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catchelater.bsky.social
Frank Etzler
@catchelater.bsky.social
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Elateridae Systematics and Taxonomy. Montana State Survey Coordinator with Montana Department of Agriculture. Views my own. He/him
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catchelater.bsky.social
I want to personally apologize to @Zelenskyy for the embarrassment of a meeting that occurred yesterday. Every day I get more and more disappointed with my country. Slava Ukraini!
Strugglers! Struggle ever onward! Do not give up hope
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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royleresearch.bsky.social
One week to go before the closing date on this ansum PhD. Like rainforests? Like Beetles? Like Devon and Cornwall? Then resolve to apply now!
royleresearch.bsky.social Nick Royle @royleresearch.bsky.social · Dec 9
Splendid PhD opportunity on ecology and conservation of #bluegroundbeetles in #temperaterainforests in the Southwest of England now available: tinyurl.com/BGBeetle. Come join the team! Interested? Email me: n.j.royle@exeter.ac.uk for further info. Please share.
Clockwise from bottom left: A pair of mating Blue Ground Beetles (BGBs) - males are typically smaller than females. Deadwood, on the ground and standing, is an important resource for BGBs and many other temperate rainforest species. Top right: BGB awaiting fitment of radio-tag, and below, BGB on the move with radio-tag in place. All photos taken in Dendles Wood on Dartmoor, Devon, UK.
January 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
Just some wasps 😏
this is not actually a wasp, but a clearwing moth. it is black and yellow like a yellowjacket this is not actually a wasp, but a thick-headed fly sitting on a leaf. it is black and pale yellow, with a thin waist like a dark wasp these are not actually wasps, but mating hover flies on siding. they are yellow and black, with a thin waist like a yellowjacket wasp this is not actually a wasp, but longhorn beetle on siding. it is yellow and black, with a orange legs like a yellowjacket wasp
November 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
catchelater.bsky.social
Snow owl. Sharpie paint pen on black cardstock.
Snow Owl. Sharpie paint pen on black cardstock. A single snow Owl, all white with black spots on edges and with yellow eyes, stares at the viewer.
November 24, 2024 at 3:36 AM
catchelater.bsky.social
Keep moving fellow strugglers
The Death Knight from the Berserk manga stating "That's the only sword a struggler can use against death!! Struggle, challenge, and rise to struggle again! Don't ever forget that!"
November 6, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
(tbf, Salpingidae is honestly one of the most life-ruining beetle families. Like they REFUSE to pick a lane, morphologically speaking)
thought you had a weevil there, huh? Nope, that's a salpingid Wow, what a normal-looking rhysodid, WRONG it's another salpingid What a cute little heterocerid body with cucujoid-like antennal clubs! OF COURSE IT'S A SALPINGID Oh, a small beetle with very short elytra, obviously a staphylinid; WRONG it's a salpingid in the genus Inopeplus here to ruin your day
July 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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ymilesz.bsky.social
Our study on the cophylogenetic interactions between oak gall wasps and their parasitoids in Hungary, using a Bayesian mixed modelling framework is now available as a preprint.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 3, 2024 at 9:32 AM
catchelater.bsky.social
At night, I say "Hello"
To the Collembola
On the outlet cover
July 3, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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jbakcoleman.bsky.social
The replication crisis is often described as a crisis of false positives, but is it?

In our (re)new(ed) preprint, we show that false positives do not explain the replication crisis, and that varying rep. rates are often explained by replication sample size. #metascience

osf.io/preprints/so...
June 25, 2024 at 11:40 AM
catchelater.bsky.social
We just published a new matrix based key for elaterid genera of Canada and the US. Give it a try!
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1193...
Matrix-based key to the click beetle genera of Canada and USA with a summary of habitat use (Coleoptera, Elateridae)
The Elateridae, or click beetles are abundant and diverse in most terrestrial ecosystems in North America, acting as plant pests and filling many other ecological roles. The 112 genera of Elateridae L...
zookeys.pensoft.net
May 15, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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scottpegan.bsky.social
New paper on the discovery & description of a new tiger beetle species from the Houston area led by Dan Duran in collab w/ R. Laroche, W. Godwin, S. Roman, D. Herrmann, E. Bull, & me... "Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex"

rdcu.be/dCL5v
Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data
Scientific Reports - Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data
rdcu.be
March 28, 2024 at 1:09 PM
catchelater.bsky.social
Every now and then I fume over one of my ideas that got stolen and then they did it wrong anyways.
February 14, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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neolycus.bsky.social
Our revision and phylogeny of Thonalmus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) is finally out, with the discovery of 7 new species! In your opinion, which of these is prettier? Publication available for download at: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #AmazingBeetles
December 21, 2023 at 1:46 PM
catchelater.bsky.social
Fantastic talks so far at the @coleopsoc.bsky.social meeting!
December 8, 2023 at 7:05 PM
catchelater.bsky.social
Finally had the time to play around with my camera set up yesterday and work out the bugs. It's finally up and running! Here's a quick test photo of Athous deceptor from Guatemala! Looking forward to taking more beetle photos
A click beetle on a white background. This beetle, Athous deceptor, had a black head, an orange-red pronotum with a central back spot, and elongate black elytra. It has dense yellow setae throughout it's body, with the exception of parts of the pronotal black spot where the setae are also black. The yellow setae is very dense on the scutellum, so the surface can barely be seen. There are dense yellow setae patches on the base of the elytra. The yellow setae is very dense at the center of the pronotum so it appears as if there is a yellow line going through the center of the black spot.
December 1, 2023 at 6:00 PM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
quick but critically important question: when u draw a cartoon octopus, what do u do with the bulbous part
November 27, 2023 at 4:47 PM
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ehmee.bsky.social
🥳 surprise!

I’m relaunching The Brain Scoop wits new videos early next year. Stay tuned!!

youtu.be/Z7oFZogr99s?...
(it still has brains on it)
November 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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ymilesz.bsky.social
A small paper of ours that was the result of going WAAAAY down the literature rabbit hole to figure out the names of gall wasps is now out.

jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php...
November 15, 2023 at 12:33 AM
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ymilesz.bsky.social
My whirlwind two week visit to the US has ended, happy to see my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues at #EntSoc23. But my fav thing about the conference is by far the memes of Corteva Man.
November 10, 2023 at 8:17 PM
catchelater.bsky.social
Had a wonderful time at #EntSoc23! Great to catch up with people I haven't seen in a few years. Also got to be a bit of a tourist yesterday at the Smithsonian. No insect zoo at this time, but did get to see this fantastic type specimen in a death pose!
A display at the Smithsonian of a fossil type specimen in a deathpose below a composite skeleton of a Dimetrodon looking down. The deathpose has the lizard-like mammal on its back, curled, and head is directed upwards towards the left of the photo.
November 10, 2023 at 4:20 PM
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entsocamerica.bsky.social
An important clarification about Sunday's #EntSoc23 Exhibit Hall hours: The Hall opens at 7:30 PM for the Welcome Reception after tonight's Opening Plenary. It is not open during the daytime hours today. The listing in the schedule handed out at registration may be unclear.
Screenshot of text about the Exhibit Hall from the printed conference schedule. A red arrow and circle point to the 7:30-9:30 PM listed for Sunday, with a large red bold "PM" to indicate 7:30 PM and not 7:30 AM. Full text visible reads "Exhibit Hall The Exhibit Hall, located in Prince George’s BCD will feature exhibitors, poster presentations, student club tables, Artisan Row, and concessions. Our exhibitors have the latest entomological equipment, supplies, gifts, and reference materials. Be sure to stop by and support our exhibitors. DAILY EXHIBIT HALL HOURS: Sunday, November 5..............................7:30 – 9:30 PM Monday, November 6.....................9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, November 7 ....................9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 8 .............9:00 AM – 2:00 PM"
November 5, 2023 at 3:38 PM
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entsocamerica.bsky.social
To #EntSoc23 attendees wondering, "Where do I upload my presentation?" The answer: The Presentation Preview Room, located in room "Chesapeake D." Open 7a-5p S/M/T, and 7a-12p W.
"screenshot of online program listing, with text: Presentation Preview Room (PPR) Saturday, November 4, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake D In-Person The Presentation Preview Room (PPR) room is located in Chesapeake D of the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Presenters are expected to upload their presentation the day before their scheduled talk. Operating hours are as follows: Saturday, November 4 • 4:00 – 6:00 PM Sunday, November 5 • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday, November 6 • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, November 7 • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 8 • 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM"
November 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM
catchelater.bsky.social
Ordering the free COVID tests from the govt is a joke. By the time they send them, freezing risk is high making them worthless. Pretty sure ours were delivered to the wrong address, so get to freeze over night. Thanks #USPS
October 28, 2023 at 2:38 AM
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aaronclauset.bsky.social
This 2019 Science Advances paper lives rent-free in my head, and I think it's the social science paper that I mention the most in everyday conversation with my peers or elders... #youths #olds #science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
paper abstract "Kids these days: Why the youth of today seem lacking" by Protzko and Schooler. it's a zinger!
October 24, 2023 at 4:29 PM
catchelater.bsky.social
The world is going through some very rough times currently, but here is Lulu rocking her new haircut and enjoying the nice Fall weather!
Lulu, a black and white small dog, standing on a concrete step, looking towards the top left. She has a purple bow in her hair behind her left ear and a bandana around her neck. She is very cute, and reminds one of a bear cub.
October 18, 2023 at 10:53 PM