William Brockelsby
@williambrockelsby.bsky.social
Librarian, entomologist, New Zealand
Interesting idea, the iNat app AI does NZ moths ok thanks to the heaps of reference images, but can't handle multiple things
Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Interesting idea, the iNat app AI does NZ moths ok thanks to the heaps of reference images, but can't handle multiple things
The Wellington, New Zealand entomology branch is looking for international speakers who would be interested to talk to enthusiast and professional entomologist a like. We got some amazing talkers off science Twitter, how's Bluesky going to compare???
March 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Wellington, New Zealand entomology branch is looking for international speakers who would be interested to talk to enthusiast and professional entomologist a like. We got some amazing talkers off science Twitter, how's Bluesky going to compare???
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Do you want to make a huge impact on the conservation of a critically endangered species in 2025? Voting for the ngaio weevil in the NZ Bug of the Year shorturl.at/WOvMe will get it precious publicity + possibly funding to help find out what it needs to recover........Please share to save a species!
January 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Do you want to make a huge impact on the conservation of a critically endangered species in 2025? Voting for the ngaio weevil in the NZ Bug of the Year shorturl.at/WOvMe will get it precious publicity + possibly funding to help find out what it needs to recover........Please share to save a species!
🐌🐜🕷MAY THE BEST BUG WIN 🐛🪰🦋
Voting for the 2025 New Zealand Bug of the Year competition AND submissions for the poetry contest are both live today!
Place your votes for the top three bugs you think deserve to win. It's pretty hard to pick just 3 for me honestly.
Voting for the 2025 New Zealand Bug of the Year competition AND submissions for the poetry contest are both live today!
Place your votes for the top three bugs you think deserve to win. It's pretty hard to pick just 3 for me honestly.
New Zealand Bug of the Year
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
January 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🐌🐜🕷MAY THE BEST BUG WIN 🐛🪰🦋
Voting for the 2025 New Zealand Bug of the Year competition AND submissions for the poetry contest are both live today!
Place your votes for the top three bugs you think deserve to win. It's pretty hard to pick just 3 for me honestly.
Voting for the 2025 New Zealand Bug of the Year competition AND submissions for the poetry contest are both live today!
Place your votes for the top three bugs you think deserve to win. It's pretty hard to pick just 3 for me honestly.
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Entomological Society of NZ has its third celebration of invertebrates beginning today - I will be campaigning for the ngaio weevil, a large (30 mm) flightless weevil found on one island in Aotearoa/NZ bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
November 30, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Entomological Society of NZ has its third celebration of invertebrates beginning today - I will be campaigning for the ngaio weevil, a large (30 mm) flightless weevil found on one island in Aotearoa/NZ bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Taxonomist: describes both cups as different species, an error which isn't picked up for 150 years.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Taxonomist: describes both cups as different species, an error which isn't picked up for 150 years.
November 24, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Taxonomist: describes both cups as different species, an error which isn't picked up for 150 years.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Taxonomist: describes both cups as different species, an error which isn't picked up for 150 years.
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Pint-sized crustacean named after New Zealand brewery to boost interest in marine life
Pint-sized crustacean named after New Zealand brewery to boost interest in marine life
Tiny isopod is dubbed Pentaceration forkandbrewer in push to engage community with climate-threatened life in local waters
New Zealand scientists have named a tiny snowflake-like crustacean after a Wellington brewery, in an attempt to boost the public’s interest in local marine life.
The roughly 1.5mm marine isopod was found in the silty depths off New Zealand’s southern east coast. It helps decompose organic material that drifts to the seabed.
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Pint-sized crustacean named after New Zealand brewery to boost interest in marine life
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So. Here it is. The ABSOLUTELY nuttiest study we have ever done in my 25+ years as a scientist working on mosquitoes
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes
Female mosquitoes are reproductively obligate bloodfeeders which feed on vertebrate blood to obtain nutrients required for egg production (driving transmission of vector-borne pathogens in the process...
www.biorxiv.org
October 9, 2024 at 6:52 PM
So. Here it is. The ABSOLUTELY nuttiest study we have ever done in my 25+ years as a scientist working on mosquitoes
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A big thanks to all those who contributed to our moth research project, paper #1 published!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you need a copy to read reach out to me. More work to come, next up a comparison to historical records done in the late 19th, early 20th records!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you need a copy to read reach out to me. More work to come, next up a comparison to historical records done in the late 19th, early 20th records!
Assessment of moth diversity in the Zealandia ecosanctuary through a community science initiative
A collaborative project involving researchers and citizen scientists was conducted in the Zealandia ecosanctuary (Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand) during 2019–2022 to investigate Lepidoptera biodi...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:30 AM
A big thanks to all those who contributed to our moth research project, paper #1 published!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you need a copy to read reach out to me. More work to come, next up a comparison to historical records done in the late 19th, early 20th records!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you need a copy to read reach out to me. More work to come, next up a comparison to historical records done in the late 19th, early 20th records!
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The Entomology Society of New Zealand has just launched their second annual Bug of the Year! Here are your 20 nominees for 2024! Voting opens on 1st January 💚 🧪🪲🕷️Take a look here:
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
December 1, 2023 at 4:28 AM
The Entomology Society of New Zealand has just launched their second annual Bug of the Year! Here are your 20 nominees for 2024! Voting opens on 1st January 💚 🧪🪲🕷️Take a look here:
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
The Wellington entomology society is looking for some talks for 2024, all welcome. Audience is 50/50 scientists and non science types. Reach out if you want to share some interesting bug research.
November 14, 2024 at 6:30 AM
The Wellington entomology society is looking for some talks for 2024, all welcome. Audience is 50/50 scientists and non science types. Reach out if you want to share some interesting bug research.