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scorodocarpus.bsky.social
Mae
@scorodocarpus.bsky.social
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research assistant at TEE lab & PIE lab (ASE, NTU) focusing on Singapore’s trees & litter-dwelling inverts 🇸🇬🌿🦂🌳🐜

🇦🇺 macquarie university alumn
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teelab.bsky.social
#TEELab & PIELab at ASE-EOS 2025 🌿 Proud of our presenters: Marx Yim (GBIF & dung beetles in Sabah), Dr. Tharaka (road verges & butterflies), Dr. Tian Yang (leaf traits & litterfall), & Zann Teo (Singapore dung beetle checklist). Congrats to Zann for winning Best Presenter! 🎉 @eleslade.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Huge congratulations to Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social & Dr. @tharakasp.bsky.social on receiving their graduation scrolls and transcripts! A proud moment for their supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social #TEELab
April 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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teelab.bsky.social
NTU, SG open house 2025 🎉
Our lab is excited to share our ecology course & projects with the public, inspiring the youngsters on their university journey. It’s been fantastic engaging with so many people and discussing our research and passion for the environment!
@eleslade.bsky.social #TEELab
March 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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teelab.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations, Dr. @tharakasp.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD! ✨ Your dedication to conserving #invertebrate #biodiversity in #agricultural & #urban landscapes is truly inspiring! Proud supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social 😎 #TEELab #phdunlocked
February 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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teelab.bsky.social
🔬 Our undergrad student under supervision of @eleslade.bsky.social is looking at the effects of the #AfricanSwineFlu outbreak on dung beetle populations in Sabah, Borneo, while measuring key traits. Stay tuned for some cool results! 🪲✨ #TEELab
February 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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wiillowthecat.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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xinruiong.bsky.social
Ushering in 2025 is our latest publication in Ecology Letters! Through a quantitative assessment of insect occurrence records, insect studies and '#conservation' posts, we identified gaps in five areas and suggest potential solutions to enable insect conservation efforts in Southeast Asia. (1/n)
Graphical abstract showing the identified knowledge and capacity gaps in insect occurrence records, insect studies and #conservation posts. Proposed solutions to address these gaps are listed: Promote better coverage of all insect groups, increase public engagement and local monitoring, apply integrative taxonomy approaches, encourage regional collaboration and increase funding and political recognition.
January 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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teelab.bsky.social
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. @xinruiong.bsky.social on successfully defending her PhD! ✨ Her work on #integrative approaches to address data, knowledge & capacity gaps in SE Asia #insect #conservation is a major step for #biodiversity research. Proud supervisor @eleslade.bsky.social 😎 #TEELab #phd
January 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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chasingbugs.com
Oak treehoppers have my whole heart. These photos show the difference in size between mamas and their offspring at varying instars. I love them so much. 💛 Mamas stay with their babies throughout their development, protecting them from predators like wasps. Unusual behavior for a bug.
An adult female oak treehopper rests on branch facing many small brown treehopper nymphs. An adult female oak treehopper rests on branch facing a single small treehopper nymph. An adult female oak treehopper rests on branch facing a single black, white, and red treehopper nymph about half her size. An adult female oak treehopper rests on branch face-to-face with a large black, white, and red nymph nearly her length.
January 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
jwst’s recent images 🌌
A spiral galaxy with a wide, oval-shaped disc. It has a shining spot at the centre from which two curving, pale red spiral arms emerge, wrapping once each around the galaxy. They’re surrounded by a whirl of bright threads and patches of dust, with spots of star formation scattered throughout. The glow of the disc fades smoothly into the background where some patches of dust can be seen, as well as foreground stars. Image of a galaxy on the black background of space. The galaxy is a very oblong, blue disk that extends from left to right at an angle (from about 10 o’clock to 5 o’clock). The galaxy has a small bright core at the center. There is an inner disk that is clearer, with speckles of stars scattered throughout. The outer disk of the galaxy is whiteish-blue, and clumpy, like clouds in the sky. There are different colored dots, distant galaxies, speckled among the black background of space surrounding the galaxy. Two spiral galaxies take the shape of a colorful beaded mask that sits above the nose. The galaxy at left, IC 2163, is smaller, taking up a little over a quarter of the view. The galaxy at right, NGC 2207, takes up half the view, with its spiral arms reaching the edges. IC 2163 has a bright orange core, with two prominent spiral arms that rotate counter clockwise and become straighter towards the ends, the left side extending almost to the edge. Its arms are a mix of pink, white, and blue, with an area that takes the shape of an eyelid appearing whitest. NGC 2207 has a very bright core. Overall, it appears to have larger, thicker spiral arms that spin counter clockwise. This galaxy also contains more and larger blue areas of star formation that poke out like holes from the pink spiral arms. In the middle, the galaxies’ arms appear to overlap. The edges show the black of space, including extremely distant galaxies that look like orange and red smudges, and a few foreground stars. A large spiral galaxy takes up the entirety of the image. The core is mostly bright white, but there are also swirling, detailed structures that resemble water circling a drain. There is small white and pale blue light that emanates from stars and dust at the core’s center, but it is tightly limited to the core. The rings feature colors of deep red and orange and highlight filaments of dust around cavernous black bubbles.
December 8, 2024 at 1:30 AM
scorodocarpus.bsky.social
found a colugo (Galeopterus variegatus) at the end of our fieldwork! 🤩
being able to see Singapore’s wildlife is definitely one of my favourite parts about being an ecologist!
December 5, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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biologicalrecording.co.uk
The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied!

#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy

🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018

@natureportfolio.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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teelab.bsky.social
This is our lab account and we focus on how species respond to environmental change and the consequences this has for species interactions and ecosystem functioning. We have a soft spot for invertebrates, but we have also been known to work on birds, mammals, plants & microbes! #teelab
November 17, 2024 at 10:36 AM