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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻
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🪲 Professor 🪰 University of Northern British Columbia 🕷️ Insect ecologist 🐝 conservation, biodiversity, natural history 🐛 Opinions are my own. 🐞 https://linktr.ee/dezene 🦋
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Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous.
#Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts
a pine tree with bugs hanging all around it. at the very top is a dragonfly-like meganeura with open wings, circling the base is the giant millipede arthropleura. on the branches sit various insects and circular pine cones.
December 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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CHRISTMAS TREE by James Merrill - To be Brought down at last From the cold sighing mountain Where I and the others Had been fed, looked after, kept still, Meant, I knew—of course I knew— That it would be only a matter of weeks, That there was nothing more to do. Warmly they took me in, made much of me, The point from the start was to keep my spirits up. I could assent to that. For honestly, It did help to be wound in jewels, to send Their colors flashing forth from vents in the deep Fragrant sables that cloaked me head to foot. Over me then they wove a spell of shining— Purple and silver chains, eavesdripping tinsel, Amulets, milagros: software of silver, A heart, a little girl, a Model T, Two staring eyes. The angels, trumpets, BUD and BEA (The children's names) in clownlike capitals, Somewhere a music box whose tiny song Played and replayed I ended before long By loving. And in shadow behind me, a primitive IV To keep the show going. Yes, yes, what lay ahead Was clear: the stripping, the cold street, my chemicals Plowed back into the Earth for lives to come— No doubt a blessing, a harvest, but one that doesn't bear, Now or ever, dwelling upon. To have grown so thin. Needles and bone. The little boy's hands meeting About my spine. The mother's voice: Holding up wonderfully! No dread. No bitterness. The end beginning. Today's Dusk room aglow For the last time With candlelight. Faces love lit, Gifts underfoot. Still to be so poised, so Receptive. Still to recall, to praise.
December 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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‘tis the season to be aware of Christmas beetle decline.

“Researchers point to several possible causes including drought, climate change and the loss of eucalypt forest and woodland habitats, which are essential for the beetles’ survival.”

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www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/news...
Where have the Christmas beetles gone?
Christmas beetles, once the glittering party crashers of Australian summers, are vanishing.
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
dezene.me
A reminder that microplastics:

♳ have been building up in the environment for decades: phys.org/news/2025-04...

♴ spread across ecosystems via various means: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

♵ are even reaching insects in Antarctica: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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December 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Dawson City in the blue hour at -47⁰C about an hour before today's sunrise at 12:12pm. We woke to no ice fog today and wow, what an absolute gift of a day. #DawsonCity #Yukon
Dawson City in winter. Everything is covered in snow and the sky is clear. It's the blue hour before sunrise so everything has a blue hue.
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
dezene.me
It's weevil time!*

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*It's always weevil time. With something like 80k described species (www.gbif.org/species/4239) – and who knows how many more beyond that, including three newly described species below – there's no doubt there are a few waiting for you right outside your door.
coleopsoc.bsky.social The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 2d
#LiteratureNotice Lewis et al.A Japan-focused review of East Asian Acicnemis Fairmaire, 1849 (Coleoptera, #Curculionidae) reveals cryptic diversity in a well-studied region doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles
Acicnemis albofasciata (Ter-Minasian, 1953) (JHL_AREV_781). A. Lateral; B. Dorsal. Scale bar: 1 mm.
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I got this mug from my sister. If you are an #entomologist you know why it’s such a good gift
December 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
dezene.me
When aquatic insects emerge, they leave their moulted exoskeletons behind. Why not collect those and sequence the residual DNA to see who was living in the water?

Cool new paper (Open Access) by Dworatzek et al. 🔗: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Fig. 1 caption from the paper: "Figure 1. Comparison of two sampling methods: A, three emergence traps located on the pond and one emergence trap located on the creek; and B, workflow of exuviae collection. Diagram created in BioRender (https://BioRender.com/b21n111) by S. Dworatzek." Fig 2 caption from the paper: "Figure 2. Differences in operational taxonomic unit richness across sample types: A, box plots of operational taxonomic unit richness for each of the six samples, with average operational taxonomic unit richness indicated above each box plot and significant differences indicated by *; B, average overall operational taxonomic unit richness for emergence and exuviae pond samples, with error bars representing the standard error; and C, Venn diagram representing the number of unique and overlapping operational taxonomic units for each location and sampling type." Fig 3 caption: "Figure 3. Tree map representing the species richness of arthropod taxonomic orders and families in each sample type: A, emergence trap samples; and B, exuviae samples. Insecta is shown on the left; Arachnida is shown on the right; orders are separated by colour; families are separated by label. The size of each box corresponds to the relative number of operational taxonomic units per group."
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Rapid Global Deforestation Leaves Forest‐Dependent Raptors With Half of Their Suitable Habitat Remaining

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December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Condolences to colleagues at OU who thought they were working at a legitimate university.
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Hey, it's my print debut for National Geographic! This fall, I got to accompany folks from the Fort Worth Zoo on an incredible adorable mission: releasing tiny Texas horned lizards to new lives in the Hill Country.

(You will want to click on this one, trust me. The photos are adorable.)
Is the grumpy-faced Texas horned lizard adorable enough to survive?
As habitat loss and invasive predators decimate the Texas horned lizard population, researchers are banking on statewide fervor to bring them back.
www.nationalgeographic.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (July)
Bitter fight over 2020 Microsoft quantum paper both resolved and unresolved --The Register, 31 Jul 2025
December 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Looking for an easy end-of-year gift?
CSEE memberships for your students ✔️ www. csee-scee.ca
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Vous cherchez un cadeau simple pour la fin de l’année ?
Des adhésions à la SCEE pour vos étudiant·e·s ✔️ www.csee-scee.ca
December 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas.
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Handsome sparrow time!

Brewer's Sparrow - they excel at blending in!

#birds #becurious
photo of a small, light colored gray/brown sparrow perched on a diagonal branch. they are facing the camera looking to the right in profile. a breeze is blowing up the feathers on their head slightly.
December 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Best of 2025:20. Notocelia incarnatana (Scarce Rose Shoot Moth) at Holme, 12/08/2025 by James Symonds — post-Vic VC28. (photo H. Bantock) #teammoth #norfolkmoths norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?b...
Notocelia incarnatana (Scarce Rose Shoot Moth)
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Some of today’s records of #insects from Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh, part 1: Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds, Phloiophilus edwardsii … #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Orange Ladybirds. Cluster of Orange Ladybirds. Cluster of Harlequin & Orange Ladybirds. Phloiophilus edwardsii.
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Happy holidays from CSEE! ☃️ Now’s a great time to (re)join. Learn more: csee-scee.ca. Faculty: consider gifting CSEE memberships to students & postdocs! They're just $30/person and grant-eligible.
December 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Joyeuses Fêtes de la part de la SCEE! ☃️ C’est le moment idéal pour (ré)adhérer. En savoir plus : csee-scee.ca.
Professeur·e·s : offrez des adhésions CSEE aux étudiant·e·s et postdocs — 30 $/personne, admissible aux subventions.
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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It may not be apparent at first glance, but Alaska blackfish is related to popular sport fish like northern pike + muskie - they’re all part of the Esocidae family. The Alaska blackfish, however, is much smaller than its more famous cousins - it usually only grows ~4 in/10 cm long #25DaysofFishmas
An Alaska Blackfish wearing a Santa hat; the text says December 19
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The First Photographs of Snowflakes: Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1885)
The First Photographs of Snowflakes: Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1885)
What kind of a blighted society turns the word “snowflake” into an insult?, I sometimes catch myself thinking, but then again, I’ve never understood why “treehugger” should offend.
www.openculture.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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My apologies to all entomologists, I don't know what kind of beetle this is. It was trundling through my lawn a couple of summers ago. I thought it looked cool and chose it for #InsectThursday #Invertebrate #Beetle #Bugs
A matte black, beetle is making it's way across green grass. It has tiny dimpled marks on the rear section (wing coverings I think).
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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For the love of mammoths, if you're not going to review a manuscript please decline right away. Don't just ignore the reminders and then let the system auto-decline after two weeks.

Happy holidays to all who say "no" in a timely manner, and may those who suggest alternatives have a happy New Year.
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM