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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD
@pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
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entomologist researching biodiversity + taxonomy + evolution of weird, spindly things underground. #1 ensifera enjoyer 🦗

also: queer liberation 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ + neurodiversity 🧠 + solarpunk ☀️🌱 they/she 🌈
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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · Sep 18
Say hi to Micropathus ditto and M. zubat, two #NewSpecies of cave cricket from forests in southern Tasmania! These crickets are threatened by climate change, land clearing, and logging. Giving them names is an important step towards their conservation. But why did we choose these ones? #bugsky 🧵 1/6
Micropathus ditto (female) in profile sitting on a cave wall. Superimposed in the corner is a sprite of the Pokemon Ditto. Image credit Tim Rudman, source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71119620 Macro photos of the morphology of Micropathus zubat, showing the head, ovipositor, and genital plates. Superimposed in the corner is a sprite of the Pokemon Zubat.
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harmitmalik.bsky.social
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.

(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
Ashley Bui of UCR is giving a great talk on eucharitid phylogeny, but most importantly she tells us what the giant scutal spines are for: handles for grabbing by suspicious ants (their hosts)
A eucharitid photo from bugguide showing the massive, backward-pointing spine projecting from the thorax like a handle A curling stone, which also has a large backwards-pointing spinose process arising from its dorsum
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
across all wikipedias in all languages, vietnamese wikipedia's "game boy" article is the only place that uses the public domain shots of hillary clinton as a tetris addict taken on air force one
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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germusthermophilus.bsky.social
We are our best when we collaborate. 🧪🦠🔬🧬🌍🍄
This mural about the invisible #soil #biodiversity in Moers(🇩🇪) resulted from the collaboration between my friend Dr. Arne Schwelm, the people from sci:moers and the Stiftung für Umwelt und Entwicklung under the artistic direction of #cokyone.
A mural designed by members of sci:moers under the artistic direction of urban artist cokyone (https://cokyone.myportfolio.com), after the biodiversity analysis in soil done by Dr. Arne Schwelm. The organisms are a Gastrotrichia, Tardigrade, a nematode, a ciliate, a testate amoeba and the fruiting body of a fungus.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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scottpegan.bsky.social
Just in time for #Halloween 👻, a #NewSpecies of trapdoor spider discovered!!! 🕷️

www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
New Species of Spider Discovered, Just in Time for Halloween
UC Davis scientists have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in California's coastal sand dunes.
www.ucdavis.edu
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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kristiellingsen.bsky.social
Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa
Most of a wolf spider, taken from directly above. The last segments of a few legs have been cut off by the frame. It is standing on holy salty sand, so the background looks like a solid slab of black specked beige. The spider is a mainly soft grey body with four black eyes showing. The abdomen is marked with a grey line and black rimmed blobs all over it. This made it incredibly hard to see if you weren't paying close attention. The legs are a more pinky white with diffuse black barring. If it was big enough people would be wearing the "pelt" as luxury coats. It's gorgeous. The same spider taken from a low angle, looking at the face slightly angled. This shows the female palps and the entire set of 8 black eyes. It also showed how the spider was right up on its "toes" ready for a fast get-away (or maybe the blinding white salt was hot to stand on). There is a bit of a shadow from the intense sunlight. Spider description is on the other photo.
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
Anyone who has offered to help me financially, please instead help out PRI / Paleontological Research Institution. They run a wonderful small museum in Ithaca at risk of foreclosure. They offer special sensory-friendly days, fully-masked days, fossil IDs, and an online gift shop.

www.priweb.org
Paleontological Research Institution
www.priweb.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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amynewblue.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Isopods!! 🧡
A vibrant illustrated poster featuring 14 species/varieties of isopods of various colors. They are illustrated on a yellow-vibrant orange background and have numbers with a key describing which species is which.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
North American Hoverflies! 🪰
An illustrated poster with numbers and an identification key, highlighting the diversity of Hoverfly species found in North America. 18 flies are drawn on the poster. These flies are generally striped/have patterns that make them resemble bees. They are illustrated on a light earthy yellow-green background.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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scotfot.bsky.social
Hoof fungus #fungi
Photo of a hoof fungus, the top is grey coarse and wrinkly. Underneath, white, smooth with fine pores. With imagination a face can be seen
October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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sbug.games
3 and a half years of isopod rolling down big hills!
Isopod is finally coming out tomorrow!
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...
October 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
The wood cricket Triaenogryllacris triaena is found in Western South America. To blend in with its surroundings, the species has three colour morphs: yellow, green, and (hot) pink. The pink one is definitely my favourite. #EverydayEnsifera #bugsky

📸: Juan José Caicedo
Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14058957 Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14058957
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
Biomechanics remains the queen of sciences

losing it at the researcher clapping to induce locomotory behavior, which in slo-mo looks like a standing ovation for 3-legged chariots of fire over here
jameststroud.bsky.social James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · Oct 14
The secret: compensation. Using @deeplabcut.bsky.social, we found injured lizards altered their gaits.

Some showed exaggerated body undulation (serpentine movement). Others cranked up stride frequency. Different strategies, same result: maintaining speed despite missing limbs! 📊🔬

(7/n)
October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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0rthoptera.bsky.social
woke katydid... call that wokedid

thank u soggy for help, even
tho ur barely there @thesoggiest.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
Museum artefact discovered at work
Windows XP Professional still in its box: front of box Windows XP Professional still in its box: back of box
October 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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sydney-bauer.com
Rest in Power Miss Major. We all owe you so much. Thank you for everything.
Trans leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy dies
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.
www.ebar.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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hillary.pizza
God Emperor of Dune (1981)
maraganger.bsky.social mara @maraganger.bsky.social · Oct 8
this is me, if you care
October 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
Schizodactylus monstrosus uses its strong, spiky legs to create sand dune burrows in the deserts of southern Asia. Although those curled wings look fancy, they're not functional and these guys can't fly. Maybe for the best since they're predatory! #EverydayEnsifera #bugsky

📸: mruga (iNaturalist)
Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315056868
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
today I learned there are THREE officially non-binary characters in the wiggles... excellent news
October 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Little Phidippus cardinalis man paused in his busy day to peer at Bugfriend for awhile 🥹
#EmotionalSupportSpood #Arachtober
Fuzzy Phidippus jumping spider with black legs and dark red body topped head to tail with a bright fiery red. He's peering up and to left of frame from the wet white sand
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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ANT HAT ANT HAT
fossilforager.bsky.social Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · Oct 12
Unfortunately it looks like we won’t be hitting the preorder minimum for these hats unless we get some more orders!

So if you’re interested in a leafcutter ant hat or are considering holiday gifts, please preorder! 🐜🌿

Available below ⬇️
A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves. It is photographed on top of a rock. A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves, but photographed from a different angle. It is photographed on top of a rock.
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
Like other members of the Hyperbaeninae, Dialarnaca zhoui spins silk to create shelters from rolled leaves. What ISN'T common is the species' striking pink and gold colouration! This gorgeous leaf-roller is known only from the Yunnan province in China. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Zhou Yu
Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189864718
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
Field crickets (Gryllinae) aren't just plain brown chirping things in backyards - the group is actually pretty diverse, with >3,000 species. Maybe the weirdest are in the genus Sciobia, which all have these delightful Pikmin-like "hats" 🥺

📸: Sciobia barbara, Pierre-Henri Fabre

#EverydayEnsifera
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina
map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM