Stelios Chatzimanolis
@schatzimanolis.bsky.social
Professor of Entomology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, rove beetles (Staphylinidae), faunistics of southeastern USA, parenting
https://sites.google.com/site/thechatzimanolislab/
https://sites.google.com/site/thechatzimanolislab/
Do you want to find out what David Sharp, the famous 19th century entomologist called “the most extraordinary male characters of any Coleopterous insect”? Come to my talk tomorrow at 2:05pm in Portland Ballroom 252.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Do you want to find out what David Sharp, the famous 19th century entomologist called “the most extraordinary male characters of any Coleopterous insect”? Come to my talk tomorrow at 2:05pm in Portland Ballroom 252.
Found myself in the Natural History Museum in St. Galen where they had fossil Eurypterids
July 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Found myself in the Natural History Museum in St. Galen where they had fossil Eurypterids
Found a friend today in the Swiss Alps.
July 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Found a friend today in the Swiss Alps.
Dutch, I believe.
July 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Dutch, I believe.
Found insect art at the Kunsthaus Zürich
July 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Found insect art at the Kunsthaus Zürich
Thankful to the College of Arts and Sciences at UTC that hosted a writing retreat this week: providing a place to write away from your office, serving lunch and offering a modest stipend.
June 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thankful to the College of Arts and Sciences at UTC that hosted a writing retreat this week: providing a place to write away from your office, serving lunch and offering a modest stipend.
Let’s worry about the knots on the malaise trap next year he said. Well, next year is here and FML.
June 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Let’s worry about the knots on the malaise trap next year he said. Well, next year is here and FML.
It must be the “sort all the specimens that accumulated over the academic year” season
May 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It must be the “sort all the specimens that accumulated over the academic year” season
That feeling (outrage?) when you pick up a book to help you navigate the increased divisions among people but by chapter 1 you realize you will have to update your fall lectures on Human Evolution.
May 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
That feeling (outrage?) when you pick up a book to help you navigate the increased divisions among people but by chapter 1 you realize you will have to update your fall lectures on Human Evolution.
I know the world is shit now, but the sage and thyme are blooming, I spent an hour pulling, and Liverpool won the PL, so I won’t complain today.
April 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I know the world is shit now, but the sage and thyme are blooming, I spent an hour pulling, and Liverpool won the PL, so I won’t complain today.
Spent last night doing an outreach black light event at the Wildflower Pilgrimage
April 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Spent last night doing an outreach black light event at the Wildflower Pilgrimage
This is a really lovely insect book. I can see someone designing a non majors insect class based on this. Very fun read.
February 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is a really lovely insect book. I can see someone designing a non majors insect class based on this. Very fun read.
The amount of time to make a figure like this -- just for sorting out species-- is ridiculous, yet the process is oddly satisfying.
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The amount of time to make a figure like this -- just for sorting out species-- is ridiculous, yet the process is oddly satisfying.
It took some getting used to but now I find extremely comforting the plains of Nebraska
December 22, 2024 at 7:55 PM
It took some getting used to but now I find extremely comforting the plains of Nebraska
A cute little Phengodes beetle collected with a Malaise trap in town
December 5, 2024 at 3:36 PM
A cute little Phengodes beetle collected with a Malaise trap in town
This year I decided to give prizes for the two best collections for my undergraduate Entomology class. The first prize is the attached poster by the very talented Andi Kur, a graduate of our department.
December 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM
This year I decided to give prizes for the two best collections for my undergraduate Entomology class. The first prize is the attached poster by the very talented Andi Kur, a graduate of our department.
Can’t wait to put this up in the lab. Not sure if Caitlin has a Bsky account — this is a poster I got at @entsocamerica.bsky.social from the Clemson student organization
November 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Can’t wait to put this up in the lab. Not sure if Caitlin has a Bsky account — this is a poster I got at @entsocamerica.bsky.social from the Clemson student organization
Not a bad day to spend in the field, trying to help Lula Lake Lund Trust assess the survival of their Laricobius beetles
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Not a bad day to spend in the field, trying to help Lula Lake Lund Trust assess the survival of their Laricobius beetles
Coming back from @entsocamerica.bsky.social with a jar full of rove beetles from Panama! Celebrating the small things in life, I guess.
November 16, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Coming back from @entsocamerica.bsky.social with a jar full of rove beetles from Panama! Celebrating the small things in life, I guess.
Termite emergence after a heavy rain in the biology building today
April 3, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Termite emergence after a heavy rain in the biology building today
Sounds right. From here: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...
February 13, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Sounds right. From here: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...
Today, come say hi, if you are in town
February 12, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Today, come say hi, if you are in town
Feeding the tenebrionids of our household
February 1, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Feeding the tenebrionids of our household
A peculiar case of abdominal waving mimicry between a rove beetle and a chalcidid wasp. Paper is here drive.google.com/file/d/1-6-x...
December 23, 2023 at 1:54 AM
A peculiar case of abdominal waving mimicry between a rove beetle and a chalcidid wasp. Paper is here drive.google.com/file/d/1-6-x...