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Max Aubry

@strepsipzerg.com
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Entomologist, storyteller Probably in a park somewhere in Vienna

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 6h
Find of the day : a Noctule 🦇 wing in the street! Pretty cool. They're Vienna's biggest bats, and they're pretty common overall. The photo is slightly 'gory', since it's really just a wing. And not in super good shape even. #wien #cityWildlife #bats
A bat wing on the red asphalt floor. The membrane is more than half destroyed, and the forearm seems to be broken. But you can still clearly see it's from a bat. There's even a piece of light fur on the shoulder. A euro coin serves as scale, and giving away that this is no small bat : fully extended, the wing might be around 14cm.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 12h
no one can prevent Rolf Beutel from publishing banger papers on #insect #evolution really onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Larval character evolution in Holometabola (Insecta)
Larvae, a novel type of immature stage, are a crucial innovation of the Holometabola. Larval features therefore provide key evidence for reconstructing evolutionary transformations in this megadivers...
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AlterMedia @altermedias.skyfleet.blue · 18h
Le virage « catholique et réactionnaire » d'une association de randonnée pour jeunes
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Le virage « catholique et réactionnaire » d’une association de randonnée pour jeunes
Liens avec le milliardaire réactionnaire Pierre-Édouard Stérin, dérive religieuse, course à la rentabilité... D'anciens membres de l'association Seuil, qui aide à la réinsertion des jeunes grâce à de longues randonnées, dénoncent une gestion au détriment des adolescents.
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Jen C Mars @jencmars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Leaf feet
Photo of a leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus oppositus, standing on a dead leaf. The bug is dark brown with long red-brown and orange antennae and legs, with the hind pair of legs sporting the wide leaf-shaped protrusions that give this group of bugs their common name.
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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
worm
worm-like winged fantasy creature with a black upper surface and a tan underside with blue, yellow, and red speckles
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 22/09/2026
A new issue of Consilience, the online journal for science poetry, is out, and it's all about birds! All these poems are really beautiful. www.consilience-journal.com/issue-26-a-w... #poetry #science #scicomm
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A Wisdom of Wrens — Consilience
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 17/09/2026
I just signed a petition for better #bike infrastructure in #Vienna. Mine was a very local and specific effort, so while I don't think it makes sense sharing here, I encourage you to look up what's being done close to you and see if there's something to contribute!
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🪼Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 05/09/2026
If someone ever wanted to cover the history of the Google+ TTRPG era, now is your time!!
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Drew Cooper @andrewcooperx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Golden Twin-spot (Chrysodeixis chalcites) and Silver Y (Autographa gamma) having a face-off in Bournemouth this morning. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
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Kate Boyce-Miles @kateboycemiles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#Clouded #yellow #butterfly (today) literally in my patch of #garden on my cultivated #thrift. I was so pleased as I have not seen one before. #Bloomscrolling #insects #photography #photos #ECK #EastCoastKin
A clouded yellow butterfly (Colias croceus) taking nectar from my cultivated Thrift plant. 5th September 2026.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 02/09/2026
tiens je découvre que le verbe 'prober' en Français est considéré comme régional. Je suppose qu'on ne compte pas l'usage de l'adjectif "probant" qui à mon sens est répandu partout en Europe francophone (en tous cas je crois).
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lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"'Where'd EA go? It's been purchased. So we didn't have a wall there,' Adams said. 'Could have had a wall. Didn't have a wall. Many such cases.'"
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Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'
Much to consider.
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EU Science, Research & Innovation @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu · 31/08/2026
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 28/08/2026
Insects as #food can be studied in ancient human populations by looking at genes coding for enzymes degrading insect chitin, and also by analyzing remaining DNA in dental tartar on human #fossils. This is pretty cool. #insects www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Genomic evidence for limited entomophagy in ancient Europeans
Ancient DNA traces in teeth and genes reveal that insects played a minor role in prehistoric European diets.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 27/08/2026
it was really cool! I had not streamed in a while, it was nice to get back to it. Now I'm looking forward to enjoying the rest of the program. And probably participating next year again!
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 27/08/2026
I will be live on #nhamfest2026 in a few minutes, starting at 7:00 UTC (9am central Europe time) I will be doing a live version of my insect stories podcast, with a mix of old, new, and original stories! And check the rest of the event, it's really cool! #insects #scicomm fest.nham.co.uk
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 23/08/2026
There are thousand of freshwater jellyfish in the Danube around Vienna! It looks really magical, even though it is most likely a consequence of the heatwaves we have been going through. #wien #cityWildlife #nature
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 23/08/2026
There are thousand of freshwater jellyfish in the Danube around Vienna! It looks really magical, even though it is most likely a consequence of the heatwaves we have been going through. #wien #cityWildlife #nature
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Jörg-Peter Schnitzler @jpschnitzler.net · 21/08/2026
Science meets photography for #ForestFriday 🌲📡 Looking up at the measurement tower of the SMEAR Estonia station - where the forest is a living laboratory for studying the atmosphere, ecosystems, and their interactions. #SMEAREstonia #AtmosphericScience #ForestResearch #SciComm #SteffenNoe
Look-up of the measurement tower for greenhouse gases at the SMEAREstonia station.
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Kulturverein Krawall @krawall-verein.at · 20/08/2026
Save the date! Im September (von 17. bis 27.) in #Wien erforschen wir mit jungen Wissenschaftler:innen (8-11 Jahren) das Village im Dritten in 1030 Wien im Rahmen eines gratis #KidizenScience Outdoor Workshops. Kommst du mit? krawall-verein.at/kidizen-scie...
Ein Kind, das eine gelbe Warnweste trägt, betrachtet eine Wespe durch ein Stereomikroskop.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 20/08/2026
Polyergus rufescens, the European slave-making ant, along with its Formica slave. Photo taken just around their nest. Always a nice sight! I'm pleasantly surprised we find them in #Vienna #ants #insects
Three ants on the bare soil, with some dry blades of grass in the foreground.
One of the ants is sturdier, bigger, and redder than the other two. They seem to be going along fine together.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 19/08/2026
I looked up the public domain laws for film in the USA and apparently Star Trek will be public domain around 2064. Just one year after first contact with the Vulcans
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 19/08/2026
wondering if Austrians say Tigergelsen ? #wien
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Jo Holley @joholley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hey, that’s me! I buried the lede by omitting “Honey wasps” from my talk title. They have gut bacterial communities like honey-feeding bees, rather social wasps.
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rubylith @rubylith-art.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Day 17 - Horned Sungem (ft. some nectar robbing) #AvianAugust #AvianAugust2026 #BirdArt
Marker drawing of a horned sungem hummingbird. He is nectar robbing, a tactic that this bird will sometimes resort to when the shape of the flower is not compatible with their beak. Instead of normal pollination, the bird will poke a small hole at the base and extract the nectar from there.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 15/08/2026
I saw what looked like an entire family of wood roaches on a leaf today. I was out very early to take a walk in Donauinsel with a friend. So cute! #insects
Close up shot of a leaf on which five golden-brown roaches are chilling. They are all pretty small, two of them being significantly smaller than the rest.
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iain @glaikitsheep.org · 13/08/2026
Here's a nice wee fly called Shaggy St Mark’s Fly (not sure if that's because it's hairy or just over passionate) - Bibio lanigerus #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #bibio #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland
shaggy st. mark's fly sitting on a stone
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 11/08/2026
The myrmecological news blog always posts such amazing stuff. This is a great photoblog about the role of ants in coffee agroforests, and how people investigate it! #science #ants #bugSky blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2026/08/11/a...
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A canopy architect: Azteca ants restructure arboreal diversity across trees in tropical coffee plantations
In tropical coffee agroforests a diverse ant community can occur across multiple vertical strata, yet the extent to which dominant species influence these patterns remains unclear. In this study, "A…
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 07/08/2026
Watching old episodes of @umactually.dropout.tv in the background as I work. It's a bit late to correct since it's from the first season, but they talk about the biology of Gelfling from Dark Crystal. In this species, only females have wings.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 06/08/2026
Some new info on parasitic ants! really cool #ants #science pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41253115/
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Socially parasitic ant queens chemically induce queen-matricide in host workers - PubMed
Matricide - the killing of a mother by her own genetic offspring - is rarely observed in nature, but not unheard-of. Among animal species in which offspring remain with their mothers, the benefits…
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Adel | La Bestiologie @adeldm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Grand fourmilion (Palpares libelluloides) réalisé pour une édition des "Bestioles du mois" de @la_bestiologie. #Illustration #Insectes #SciArt 1/3
Dessin réalisé à l'encre noire et aux crayons de couleurs d'un fourmilion posé sur une tige de végétal. Il a de grandes ailes parsemées de taches noires.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 05/08/2026
Calling my #paleo pals : is it standard to refer to modern countries for the distribution of prehistoric species? Because I have to say ''northern America'' and ''Western Europe'' would sound a whole lot less weird when talking about dinosaurs, than ''United States'' or ''France'' would. #science
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 04/08/2026
I found something pretty cool. I will know more once I can get a close look with the microscope, but this looks promising 😁 #insects #cityWildlife
A paper wasp on Mullein flower stoke. Its abdomen looks unusual, with several tergites bent away, breaking its slick shape, and looking like something is trying to come out of it.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 02/08/2026
Hint: the two things on this photo usually don't go together!
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 02/08/2026
Really cool paper! The clonal raider ants make an amazing model to study really cool things in ants #ants #science
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 02/08/2026
Sounds like a quite important paper and sadly not open access! "Insecticide resistance in disease vectors: Challenges and opportunities for effective and sustainable vector management strategies" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #science #insects #insecticideResistance
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Whilst most sensible people were snoozing at 6.50am today, I was on #BBCRadio4 #TodayProgramme, talking about wasps, heatwaves & how you can help #HamOrJam #WaspPicnicSurvey2026 Listen @BBCSounds 50' www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Read more: theconversation.com/where-have-a... @uclnews.bsky.social
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Where have all the wasps gone this summer?
And why you should let them share your picnic ham and jam.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 30/07/2026
Somehow I managed to only now listen to the episode of @rossbryant.bsky.social's Push the Roll where everybody has terrible french accents. Very entertaining. I highly recommend Push the Roll if you like actual play or horror btw! #ttrpg
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Adel | La Bestiologie @adeldm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🦀 Les crustacés S’ils ont en commun d’être (parfois) roses et de se rencontrer dans les récifs, ces crustacés sont par ailleurs bien différents ! Cette sélection n’est qu’un (bref) aperçu des crustacés qui habitent auprès des coraux. #Art #Illustration 1/2
Illustration de trois crabes blancs et roses sur un fond noir. Trois espèces différentes sont représentées : Hoplophrys oatesii, liomera rugata et Neopetrolisthes maculatus.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 26/07/2026
I found a caterpillar in a pot of mint I bought. I kept it and out it in a pot once it pupated. Today the moth came and, and it's Autographa gamma, the Silvery Y! #insects #moth
A macro shot of a green caterpillar in the middle of lush green leaves. You can only see the front of its body, and it looks like it is reaching forward.A leaf taped to the lid of a jar. The leaf holds a transparent silk cocoon containing the brown chrysalis of a moth, maybe 2-3cm long.A moth at the bottom of a glass jar. Its brown wings show a distinctive Y mark, in iridescent pale color.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 26/07/2026
I had an amazing time attending the eleventh THINK #conference last week. I had many inspiring conversations as we discussed AI, Science Theater, and many other topics. Here are some #insects seen in between talks, around the wonderful location we are able to organize the event at! #science
A diverse set of insects assembled on an umbellifer flower. It forms small white islands visited by a few gold flies, a small longhorn beetle, two dark sawflies, and a orange and black butterfly. The butterfly is much more noticeable than the rest, with its rich orange wings pierced by dark spots. The edge of the wings have unusual angular notches, characteristic of this genus.A relatively close shot of an antlion on a white wall. It has long clubbed antennae, a light brown head with two large black eyes, and a thin body. Its wings look delicate, with a complex network of veins forming small cells, and darker spots forming a beautiful pattern, like reverse lace.Close shot of a brown-orange Skipper butterfly perched on a bright yellow dandelion-like flower, proboscis extended while feeding against a blurred green grass background.Reddish-brown longhorn beetle with long antennae perched on a flat cluster of tiny white umbels, set against a soft green blurred background. It looks about ready to fly away.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 24/07/2026
I just voted for the future euro banknote design proposals! I liked many of the designs, but I am also quite surprised at the subjects picked for the illustrations. No hate on Wallcreepers, but they don't pop up when I think of "Patrimonial European bird" www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot...
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Future banknotes
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 24/07/2026
Researchers from Hamburg came up with a deep-learning model able to very accurately identify plant pathogens! On a single plant and 3 different pathogens (both fungal and viral) for now, so let's see how it works on more diverse cases though. #science #agriculture journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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A novel deep-learning approach for robust identification of plant diseases
Rising temperatures and changing weather conditions are accelerating the spread of plant diseases and increasing the threat to global food security. Reliable detection of leaf diseases is therefore…
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Models of Consciousness @moc7.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thrilled to announce our final keynote speaker: @mirjahartimo.bsky.social! Mirja Hartimo is a phenomenologist working on the history of analytic philosophy, phenomenology, philosophy of mathematics and logic, and philosophy of mathematical practice.
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 22/07/2026
tbh I follow the 'urban' keyword on Science Daily because I want to be updated on research about urban processes, urban biodiversity, etc... And most of the papers in this category are about ancient cities, so not really fitting, but soooo cool 😂
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 22/07/2026
Very interesting piece showing how ancient DNA can be used to investigate urban history and ancient social dynamics. Very cool! #dna #evolution #history www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Ancient DNA reveals a chilling secret at China’s 4,000-year-old Shimao city
Ancient DNA from China’s vast 4,000-year-old Shimao settlement is revealing how one of East Asia’s earliest complex societies was organized. Researchers found that its people were largely descended fr...
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Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Was not expecting the return of Electric Mayhem. Ok I approve of this halftime show
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Kulturverein Krawall @krawall-verein.at · 20/07/2026
Eines der neuesten Citizen-Science-Projekte: Griaßdi! Eine App zur Kartierung und Erforschung der Vielfalt bayerisch-österreichischer Dialekte #citizenScience www.citizen-science.at/projekte/gri...
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.com · 19/07/2026
Like every summer for the past 5 years, I am taking part in the THINK conference! It is a wonderful space created for interdisciplinary exchanges on scientific communication, consciousness, policy, and many other things! thinkcommunity.network/
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THINK Conference – Interdisciplinary Exchange
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