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Keith Bayless

@thekeithing.bsky.social
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Genomics, systematics, evolution of flies. @CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection. IG: the_keithing Fly Hunter: www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-05/meet…

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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Learn more about the courtship and diversity of groovy grass flies and friends www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Flies are probably better at foreplay than you are - ABC listen
Flies have rhythm and choreography, could their moves make the next TikTok dance fad? Dune flies groove to their own beat in dance-circles and hoverflies use rhythmic movements in mating. Researcher...
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sustained investment in specimen-based taxonomic research is key to moving towards effective conservation. iucn.org/news/202607/...
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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Nathan Butterworth @butterworthbugs.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Why is it so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance? @thekeithing.bsky.social @theconversation.com
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A waltz over evolutionary timescales: why it’s so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance
Dune flies have 41 different dance moves. Changing even one of them is rarer than you’d think.
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“We must value biodiversity data generation” How about $upport? Otherwise that value is zero
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I don’t see ‘taxonomists’ or anyone organismal on this list of biodiversity collaborators
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
youtube.com/shorts/Znyhy...
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A real fly guy.
YouTube video by CSIRO
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
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A tale of toilets, traps and tenacity
The true story of a very stinky fly hunt.
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Nathan Butterworth @butterworthbugs.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
New preprint! Courtship choreography is stabilised among genetically isolated populations Check out the mesmerising courtship display of Apotropina ornatipennis (Diptera: Chloropidae) doi.org/10.1101/2025... with @bioblake.bsky.social, @angmcgaughran.bsky.social, @thekeithing.bsky.social, et al
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The courtship display of Apotropina ornatipennis (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Australia
YouTube video by Nathan
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
What are you doing in this malaise residue, cuz?
A crab’s carapace rises above a malaise trap soup, which usually primarily collects flying insects
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
One of the #strangerthings find in the Upside Down, whoops I mean #DownUnder is the Western Clawless Upside-down fly - Nothoasteia clausa. Always facing down, they dart around inside Xanthorrhoea grass trees. I'm looking forward to exploring the mystery of their relationships to other #Diptera
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Keith Bayless @thekeithing.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Kicking off with a nice fly- Tambourella endriandrae
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