Oliver Keller
@drfirefly.bsky.social
Firefly connoisseur. SVSU, WSU, and UF alumnus. Appraiser of insect donations (www.entoconsulting.com).
President Entomological Collections Network
Check out www.lampyridae.world for an up-to-date catalog on #fireflies
President Entomological Collections Network
Check out www.lampyridae.world for an up-to-date catalog on #fireflies
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📍✨Don't forget to sign up for THE PIN DOWN - Insect Mounting Challenge at the annual @entsocamerica meeting in Portland📍✨
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📍✨Don't forget to sign up for THE PIN DOWN - Insect Mounting Challenge at the annual @entsocamerica meeting in Portland📍✨
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
#EntSoc25
On Nov. 11 at 3:00PM in the OCC Exhibit hall, you will have 30 minutes to mount 10 arthropods. Winners determined based on the mounting method and aesthetics.
Reposted by Oliver Keller
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Check out our new paper in #BioScience!!! If COVID taught us anything, we very much need to be doubling down on our scientific structure and not regressing, and we need to improve collaborative networks that transcend geopolitical boundaries.
#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential
#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential
Harnessing natural history collections for collaborative pandemic preparedness
Five years after the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we have the opportunity to gather lessons learned about needed infrastructure for predicting, und
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June 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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We are #hiring a Biodiversity Researcher in Quito, Ecuador. Be part of an exciting project cooperating with us, The Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE), the Zoological Museum (QCAZ) and the Center for Research on Health in Latin America (CISeAL).
More: cisealpuce.edu.ec/en/about_us/...
More: cisealpuce.edu.ec/en/about_us/...
February 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We are #hiring a Biodiversity Researcher in Quito, Ecuador. Be part of an exciting project cooperating with us, The Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE), the Zoological Museum (QCAZ) and the Center for Research on Health in Latin America (CISeAL).
More: cisealpuce.edu.ec/en/about_us/...
More: cisealpuce.edu.ec/en/about_us/...
Kinda had to... #Firefly restaurant in #TraverseCity, MI.
February 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Kinda had to... #Firefly restaurant in #TraverseCity, MI.
These jagged ambush bugs (Phymata sp.; #Hemiptera: #Reduviidae) are amazing hunters and their camouflage game is usually on point. They can catch some pretty big prey with those raptorial forelegs.
December 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM
These jagged ambush bugs (Phymata sp.; #Hemiptera: #Reduviidae) are amazing hunters and their camouflage game is usually on point. They can catch some pretty big prey with those raptorial forelegs.
One of my favorite #insects. Draeculacephala inscripta the water lettuce leafhopper. Look at that amazing #Dracula face on the scutellum. You can't unsee it when you spot it. #horror #hemiptera #insectwonders The genus name translates to Dracula head
December 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
One of my favorite #insects. Draeculacephala inscripta the water lettuce leafhopper. Look at that amazing #Dracula face on the scutellum. You can't unsee it when you spot it. #horror #hemiptera #insectwonders The genus name translates to Dracula head
The Camphor Shoot Borer (𝘊𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, #Coleoptera: #Curculionidae: #Scotylinae) is an adventive bark #beetle found in sweetgum and a few other hardwoods. But it is also found in plastic fuel storage containers: t.co/UpVMgx2lJs #AmazingBeetles #Beetles #Macrophotography #Macro
December 17, 2024 at 12:59 PM
The Camphor Shoot Borer (𝘊𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, #Coleoptera: #Curculionidae: #Scotylinae) is an adventive bark #beetle found in sweetgum and a few other hardwoods. But it is also found in plastic fuel storage containers: t.co/UpVMgx2lJs #AmazingBeetles #Beetles #Macrophotography #Macro
Rufolychnia borencona, a #firefly endemic to Puerto Rico. One of the prettiest fireflies I have encountered so far.
#AmazingBeetles #Lampyridae #WestIndies #FireflyMagic
#AmazingBeetles #Lampyridae #WestIndies #FireflyMagic
December 16, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Rufolychnia borencona, a #firefly endemic to Puerto Rico. One of the prettiest fireflies I have encountered so far.
#AmazingBeetles #Lampyridae #WestIndies #FireflyMagic
#AmazingBeetles #Lampyridae #WestIndies #FireflyMagic
December 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM
More Chrysomela scripta to be made. Blacklight sheet love affair.
#Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #AmazingBeetles #Sexonsixlegs
#Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #AmazingBeetles #Sexonsixlegs
December 15, 2024 at 2:36 PM
More Chrysomela scripta to be made. Blacklight sheet love affair.
#Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #AmazingBeetles #Sexonsixlegs
#Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #AmazingBeetles #Sexonsixlegs
Hawthorne Trail find: Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi (#Coleoptera: #Curculionidae) one of the Sesbania clown #weevils. #AmazingBeetles #Florida #clownweevil #Gainesville
December 14, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Hawthorne Trail find: Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi (#Coleoptera: #Curculionidae) one of the Sesbania clown #weevils. #AmazingBeetles #Florida #clownweevil #Gainesville
Feast your eyes on Sparmannia flava. Maybe the greatest melolonthine of them all. That "winter" coat though...
#AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Africa #Scarabaeidae #Winteriscoming
#AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Africa #Scarabaeidae #Winteriscoming
December 14, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Feast your eyes on Sparmannia flava. Maybe the greatest melolonthine of them all. That "winter" coat though...
#AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Africa #Scarabaeidae #Winteriscoming
#AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Africa #Scarabaeidae #Winteriscoming
December 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM
#CollectionCuriosities Rhinostomus barbirostris, the bearded #weevil, is maybe my favorite weevil and look at that bottle brush snoot #AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Curculionidae
December 13, 2024 at 12:07 PM
#CollectionCuriosities Rhinostomus barbirostris, the bearded #weevil, is maybe my favorite weevil and look at that bottle brush snoot #AmazingBeetles #Coleoptera #Curculionidae
When your morphology tries to make you look like bird poop, but you dress like a rock star.
#Chlamisus #Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #FSCA #AmazingBeetles #Bolivia
#Chlamisus #Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #FSCA #AmazingBeetles #Bolivia
December 13, 2024 at 2:05 AM
When your morphology tries to make you look like bird poop, but you dress like a rock star.
#Chlamisus #Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #FSCA #AmazingBeetles #Bolivia
#Chlamisus #Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #FSCA #AmazingBeetles #Bolivia
Unxia gracilior #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae. Longhorns and their original bottle brush.
December 13, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Unxia gracilior #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae. Longhorns and their original bottle brush.
I really want a garbage can like this one at the @TaipeiZoo #insectarium. It would fit right in with the rest of the decor #Coleoptera #Taiwan #Taipei
December 13, 2024 at 12:42 AM
I really want a garbage can like this one at the @TaipeiZoo #insectarium. It would fit right in with the rest of the decor #Coleoptera #Taiwan #Taipei
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Our Lampyris sardiniae colony celebrates 20 years in 2024, and slowly approaching generation 27! 🎄 Best early Christmas gift ever - just received the original founder pair and F1 generation specimens preserved in alcohol from 20 years ago! 🧬✨
December 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Our Lampyris sardiniae colony celebrates 20 years in 2024, and slowly approaching generation 27! 🎄 Best early Christmas gift ever - just received the original founder pair and F1 generation specimens preserved in alcohol from 20 years ago! 🧬✨
Chalcosoma sp. on my hand and in my
#entomology #tattoo. Good thing only one of them has found the ONE ring #LOTR. What #AmazingBeetles they are.
Show me your entomology tattoos!
#entomology #tattoo. Good thing only one of them has found the ONE ring #LOTR. What #AmazingBeetles they are.
Show me your entomology tattoos!
December 9, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Chalcosoma sp. on my hand and in my
#entomology #tattoo. Good thing only one of them has found the ONE ring #LOTR. What #AmazingBeetles they are.
Show me your entomology tattoos!
#entomology #tattoo. Good thing only one of them has found the ONE ring #LOTR. What #AmazingBeetles they are.
Show me your entomology tattoos!
Photuris douglasae flashing along side a highway in Dixie county, Florida in May 2023. Ten 10-second long-exposure images stacked. #FireflyMagic #Florida #Lampyridae
December 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Photuris douglasae flashing along side a highway in Dixie county, Florida in May 2023. Ten 10-second long-exposure images stacked. #FireflyMagic #Florida #Lampyridae
The lesser known dangerous side of #fireflies as this tabloid wanted us to believe. 600 V and advancing 50 miles per week. These deadly creatures would generate some funding opportunities
November 30, 2024 at 7:50 PM
The lesser known dangerous side of #fireflies as this tabloid wanted us to believe. 600 V and advancing 50 miles per week. These deadly creatures would generate some funding opportunities
Late #FireflyFriday treat! Undescribed Heterophotinus species from the Dominican Republic. #FireflyMagic
November 30, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Late #FireflyFriday treat! Undescribed Heterophotinus species from the Dominican Republic. #FireflyMagic
With todays paper from the Zaragoza-Caballero lab we now have over 2600 described firefly species #FireflyMagic.
Website is updated (www.lampyridae.world)
Website is updated (www.lampyridae.world)
November 29, 2024 at 3:34 AM
With todays paper from the Zaragoza-Caballero lab we now have over 2600 described firefly species #FireflyMagic.
Website is updated (www.lampyridae.world)
Website is updated (www.lampyridae.world)
Still one of my favorite thrifting finds of all time. Couldn't believe it was still working and only $5. #FireflyMagic #PopupBooks
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Still one of my favorite thrifting finds of all time. Couldn't believe it was still working and only $5. #FireflyMagic #PopupBooks