Priyantha Wijesinghe
@elaphrornis.bsky.social
A naturalist on the prowl. (New here, same handle on Twitter/X)
I was invited to give a virtual talk about @inaturalist.bsky.social to the Sri Lanka Natural History Society yesterday & was surprised to find the recording of the talk up already on the SLNHS’s YouTube channel today.
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SLNHS Public Lecture | What is Inaturalist?
YouTube video by Sri Lanka Natural History Society
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November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I was invited to give a virtual talk about @inaturalist.bsky.social to the Sri Lanka Natural History Society yesterday & was surprised to find the recording of the talk up already on the SLNHS’s YouTube channel today.
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After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...
Life inside rotting walnut husks » Colin Purrington's blog
There’s an eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) on my neighbor’s property that rains down fruit every fall, and I finally got curious about what species might be inside. So far I’ve found four flies, ...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...
Intrigued by images posted by @ianbeavis.bsky.social from British Blood-sucking Flies by Edwards, Oldroyd & Smart (1939) I found that it had had a precursor in Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies (1906), with paintings by Amedeo John Engel Terzi. @archive.org
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November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Intrigued by images posted by @ianbeavis.bsky.social from British Blood-sucking Flies by Edwards, Oldroyd & Smart (1939) I found that it had had a precursor in Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies (1906), with paintings by Amedeo John Engel Terzi. @archive.org
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Fall Colors. From Matthew Wills’ blog. matthewwills.com/2025/11/16/7...
Fall Colors
Visit the post for more.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Fall Colors. From Matthew Wills’ blog. matthewwills.com/2025/11/16/7...
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More from 'British Blood-sucking Flies', Edwards Oldroyd & Smart, 1939
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
More from 'British Blood-sucking Flies', Edwards Oldroyd & Smart, 1939
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A portrait of the mosquito in question, Culiseta annulata, from 'British Blood-sucking Flies' (1939)
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A portrait of the mosquito in question, Culiseta annulata, from 'British Blood-sucking Flies' (1939)
If you know anyone who is fascinated by wildlife, animals of all kinds, birds, butterflies, beetles, spiders, creepy crawlies, plants, etc., especially in #SriLanka 🇱🇰, tell them about @inaturalist.bsky.social & if they are free this Saturday 15 November ask them to join us for a chat ! 😊
What is @inaturalist.bsky.social ?
An introduction & virtual demonstration of iNat to a primarily Sri Lankan audience, via the Sri Lanka Natural History Society.
Saturday, November 15th, 2025.
6:30 PM 🇱🇰 time (Note: QR code to download iNaturalist app)
Zoom:
Meeting ID: 840 2777 8484
Passcode: 824340
An introduction & virtual demonstration of iNat to a primarily Sri Lankan audience, via the Sri Lanka Natural History Society.
Saturday, November 15th, 2025.
6:30 PM 🇱🇰 time (Note: QR code to download iNaturalist app)
Zoom:
Meeting ID: 840 2777 8484
Passcode: 824340
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you know anyone who is fascinated by wildlife, animals of all kinds, birds, butterflies, beetles, spiders, creepy crawlies, plants, etc., especially in #SriLanka 🇱🇰, tell them about @inaturalist.bsky.social & if they are free this Saturday 15 November ask them to join us for a chat ! 😊
The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
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101(4): 2133-2159
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Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
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101(4): 2133-2159
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The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka
The Palk Isthmus, which connected Sri Lanka to the Indian mainland during periods of low sea levels, has been the only route by which freshwater organisms could enter the island. The endemic aquatic b...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
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101(4): 2133-2159
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Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
@zse.pensoft.net
101(4): 2133-2159
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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 👇:
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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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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.
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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)
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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....
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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