Printed for the author, 1771. [Source] 0144
Reposted by SteveRoyal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🦋 As #Ento26 at @cardiffuni.bsky.social draws to a close, we'd like to thank all delegates, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers and organisers for making this year's conference such a huge success. Hope to see you for #Ento27, 7 – 9 Sept 2027, at @lancasteruni.bsky.social! buff.ly/qWxC4FTroyensoc.co.ukThank You for Coming and See You Next Year! 052
Reposted by SteveCorrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Scored these beautiful pieces of art by the very talented and fun Lizzie Harper @lizzie-harper.bsky.social at #Ento26! Be sure to visit her booth for lots of other insect art! 🐜🐝🦋🐞🪲🪰🪳🦗🦟 1172
Reposted by SteveTorsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Great label generation tool presented by Ian Engelbrecht at SPNHC - developed through South African National Science Collection Facility - labels.nscf.org.za - it’s free + labels are customizable + makes nicely standardized labels + works best with larger screens 083
Reposted by SteveRoyal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The last plenary for #Ento26 will be up soon - Warm welcome to Prof. Seirian Sumner, University College London with a talk on The World of Wasps: from science to sci-com and back again 🐝 Don't miss the plenary talks! Read more about our plenary speakers 🔽 buff.ly/7Wr4D4Nbuff.lyWelcome the final Plenary of Ento26 - Wasp Prof, Seirian Sumner!Professor Seirian Sumner is a behavioural ecologist at UCL whose research explores insect behaviour, social evolution and ecology, with a particular focus on wasps. A passionate science communicator, she is co-founder of the Big Wasp Survey and Soapbox Science, and works to improve public understanding and appreciation of these often-misunderstood insects. 021
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Anyone who was at the #ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social dinner will recognise that @flygirlnhm.bsky.social could have used this figure in her talk🤣 It could also have been titled “Steve dancing” but I’d only had a couple of glasses of wine, so everyone was spared that! 030
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Behind the scenes at the National Museum of Wales #entomology collections. I was impressed by a whole drawer of beautiful pinned micro #Lepidoptera… until I read the label and the full horror was revealed! #ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social 0101
Reposted by SteveMatthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026- Harrison here! I’ve found a new bat! - Cool! What’s it like? - Well it’s got large ears, it’s very big and it kind of looks like a dog. - Sounds amazing! I wonder what those imaginative bat taxonomists will call it? - … 1165
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A plenary from @corriemoreau.bsky.social on day 2 of #ento26. Outstanding research and a dozen papers to go and read in detail. @royentsoc.bsky.social 0102
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Well that’s true creativity. A shirt (even one with ants on it) is not going to compete with that! 020
Reposted by SteveMelvin Opolka @melvinopolka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One of the photos I took during the macro photography workshop led by @alexwild.bsky.social as part of the IUSSI in Freiburg. Even though it’s not an ant, I still really like it! 072
Reposted by SteveAIM @aim-mirmecologia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026📄 Our AIM partners, Matvey Logachev and Paco Alarcón, participated in a study that revealed an increase in the known presence of Messor erwini in the provinces of Córdoba and Málaga, as well as providing new records in Granada. 111
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Following @yamnin.bsky.social’s spectacular plenary at #ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social I am now stuck with an unfortunate earworm due to #LoveAMaggot. In my head it is a constant “Baby fly, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo” Remarkable results of maggot therapy for patients with non-healing wounds. 140
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026That’s the #ento26 accommodation sorted! It turns out that there is a tiny campsite next to the University so I’m parked and snug! 110
Reposted by SteveProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 07/09/2026Breaking News! Code: Hot! The Nino 3.4 SST-anomaly is rising fast, now at 2.89°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. The all-time daily peak (3.03°C, Nov. 19, 2015) is within reach in a few days. The Climate 8-Ball is sober, hasn't had a drink, waiting for the Jack of Hearts. 13239112
Reposted by StevePetra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 18/10/2025assassin progress video 1154
Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seen on a #Goth ‘s car in #Whitby… if you see this, you know who you are! #neurodiversity #ADHD 000
Reposted by SteveAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Imagine having a giant parasitic crab latched on under your chin that steals food every time you try to eat. Such is life for this Lasius fuliginosus ant with an Antennophorus mite. (Germany) 25910
Reposted by SteveAndrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005... 18061