Agnes Kreiling
@agneskreiling.bsky.social
Entomologist at Faroe Islands National Museum. Diptera. Coleoptera. And everything else that comes crawling my way.
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Just ONE WEEK until #ECN2025! 🪲
Head to the website to check out the full program:
ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
This year’s program cover features a beautiful Rain beetle (Pleocoma sp.). Photograph courtesy of @ageofarthropods.bsky.social & the Purdue Entomological Research Collection.
Head to the website to check out the full program:
ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
This year’s program cover features a beautiful Rain beetle (Pleocoma sp.). Photograph courtesy of @ageofarthropods.bsky.social & the Purdue Entomological Research Collection.
November 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just ONE WEEK until #ECN2025! 🪲
Head to the website to check out the full program:
ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
This year’s program cover features a beautiful Rain beetle (Pleocoma sp.). Photograph courtesy of @ageofarthropods.bsky.social & the Purdue Entomological Research Collection.
Head to the website to check out the full program:
ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
This year’s program cover features a beautiful Rain beetle (Pleocoma sp.). Photograph courtesy of @ageofarthropods.bsky.social & the Purdue Entomological Research Collection.
I will be talking about our projects at #Koltur Research Station on 4th of December in Copenhagen. The one-day conference is free of charge. More information and registration here: www.gransking.fo/en/resources...
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I will be talking about our projects at #Koltur Research Station on 4th of December in Copenhagen. The one-day conference is free of charge. More information and registration here: www.gransking.fo/en/resources...
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The nightlife here in France is quite something!
#entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?)
#trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar
@agneskreiling.bsky.social
#entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?)
#trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar
@agneskreiling.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The nightlife here in France is quite something!
#entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?)
#trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar
@agneskreiling.bsky.social
#entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?)
#trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar
@agneskreiling.bsky.social
A badger checking out our #cameratrap in Southern France.
September 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A badger checking out our #cameratrap in Southern France.
New beetle record for Europe: Sthereus ptinoides. Identified based on specimens in the entomological collection at #Tjóðsavnið.
Read the story of the discovery here: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social
Photo: Björn Hjaltason
Read the story of the discovery here: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social
Photo: Björn Hjaltason
August 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New beetle record for Europe: Sthereus ptinoides. Identified based on specimens in the entomological collection at #Tjóðsavnið.
Read the story of the discovery here: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social
Photo: Björn Hjaltason
Read the story of the discovery here: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social
Photo: Björn Hjaltason
First (but hopefully not last) scientific publication on our species inventory on #Koltur came out today. Big thanks to all our collaborators! Publicly available under: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
#Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
#Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
First (but hopefully not last) scientific publication on our species inventory on #Koltur came out today. Big thanks to all our collaborators! Publicly available under: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr...
#Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
#Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
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#LiteratureNotice Chen et al. Regional selection pressure and heterogeneous transitions shape diverse colour pattern in Pachyrhynchus weevils ( #Coleoptera: #Curculionidae) Open Access doi.org/10.1093/zool... #Beetle #Beetles #Weevils #Mimicry
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
#LiteratureNotice Chen et al. Regional selection pressure and heterogeneous transitions shape diverse colour pattern in Pachyrhynchus weevils ( #Coleoptera: #Curculionidae) Open Access doi.org/10.1093/zool... #Beetle #Beetles #Weevils #Mimicry
Always an adventure visiting our more inaccessible monitoring plots on the Northern side of #Koltur.
#TodaysOffice #Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#TodaysOffice #Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Always an adventure visiting our more inaccessible monitoring plots on the Northern side of #Koltur.
#TodaysOffice #Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#TodaysOffice #Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
Elodes pseudominuta is one of the species which is more common on #Koltur than expected. We find it during July among mosses in the vicinity of small streams.
#Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera
#Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera
July 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Elodes pseudominuta is one of the species which is more common on #Koltur than expected. We find it during July among mosses in the vicinity of small streams.
#Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera
#Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera
Me and my colleagues at #Tjóðsavnið have studied the island #Koltur since 2019. Our species checklist is now publicly available on @gbif.org. And the first publication is on the way...
www.gbif.org/dataset/a6fa...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
www.gbif.org/dataset/a6fa...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Me and my colleagues at #Tjóðsavnið have studied the island #Koltur since 2019. Our species checklist is now publicly available on @gbif.org. And the first publication is on the way...
www.gbif.org/dataset/a6fa...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
www.gbif.org/dataset/a6fa...
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social
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Here are two spreads to tempt you from the Dung Flies Scathophagidae pages of our #FliesofBritainandIreland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z (maps to be done) for publication this autumn. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@tverc1.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
@tverc1.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here are two spreads to tempt you from the Dung Flies Scathophagidae pages of our #FliesofBritainandIreland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z (maps to be done) for publication this autumn. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@tverc1.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
@tverc1.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Cutest field assistant we ever had.
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Cutest field assistant we ever had.
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
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Me and @agneskreiling.bsky.social have seen a lot of cool species while on vacation in #Spain: #chamalaeon, #flamingo, #octopus and a huge #robberfly.
It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.
It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.
June 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Me and @agneskreiling.bsky.social have seen a lot of cool species while on vacation in #Spain: #chamalaeon, #flamingo, #octopus and a huge #robberfly.
It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.
It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.
Flower visitation observations in sunny weather! Lots of #Diptera on Caltha palustris outside my office.
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring
May 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Flower visitation observations in sunny weather! Lots of #Diptera on Caltha palustris outside my office.
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring
#Tjóðsavnið #monitoring
We choose the worst possible day to start #fieldwork for lake #monitoring - cold wind, sleet, snow and rain... but nevertheless plenty of #Chironomidae pupal exuviae around!
#Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
I joined @agneskreiling.bsky.social in some freshwater fieldwork today. Well, I took care of the kid and dog, while she and a colleague did the fieldwork.
It was way colder than expected (3°C) and snowing a bit.
But seeing a mallard with ducklings definitely brought some feelings of spring.
It was way colder than expected (3°C) and snowing a bit.
But seeing a mallard with ducklings definitely brought some feelings of spring.
May 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We choose the worst possible day to start #fieldwork for lake #monitoring - cold wind, sleet, snow and rain... but nevertheless plenty of #Chironomidae pupal exuviae around!
#Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
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The New Zealand flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) has decimated #Earthworm populations in the #Faroes. It probably was introduced by people who were importing non-native trees in the 1980'ies.
This one I found in our garden, close to our compost heap where there are no Earthworms.
#ias
This one I found in our garden, close to our compost heap where there are no Earthworms.
#ias
April 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The New Zealand flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) has decimated #Earthworm populations in the #Faroes. It probably was introduced by people who were importing non-native trees in the 1980'ies.
This one I found in our garden, close to our compost heap where there are no Earthworms.
#ias
This one I found in our garden, close to our compost heap where there are no Earthworms.
#ias
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Day 2 with Neuchâtel and we’ve been exploring the garrigue. This is a Mediterranean scrubland habitat based on limestone soils. We found specialist plants, including orchids. Although small, one of our highlights was finding the dung beetle 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪 rolling its balls of dung.
April 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Day 2 with Neuchâtel and we’ve been exploring the garrigue. This is a Mediterranean scrubland habitat based on limestone soils. We found specialist plants, including orchids. Although small, one of our highlights was finding the dung beetle 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪 rolling its balls of dung.
New Chironomidae record for the Faroes: Metriocnemus carmencitabertarum. Found as pupal exuviae in a rainwater-filled bassin in the garden of my in-laws.
www.tjodsavnid.fo/news-in-engl...
www.tjodsavnid.fo/news-in-engl...
April 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New Chironomidae record for the Faroes: Metriocnemus carmencitabertarum. Found as pupal exuviae in a rainwater-filled bassin in the garden of my in-laws.
www.tjodsavnid.fo/news-in-engl...
www.tjodsavnid.fo/news-in-engl...
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long distance relationship
February 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
long distance relationship
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The concept of the “extinction of experience” has been used to describe the dwindling human connection with nature, often applied to the general public.
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem.
Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem. There was a time when an ecologist’s education was not complete without the mud of a marsh on their boots or the scent of damp ...
www.butlernature.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The concept of the “extinction of experience” has been used to describe the dwindling human connection with nature, often applied to the general public.
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat.
mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L
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Playing with images of black and shiny flies for when I eventually get to writing a new key; hopefully. Alloborborus pallifrons (Sphaeroceridae; Copromyzinae) a smart small fly, very 'spikey'. Larvae develop in horse dung (usually), not a species I find often. www.dipteraid.co.uk #ecology #flies
February 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Playing with images of black and shiny flies for when I eventually get to writing a new key; hopefully. Alloborborus pallifrons (Sphaeroceridae; Copromyzinae) a smart small fly, very 'spikey'. Larvae develop in horse dung (usually), not a species I find often. www.dipteraid.co.uk #ecology #flies
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January 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This Carabus hispanus was the entomological highlight during our trip to southern France in 2024 - perfect for #BlueMonday!
#BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This Carabus hispanus was the entomological highlight during our trip to southern France in 2024 - perfect for #BlueMonday!
#BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
#BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
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The time has come 🤓🇮🇸🐟
I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream:
eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639
@fishiceland.bsky.social
I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream:
eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639
@fishiceland.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The time has come 🤓🇮🇸🐟
I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream:
eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639
@fishiceland.bsky.social
I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream:
eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639
@fishiceland.bsky.social
Very happy about this publication on Faroese Diapriidae. Recent material examined was collected during our species inventory on the island #Koltur.
NEW publication 'Review of Diapriidae of the Faroe Islands (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae)' with Mio Hübner, Hannes Gabel, Viktor Deines & Agnes-Katharina Kreiling. Free download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... We identified 10 species including Basalys abruptus (figs below)
December 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Very happy about this publication on Faroese Diapriidae. Recent material examined was collected during our species inventory on the island #Koltur.