Priyantha Wijesinghe
@elaphrornis.bsky.social
A naturalist on the prowl. (New here, same handle on Twitter/X)
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Very kind review of CRICK by @nicolebarbarophd.bsky.social:
Review of CRICK
Matthew Cobb’s latest on a great man of science: Francis Crick
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November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Very kind review of CRICK by @nicolebarbarophd.bsky.social:
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November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
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Brett Westwood chatted with Peter Creed about progress on Pisces Publications eagerly awaited #FliesofBritainandIreland at this year's Worcestershire Entomology Day. Due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Brett Westwood chatted with Peter Creed about progress on Pisces Publications eagerly awaited #FliesofBritainandIreland at this year's Worcestershire Entomology Day. Due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
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Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
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We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
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Historical biogeography and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)
Abstract. Although we now have extensive biogeographical datasets for tetrapods, unravelling the drivers of species’ distributions remains challenging, esp
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
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The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-...
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake
For 20 years, Mexican communities accidentally planted millions of endangered trees, while simultaneously logging thousands in their natural habitat, without knowing it.
botany.one
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Trees That Were Saved and Destroyed by the Same Mistake botany.one/2025/11/the-...
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
"The authors emphasise the importance of taxonomy throughout the conservation process."
Passive uplift of montane biotas: recent advances
Michael Heads, Milen Marinov, Duncan A. Nicol, Patricio Saldivia
First published: 06 November 2025
Cladistics (Early View)
doi.org/10.1111/cla....
Michael Heads, Milen Marinov, Duncan A. Nicol, Patricio Saldivia
First published: 06 November 2025
Cladistics (Early View)
doi.org/10.1111/cla....
Passive uplift of montane biotas: recent advances
Passive tectonic uplift of populations is being discussed in a growing number of studies from many regions around the world, usually for areas that have undergone dramatic uplift in fold mountains (o....
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Passive uplift of montane biotas: recent advances
Michael Heads, Milen Marinov, Duncan A. Nicol, Patricio Saldivia
First published: 06 November 2025
Cladistics (Early View)
doi.org/10.1111/cla....
Michael Heads, Milen Marinov, Duncan A. Nicol, Patricio Saldivia
First published: 06 November 2025
Cladistics (Early View)
doi.org/10.1111/cla....
Predation [American Woodcock predated by young Red-tailed Hawk]. From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC
matthewwills.com/2025/11/09/7...
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Predation
This young Red-tailed Hawk just scooped up an American Woodcock off the ground. I caaught this iamge because I’d seen the Woodcock land down below and brought up my camera just as the bird fl…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Predation [American Woodcock predated by young Red-tailed Hawk]. From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC
matthewwills.com/2025/11/09/7...
matthewwills.com/2025/11/09/7...
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On Nov 12th, 6pm Eastern, join us for a talk by Georgia Silvera Seamans entitled "Black New Yorkers' Arboreal Legacy!" It's sure to be a fascinating historical dive. Join us in person or virtually via zoom! Details & registration here www.torreybotanical.org/lecture-sche...
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
Upcoming Lectures
www.torreybotanical.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
On Nov 12th, 6pm Eastern, join us for a talk by Georgia Silvera Seamans entitled "Black New Yorkers' Arboreal Legacy!" It's sure to be a fascinating historical dive. Join us in person or virtually via zoom! Details & registration here www.torreybotanical.org/lecture-sche...
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
🧪🌎🌿🌾 #botany #history
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I'm speaking on #Chloropidae, trying to make a difficult and neglected group a little more accessible via a group-sourced Flickr photo library. Also looking forward to hearing the other speakers.
www.flickr.com/groups/chlor...
www.flickr.com/groups/chlor...
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I'm speaking on #Chloropidae, trying to make a difficult and neglected group a little more accessible via a group-sourced Flickr photo library. Also looking forward to hearing the other speakers.
www.flickr.com/groups/chlor...
www.flickr.com/groups/chlor...
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The very beautiful and always very welcome Aphanus rolandri.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The very beautiful and always very welcome Aphanus rolandri.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Does spring begin in fall (or autumn)? Took a walk yesterday &!saw patches of ground (where in spring I find Ivy-leaved Speedwell) covered with these young plants with prominent cotyledons & their hairy true leaves still v tiny. I need to learn more about cotyledons, clearly more than food stores.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Does spring begin in fall (or autumn)? Took a walk yesterday &!saw patches of ground (where in spring I find Ivy-leaved Speedwell) covered with these young plants with prominent cotyledons & their hairy true leaves still v tiny. I need to learn more about cotyledons, clearly more than food stores.
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Meet Phalangium opilio, one of the UK’s most common harvestmen! 🕷️
Males have striking horn-like chelicerae, as in the photo.
Join our UK Harvestmen webinar with @megabunus.bsky.social on 30th December 2025. 🌎 🧪
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Males have striking horn-like chelicerae, as in the photo.
Join our UK Harvestmen webinar with @megabunus.bsky.social on 30th December 2025. 🌎 🧪
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Meet Phalangium opilio, one of the UK’s most common harvestmen! 🕷️
Males have striking horn-like chelicerae, as in the photo.
Join our UK Harvestmen webinar with @megabunus.bsky.social on 30th December 2025. 🌎 🧪
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Males have striking horn-like chelicerae, as in the photo.
Join our UK Harvestmen webinar with @megabunus.bsky.social on 30th December 2025. 🌎 🧪
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Someone on iNat asked me about a marginal note about Gea subarmata (Araneidae) on the copy of my undergraduate thesis (1983) on the spiders of Sri Lanka uploaded to @archive.org (archive.org/details/wije...). So I thought I would post that page & the page from an old notebook as explanation.
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Someone on iNat asked me about a marginal note about Gea subarmata (Araneidae) on the copy of my undergraduate thesis (1983) on the spiders of Sri Lanka uploaded to @archive.org (archive.org/details/wije...). So I thought I would post that page & the page from an old notebook as explanation.
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The globular springtail Dicyrtomina saundersi in our #Staffs garden this morning. Between 1-2 mm long. #collembola #mesofauna #macro #photography
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The globular springtail Dicyrtomina saundersi in our #Staffs garden this morning. Between 1-2 mm long. #collembola #mesofauna #macro #photography
First DNA barcodes and morphometric analysis of Singaporean Tetrigidae (Orthoptera, Caelifera) support color variations as intraspecific polymorphism through integrative taxonomy
Ivan Neo, Rebecca Ker Loh, Tricia J. Y. Cho, Nalini Puniamoorthy, Darren C. J. Yeo, Ming Kai Tan
@zookeys.pensoft.net
Ivan Neo, Rebecca Ker Loh, Tricia J. Y. Cho, Nalini Puniamoorthy, Darren C. J. Yeo, Ming Kai Tan
@zookeys.pensoft.net
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
First DNA barcodes and morphometric analysis of Singaporean Tetrigidae (Orthoptera, Caelifera) support color variations as intraspecific polymorphism through integrative taxonomy
Ivan Neo, Rebecca Ker Loh, Tricia J. Y. Cho, Nalini Puniamoorthy, Darren C. J. Yeo, Ming Kai Tan
@zookeys.pensoft.net
Ivan Neo, Rebecca Ker Loh, Tricia J. Y. Cho, Nalini Puniamoorthy, Darren C. J. Yeo, Ming Kai Tan
@zookeys.pensoft.net
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006
#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
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New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species.
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species.
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
The arachnological collection at the Natural History Museum of Bern (NMBE), Switzerland: scope, history, and significance
Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, Christian Krop & Manuela Sann
@zookeys.pensoft.net
Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, Christian Krop & Manuela Sann
@zookeys.pensoft.net
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The arachnological collection at the Natural History Museum of Bern (NMBE), Switzerland: scope, history, and significance
Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, Christian Krop & Manuela Sann
@zookeys.pensoft.net
Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, Christian Krop & Manuela Sann
@zookeys.pensoft.net
Hickory Gall Midges. Caryomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC
matthewwills.com/2025/11/02/h...
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Hickory Gall Midges
I’ve put a lot of Cynipid gall wasps, who create galls on oak trees, up recently. Something I haven’t given much attention to in recent years are the Caryomyia genus midges who create g…
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November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hickory Gall Midges. Caryomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). From Matthew Wills’ blog. #NatureNYC
matthewwills.com/2025/11/02/h...
matthewwills.com/2025/11/02/h...
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If you have ever fancied trying wildlife filmmaking or just want some tips on how to get better footage, I just posted a video on that very subject - its a long one though so get comfy 1st!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr7H...
#wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifefilm #filmmaking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr7H...
#wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifefilm #filmmaking
Introduction to Wildlife Filmmaking
YouTube video by UK Wildlife
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If you have ever fancied trying wildlife filmmaking or just want some tips on how to get better footage, I just posted a video on that very subject - its a long one though so get comfy 1st!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr7H...
#wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifefilm #filmmaking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr7H...
#wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifefilm #filmmaking
