Menno Schilthuizen
@schilthuizen.bsky.social
New book "The Urban Naturalist" (MIT Press, 1 Apr. 2025)
Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions'
Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker
http://schilthuizen.com
http://taxonexpeditions.com
Leyden, Netherlands
Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions'
Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker
http://schilthuizen.com
http://taxonexpeditions.com
Leyden, Netherlands
Next level ant mimicry: a moth walking backwards reveals how its colour pattern and movements combine to produce a fairly good ant impression
#Borneo #insects #rainforest
#Borneo #insects #rainforest
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Next level ant mimicry: a moth walking backwards reveals how its colour pattern and movements combine to produce a fairly good ant impression
#Borneo #insects #rainforest
#Borneo #insects #rainforest
Just returned from a 10-day expedition in Kuala Belalong, Brunei, with @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social. We found many stalk-eyed flies, mostly Diopsidae, but also these Themara true fruit flies (Tephritidae). Not sure which species: both T. ampla and T. hirsuta have been found there before.
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just returned from a 10-day expedition in Kuala Belalong, Brunei, with @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social. We found many stalk-eyed flies, mostly Diopsidae, but also these Themara true fruit flies (Tephritidae). Not sure which species: both T. ampla and T. hirsuta have been found there before.
Het carillon van het Leidse stadhuis speelt een eerbetoon aan #gerardcox
September 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Het carillon van het Leidse stadhuis speelt een eerbetoon aan #gerardcox
Some Salticidae really act as if they’re auditioning for the next Pixar movie.
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)
June 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some Salticidae really act as if they’re auditioning for the next Pixar movie.
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)