Simon Kärvemo
@simonkarvemo.bsky.social
Researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in landscape ecology, mainly focusing on forest pests, such as bark beetles and reptiles and amphibians.
This is amazing!! Camponotus ants in Borneo signaling that their sweet home (palm tree) is in danger. The soldiers communicating with their mandibles and it sounds like a marsh of war. Turn on the volume! Recorded last week!
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is amazing!! Camponotus ants in Borneo signaling that their sweet home (palm tree) is in danger. The soldiers communicating with their mandibles and it sounds like a marsh of war. Turn on the volume! Recorded last week!
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Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Three new toad species skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets
Researchers have identified three new species of tree-dwelling toads from Africa, all of which skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets.
blog.pensoft.net
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Ants defending their home of a palm tree, by acoustic aposematism. This is in Sabah, Borneo. Does anyone know the ant or palm species. Is the #ant Camponotus?
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ants defending their home of a palm tree, by acoustic aposematism. This is in Sabah, Borneo. Does anyone know the ant or palm species. Is the #ant Camponotus?
A new evening with additional inventory of insects and #herptiles in Sabah, Borneo. Except for the Boiga dendrophila melanota we found the other day, we also observed a Boiga jaspidea.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A new evening with additional inventory of insects and #herptiles in Sabah, Borneo. Except for the Boiga dendrophila melanota we found the other day, we also observed a Boiga jaspidea.
Some nice observations of today. Luasong, Sabah
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some nice observations of today. Luasong, Sabah
This bird (Hydrornis baudii) - found yesterday - is tired, endemic to Borneo and threatened and has a very beautiful name in Swedish: Azurkronad juveltrast
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This bird (Hydrornis baudii) - found yesterday - is tired, endemic to Borneo and threatened and has a very beautiful name in Swedish: Azurkronad juveltrast
Stream inventory today for amphibian sites. Luasong, Sabah.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Stream inventory today for amphibian sites. Luasong, Sabah.
Some of the amphibians spotted yesterday during fieldwork in Luasong, Sabah. Leptobrachella fritinnens, Meristogenys orphnocnemis, Leptobrachium abboti, Limnonectes leporinus
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Some of the amphibians spotted yesterday during fieldwork in Luasong, Sabah. Leptobrachella fritinnens, Meristogenys orphnocnemis, Leptobrachium abboti, Limnonectes leporinus
Finally arrived to Luasong, Borneo. Starting directly testing field equipment. Insect sheets and mosquito traps, also spotted some frogs.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Finally arrived to Luasong, Borneo. Starting directly testing field equipment. Insect sheets and mosquito traps, also spotted some frogs.
Today we are leaving again for the next phase to Luasong, Sabah, Borneo. Supervising two master projects pregarding the interplay between RESTORATION - AMPHIBIANS - ARTHROPODS - with an emphasis on MOSQUITOS.
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Today we are leaving again for the next phase to Luasong, Sabah, Borneo. Supervising two master projects pregarding the interplay between RESTORATION - AMPHIBIANS - ARTHROPODS - with an emphasis on MOSQUITOS.
Ever wonder how 1000 spruce bark beetles look like? Well you can stop wonder now.
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ever wonder how 1000 spruce bark beetles look like? Well you can stop wonder now.
4 days of conference in Prague. Bark beetle business.
September 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
4 days of conference in Prague. Bark beetle business.
Not so hard to relax at our summer cabin….
July 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Not so hard to relax at our summer cabin….
”Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. But how does it differ in forest conservation assessment. New article of today.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Inter-observer reliability in forest conservation value assessments
Identifying and safeguarding forests of high conservation value is central to sustainable forest management. Qualitative and semi-quantitative surveys…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
”Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. But how does it differ in forest conservation assessment. New article of today.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Glad midsommar! Dagen till ära kommer ett låtsläpp om hur det gick till under firandet när seklet var ungt.
#midsommar
#midsommarafton
Today we are celebrating midsummer eve in Sweden. I recorded an old song about this.
open.spotify.com/track/6ZVTbd...
#midsommar
#midsommarafton
Today we are celebrating midsummer eve in Sweden. I recorded an old song about this.
open.spotify.com/track/6ZVTbd...
Midsommardans
Simon Kärvemo · Midsommardans · Song · 2025
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June 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Glad midsommar! Dagen till ära kommer ett låtsläpp om hur det gick till under firandet när seklet var ungt.
#midsommar
#midsommarafton
Today we are celebrating midsummer eve in Sweden. I recorded an old song about this.
open.spotify.com/track/6ZVTbd...
#midsommar
#midsommarafton
Today we are celebrating midsummer eve in Sweden. I recorded an old song about this.
open.spotify.com/track/6ZVTbd...
Short documentary with me discussing our study on #snakes and implications climate change in Sweden. [In Swedish]
youtu.be/iTnZn4RMy1k?...
youtu.be/iTnZn4RMy1k?...
Fatta forskningen med Simon Kärvemo - Snokarna i pärmarna
YouTube video by Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Short documentary with me discussing our study on #snakes and implications climate change in Sweden. [In Swedish]
youtu.be/iTnZn4RMy1k?...
youtu.be/iTnZn4RMy1k?...
I was talking about the spruce bark beetle during ca 30 min in a podcast named ”Dra åt skogen” organized by Skogsällskapet. Unfortunately, only in Swedish. open.spotify.com/episode/6IQB...
Granbarkborren - en hatad naturkonstnär
Dra åt skogen · Episode
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April 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I was talking about the spruce bark beetle during ca 30 min in a podcast named ”Dra åt skogen” organized by Skogsällskapet. Unfortunately, only in Swedish. open.spotify.com/episode/6IQB...
What I never expected ChatGTP can be used for?
April 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What I never expected ChatGTP can be used for?
Me on Swedish radio talking about grass snakes. The angle is a awkward as I talked about how to approach them to have a nice experience, and they talked about how to not get attacked by them. It’s how media can angle everything they want. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/slin...
Slingrande vårtecknet är här – nu vaknar snoken - P4 Uppland
När vädret blir varmare och man ser något mörkt ringlande i ögonvrån som får blodet att frysa. Då vet man att det är vår på riktigt – för nu vaknar snoken.I ...
www.sverigesradio.se
April 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Me on Swedish radio talking about grass snakes. The angle is a awkward as I talked about how to approach them to have a nice experience, and they talked about how to not get attacked by them. It’s how media can angle everything they want. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/slin...
Reposted by Simon Kärvemo
Vi samlar underskrifter till en debattartikel som uppmanar politiker att ta forskningsresultat på allvar. Vi vill gärna ha många underskrifter för att visa att detta är en avgörande fråga för vår gemensamma framtid. Är du intresserad av att skriva på? Kontakta mig så skickar jag en länk.
April 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Vi samlar underskrifter till en debattartikel som uppmanar politiker att ta forskningsresultat på allvar. Vi vill gärna ha många underskrifter för att visa att detta är en avgörande fråga för vår gemensamma framtid. Är du intresserad av att skriva på? Kontakta mig så skickar jag en länk.
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Suck. Ja varför lyssna forskare? De brukar ju komma med ganska jobbiga besked. Enklare att stoppa huvudet i sanden och köra på...
Duckandet fortsätter: Kullgren (KD) ger forskarna nobben
klimatgranskaren.se
April 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Suck. Ja varför lyssna forskare? De brukar ju komma med ganska jobbiga besked. Enklare att stoppa huvudet i sanden och köra på...
10 years ago, I defended my thesis. Now (or soon) is the last chapter out there. 7 years of fieldwork and 1000 bark samples. Apparently, I am a researcher on fungal communities as well…
April 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
10 years ago, I defended my thesis. Now (or soon) is the last chapter out there. 7 years of fieldwork and 1000 bark samples. Apparently, I am a researcher on fungal communities as well…