An impressive review on classification and study of #ants, taken from an historical perspective 🖥️🧬🐜 includes also loads of insightful sections 👀

#bugsky #phylogenetics

academic.oup.com/isd/article/...

Some impressions from the #citynaturechallenge @citnatchallenge.bsky.social in Salzburg (Austria), which I participated in together with @coleotobi.bsky.social and many others!

There are still a lot of observations to validate and beetles and ants to identify... sunday 23:59 is the deadline 😅

Together with @gabsameisen.bsky.social et al., i was able to officially confirm a historically known location of #Carabus nodulosus at the beginning of march. Truly one of the most impressive and beautiful beetle species of the northern alpine foothills! #FFH #natureconservation

Results of my very first "real" winter birding session a few weeks ago (as in getting up early (7am 😵‍💫) and stuff):

- Red crossbill 💚
- Crested tit 💚
- Eurasian nuthatch
- Marsh tit 📸
- Great spotted woodpecker
- European goldfinch
- Eurasian wren 📸
- Hawfinch 💚

📸 - 1st foto
💚 - lifer

Thinking of starting a new religion

Australia has the shiniest ants.

This is a worker of Rhytidoponera aspersa carrying eggs among her colony's nest sites.

Introductory post 👉🏼👉🏼

I have not yet decided where I want to go with this account, on this platform. My activity on ex-Twitter was a wild mix of random thoughts and topics, from politics to entertainment to my scientific interests...

While I figure that out - here's a 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘶𝘴 queen.