Johno Ridden
@johnoridden.bsky.social
Asso. Curator of Nat. History at Canterbury Museum. LUNZ ConsEcol grad. Interests entomology, ecology, natural history data, harvestmen and freshwater inverts. Love getting outdoor!
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Leilani is one of the best! Highly recommend applying if you're looking for a PhD project. @lanipai.bsky.social
🕷️PhD position: Homemakers; web building behaviour in New Zealand sheet-web spiders 🕷️
Please email Dr Leilani Walker - leilani.walker@aut.ac.nz
Please email Dr Leilani Walker - leilani.walker@aut.ac.nz
September 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Leilani is one of the best! Highly recommend applying if you're looking for a PhD project. @lanipai.bsky.social
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Opportunity: Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) at the University of Guelph 🪰🐝🪲🕷️🦂
Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca
August 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Opportunity: Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) at the University of Guelph 🪰🐝🪲🕷️🦂
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Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them | Nature
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfk
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If you're a researcher in NZ please do our very short survey on the Vision Mātauranga policy! We are keen to hear your opinions. DM for the survey link
July 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If you're a researcher in NZ please do our very short survey on the Vision Mātauranga policy! We are keen to hear your opinions. DM for the survey link
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As the north of the South Island of NZ gets hammered by floods for the third time in as many weeks, now is as good a time as ever to reconsider how we manage flood risk. Rivers need space to flood into. Giving them room to function also brings widespread ecological benefits.
Giving rivers room to move: how rethinking flood management can benefit people and nature
Restraining rivers through stop banks and channels transfers and heightens flood risks downstream. Allowing them to roam free limits flooding and delivers other ecological benefits.
theconversation.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
As the north of the South Island of NZ gets hammered by floods for the third time in as many weeks, now is as good a time as ever to reconsider how we manage flood risk. Rivers need space to flood into. Giving them room to function also brings widespread ecological benefits.
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If you’re interested in the past, present, and future of caddisfly systematics, we’ve got your back. Here’s our contribution to the Insect Systematics and Diversity special issue doi.org/10.1093/isd/...
Trichoptera systematics: past, present, and future—making the case for continued caddisfly taxonomic research
Abstract. We review the developments in caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) systematics starting with Linnaeus through to the present time. We give a brief in
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you’re interested in the past, present, and future of caddisfly systematics, we’ve got your back. Here’s our contribution to the Insect Systematics and Diversity special issue doi.org/10.1093/isd/...
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Today I have levelled up as a scientist & reached a life goal i didn't realise I had. My giraffe weevil research is featured in the new True Facts clip on beetles. Too good. youtu.be/spuO7OpS6zw?...
True Facts: Beetles That Took Things Too Far
YouTube video by Ze Frank
youtu.be
June 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Today I have levelled up as a scientist & reached a life goal i didn't realise I had. My giraffe weevil research is featured in the new True Facts clip on beetles. Too good. youtu.be/spuO7OpS6zw?...
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Very excited to see this paper out!
Led by @schwilk.org, with @azhar06.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @rachaelnolan.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @dendromecon27.bsky.social @profalistairsmith.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by @schwilk.org, with @azhar06.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @rachaelnolan.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @dendromecon27.bsky.social @profalistairsmith.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies
Despite fire being one of the oldest and most important ecological disturbance processes on Earth, many aspects of fire–vegetation feedbacks are poorly understood, limiting their accurate representat...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I bring you exciting news... I FOUND THE FIRST EVER GIANT SPRINGTAILS IN CHRISTCHURCH!
The closest population before this were at Arthur's Pass, but now we can add the Port Hills to their distribution.
Definitely my best observation from the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge.
#SoilBiodiversity🧪
The closest population before this were at Arthur's Pass, but now we can add the Port Hills to their distribution.
Definitely my best observation from the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge.
#SoilBiodiversity🧪
May 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I bring you exciting news... I FOUND THE FIRST EVER GIANT SPRINGTAILS IN CHRISTCHURCH!
The closest population before this were at Arthur's Pass, but now we can add the Port Hills to their distribution.
Definitely my best observation from the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge.
#SoilBiodiversity🧪
The closest population before this were at Arthur's Pass, but now we can add the Port Hills to their distribution.
Definitely my best observation from the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge.
#SoilBiodiversity🧪
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Learn more about the Exquisite Owlet here.
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2025-bug-of-...
#bugoftheyear2025
The Entomological Society of New Zealand
Learn more about the Exquisite Owlet here.
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2025-bug-of-...
#bugoftheyear2025
The Entomological Society of New Zealand
February 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Happy Valentine's Day!
Learn more about the Exquisite Owlet here.
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2025-bug-of-...
#bugoftheyear2025
The Entomological Society of New Zealand
Learn more about the Exquisite Owlet here.
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2025-bug-of-...
#bugoftheyear2025
The Entomological Society of New Zealand
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Reforms to NZ’s science sector - @smcnz.bsky.social expert reaction:
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/01/23/r...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/01/23/r...
Reforms to NZ's science sector
The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ's science sector in over three decades.
The seven Crown Research Institutes will be replaced by three Public Research Organisations (PROs) focusi...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
January 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Reforms to NZ’s science sector - @smcnz.bsky.social expert reaction:
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/01/23/r...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/01/23/r...
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Check out our latest study - led by Greer Sanger and co-supervised by Janice Lord - on the Kahukura | NZ Red Admiral preference and performance on Ongaonga | Stinging Nettle (its host plant).
Congratulations Greer!
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3581
@zoologyotago.bsky.social
Congratulations Greer!
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3581
@zoologyotago.bsky.social
Preference and performance of Pūrerehua Kahukura (Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla) on native and introduced nettles of Aotearoa
The preference-performance hypothesis suggests that female insects prefer to oviposit on the host plant that provides the highest fitness for offspring. However, introduced plants can cause ecological...
newzealandecology.org
January 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Check out our latest study - led by Greer Sanger and co-supervised by Janice Lord - on the Kahukura | NZ Red Admiral preference and performance on Ongaonga | Stinging Nettle (its host plant).
Congratulations Greer!
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3581
@zoologyotago.bsky.social
Congratulations Greer!
newzealandecology.org/nzje/3581
@zoologyotago.bsky.social
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📢 Initiated at the last @entcollnet.bsky.social annual meeting, this topical collection welcomes contributions about #specimens curated for #public #education & awareness.
⌛️ 31 March 2025
👌 No #APCs
🤗 Open to anyone, including non-members!
#entomology #ento #scicomm #scholcomm #openaccess
⌛️ 31 March 2025
👌 No #APCs
🤗 Open to anyone, including non-members!
#entomology #ento #scicomm #scholcomm #openaccess
Call for papers: Entomological collections in public education & outreach activities
Initiated by the symposium “Collections Reaching Out”, held as part of the 2024 annual meeting of the Entomological Collections Network (ECN) in Phoenix, Arizona, a new topical collection ...
nhcm.pensoft.net
January 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
📢 Initiated at the last @entcollnet.bsky.social annual meeting, this topical collection welcomes contributions about #specimens curated for #public #education & awareness.
⌛️ 31 March 2025
👌 No #APCs
🤗 Open to anyone, including non-members!
#entomology #ento #scicomm #scholcomm #openaccess
⌛️ 31 March 2025
👌 No #APCs
🤗 Open to anyone, including non-members!
#entomology #ento #scicomm #scholcomm #openaccess
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Jumping to the top of the mountains. Postgrad Dustin laMont tells us about the new species of jumping spiders found by masters student Robin Long at altitude in the Southern Alps in a new @ecolincnz article for #ECOL608 @LincolnUniNZ . See it at:
t.co/fACBedD7f4
t.co/fACBedD7f4
Jumping to the top of the world: new salticid spider species in the Southern Alps
Spiders. Your reaction to that word might determine whether or not you finish reading this post, but try to bear with me — at least for a little while. While I can accept that most people aren̵…
t.co
July 29, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Jumping to the top of the mountains. Postgrad Dustin laMont tells us about the new species of jumping spiders found by masters student Robin Long at altitude in the Southern Alps in a new @ecolincnz article for #ECOL608 @LincolnUniNZ . See it at:
t.co/fACBedD7f4
t.co/fACBedD7f4
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Coming in at the last min to say vote for the Rangatira spider for Bug of the Year 2024!
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
You may be persuaded by this lil video made by PhD student Zita Roithmair & sung by the very cool kids at Kaingaroa school on the Chathams.
youtu.be/LUMZ_R7o2aA?...
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
You may be persuaded by this lil video made by PhD student Zita Roithmair & sung by the very cool kids at Kaingaroa school on the Chathams.
youtu.be/LUMZ_R7o2aA?...
February 7, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Coming in at the last min to say vote for the Rangatira spider for Bug of the Year 2024!
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
You may be persuaded by this lil video made by PhD student Zita Roithmair & sung by the very cool kids at Kaingaroa school on the Chathams.
youtu.be/LUMZ_R7o2aA?...
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz
You may be persuaded by this lil video made by PhD student Zita Roithmair & sung by the very cool kids at Kaingaroa school on the Chathams.
youtu.be/LUMZ_R7o2aA?...
Quite possibly the longest/largest insect hotel in THE WORLD at a whopping 220m in length
A lot of effort went into padding out Buggingham Palace at the #LostGardensofHeligan with 72 species of beetle already recorded from it
#Entomology #science
A lot of effort went into padding out Buggingham Palace at the #LostGardensofHeligan with 72 species of beetle already recorded from it
#Entomology #science
February 3, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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Marie-Claude Larivière https://bionomia.net/0000-0003-3416-1286 and Andre Larochelle https://bionomia.net/0000-0003-0429-9794 collected the holotype CARABIDAE: Tarastethus sirvidi Larochelle & Larivière in New Zealand https://gbif.org/occurrence/1315638495 #TypeSpecimenToday
January 26, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Marie-Claude Larivière https://bionomia.net/0000-0003-3416-1286 and Andre Larochelle https://bionomia.net/0000-0003-0429-9794 collected the holotype CARABIDAE: Tarastethus sirvidi Larochelle & Larivière in New Zealand https://gbif.org/occurrence/1315638495 #TypeSpecimenToday
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January 10, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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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-...
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My giant springtail is the iNaturalist observation of the week! 🧪
Read more about Holacanthella paucispinosa and how I got into soil ecology on the blog post here:
www.inaturalist.org/posts/86178-...
Read more about Holacanthella paucispinosa and how I got into soil ecology on the blog post here:
www.inaturalist.org/posts/86178-...
October 25, 2023 at 9:12 AM
My giant springtail is the iNaturalist observation of the week! 🧪
Read more about Holacanthella paucispinosa and how I got into soil ecology on the blog post here:
www.inaturalist.org/posts/86178-...
Read more about Holacanthella paucispinosa and how I got into soil ecology on the blog post here:
www.inaturalist.org/posts/86178-...