Stella Wimmer
@stellawimmer.bsky.social
🪰Ecology M.Sc. student working on the impact of warming on food webs at:
📌Czech Academy of Sciences - Hrček Lab
📌University of South Bohemia
🦋 I’m interested in tropical ecology, interactions, butterflies, literature
♾️ Autism Awareness in STEM
📌Czech Academy of Sciences - Hrček Lab
📌University of South Bohemia
🦋 I’m interested in tropical ecology, interactions, butterflies, literature
♾️ Autism Awareness in STEM
Happy #macromonday!
Some Physcia and Xanthoria growing on a tree. This November I am challenging myself to take photos of organisms I wouldn't immediately think of. I'm liking it so far.
#photography #lichen
Some Physcia and Xanthoria growing on a tree. This November I am challenging myself to take photos of organisms I wouldn't immediately think of. I'm liking it so far.
#photography #lichen
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Happy #macromonday!
Some Physcia and Xanthoria growing on a tree. This November I am challenging myself to take photos of organisms I wouldn't immediately think of. I'm liking it so far.
#photography #lichen
Some Physcia and Xanthoria growing on a tree. This November I am challenging myself to take photos of organisms I wouldn't immediately think of. I'm liking it so far.
#photography #lichen
Today's #macromonday is a #mossmonday as well!
I don't know much about them, but they're very aesthetic.
I don't know much about them, but they're very aesthetic.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today's #macromonday is a #mossmonday as well!
I don't know much about them, but they're very aesthetic.
I don't know much about them, but they're very aesthetic.
Project update & cool little milestone captured:
After all the field and lab work, I am finally holding the first photo of "visible results" in my hands.
These are the first gels of a PCR to detect parasitoids. 🪰
After all the field and lab work, I am finally holding the first photo of "visible results" in my hands.
These are the first gels of a PCR to detect parasitoids. 🪰
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Project update & cool little milestone captured:
After all the field and lab work, I am finally holding the first photo of "visible results" in my hands.
These are the first gels of a PCR to detect parasitoids. 🪰
After all the field and lab work, I am finally holding the first photo of "visible results" in my hands.
These are the first gels of a PCR to detect parasitoids. 🪰
I used my time in Vienna to visit the Natural History Museum with a friend. 3 hours only got us through the mineral collection and a few fossils. Very aesthetically pleasing ones:
#naturhistorischesmuseum #wien
#naturhistorischesmuseum #wien
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I used my time in Vienna to visit the Natural History Museum with a friend. 3 hours only got us through the mineral collection and a few fossils. Very aesthetically pleasing ones:
#naturhistorischesmuseum #wien
#naturhistorischesmuseum #wien
Weekend activities: Colchicum autumnale - spotting in Slovenia. 🌱
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Weekend activities: Colchicum autumnale - spotting in Slovenia. 🌱
Our faculty’s Ecology Seminar Series is starting again next week. Yann Hautier will be here in České Budějovice for the first one.
October 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Our faculty’s Ecology Seminar Series is starting again next week. Yann Hautier will be here in České Budějovice for the first one.
Guess who graduated! (Spoiler alert: it’s not me 😄)
So congratulations to my sister for finishing her degree in physiotherapy. 😊🙌🏻
#graduation #ceremony
So congratulations to my sister for finishing her degree in physiotherapy. 😊🙌🏻
#graduation #ceremony
September 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Guess who graduated! (Spoiler alert: it’s not me 😄)
So congratulations to my sister for finishing her degree in physiotherapy. 😊🙌🏻
#graduation #ceremony
So congratulations to my sister for finishing her degree in physiotherapy. 😊🙌🏻
#graduation #ceremony
It’s been a while since the last #macromonday.
Here are some spiders we found during this semester’s first excursion.
#photography #spiders
Here are some spiders we found during this semester’s first excursion.
#photography #spiders
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It’s been a while since the last #macromonday.
Here are some spiders we found during this semester’s first excursion.
#photography #spiders
Here are some spiders we found during this semester’s first excursion.
#photography #spiders
Thesis update: I can’t believe it, my field work is officially DONE!
From January until now I’ve collected and processed thousands of flies (and hopefully some parasitoids).🪰
Next step: DNA! 🧬 🧪
From January until now I’ve collected and processed thousands of flies (and hopefully some parasitoids).🪰
Next step: DNA! 🧬 🧪
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Thesis update: I can’t believe it, my field work is officially DONE!
From January until now I’ve collected and processed thousands of flies (and hopefully some parasitoids).🪰
Next step: DNA! 🧬 🧪
From January until now I’ve collected and processed thousands of flies (and hopefully some parasitoids).🪰
Next step: DNA! 🧬 🧪
Hooray! 🎉 Today marks THE LAST FIELD DAY (!) for the ERC-project of the Hrček lab and Higgie lab, as well as the last Australian field day for my thesis.
Now all that’s left ito do is pack everything up and ship samples to CZ. Exciting times!
Now all that’s left ito do is pack everything up and ship samples to CZ. Exciting times!
May 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hooray! 🎉 Today marks THE LAST FIELD DAY (!) for the ERC-project of the Hrček lab and Higgie lab, as well as the last Australian field day for my thesis.
Now all that’s left ito do is pack everything up and ship samples to CZ. Exciting times!
Now all that’s left ito do is pack everything up and ship samples to CZ. Exciting times!
Had an amazing time spotlighting at Davies Creek. It was so nice to see my friends up in Kuranda again before I leave! And: we found Litoria nannotis!!
May 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Had an amazing time spotlighting at Davies Creek. It was so nice to see my friends up in Kuranda again before I leave! And: we found Litoria nannotis!!
Heated Trap Project update:
Finished the field work up in Cairns, collected at least some data (better than no data, right?).
Now: field work & lab work in Townsville: trapping Drosophila larvae, letting them pupate, sampling them in the lab.
(Last photo: water dragon we saw today!)
Finished the field work up in Cairns, collected at least some data (better than no data, right?).
Now: field work & lab work in Townsville: trapping Drosophila larvae, letting them pupate, sampling them in the lab.
(Last photo: water dragon we saw today!)
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Heated Trap Project update:
Finished the field work up in Cairns, collected at least some data (better than no data, right?).
Now: field work & lab work in Townsville: trapping Drosophila larvae, letting them pupate, sampling them in the lab.
(Last photo: water dragon we saw today!)
Finished the field work up in Cairns, collected at least some data (better than no data, right?).
Now: field work & lab work in Townsville: trapping Drosophila larvae, letting them pupate, sampling them in the lab.
(Last photo: water dragon we saw today!)
Happy #macromonday and HAPPY EASTER!
I had to work hard to shoot this Zizula. 😄
Tomorrow I’m planning to give you a project update, incase anyone is interested.
#photography #macro #butterfly
I had to work hard to shoot this Zizula. 😄
Tomorrow I’m planning to give you a project update, incase anyone is interested.
#photography #macro #butterfly
April 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Happy #macromonday and HAPPY EASTER!
I had to work hard to shoot this Zizula. 😄
Tomorrow I’m planning to give you a project update, incase anyone is interested.
#photography #macro #butterfly
I had to work hard to shoot this Zizula. 😄
Tomorrow I’m planning to give you a project update, incase anyone is interested.
#photography #macro #butterfly
April 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The reward after phase 1 of the heated-trap project in Queensland: going to Bali to see the volcanonoes. Another dream come true!
April 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The reward after phase 1 of the heated-trap project in Queensland: going to Bali to see the volcanonoes. Another dream come true!
Field Work #update
Phase 1 of my Australian field work is officially completed. I am leaving Kuranda today. The past 2.5 months were filled with hardships, but also wonderful moments. I collected data and saw beautiful species. This is what field work is about! Thank you Kuranda!
Phase 1 of my Australian field work is officially completed. I am leaving Kuranda today. The past 2.5 months were filled with hardships, but also wonderful moments. I collected data and saw beautiful species. This is what field work is about! Thank you Kuranda!
April 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Field Work #update
Phase 1 of my Australian field work is officially completed. I am leaving Kuranda today. The past 2.5 months were filled with hardships, but also wonderful moments. I collected data and saw beautiful species. This is what field work is about! Thank you Kuranda!
Phase 1 of my Australian field work is officially completed. I am leaving Kuranda today. The past 2.5 months were filled with hardships, but also wonderful moments. I collected data and saw beautiful species. This is what field work is about! Thank you Kuranda!
One last happy #macromonday from the region of Cairns before I leave.
The species everybody has been waiting for: Ornithoptera euphorion, male and female. Finally! ❤️
#macro #photography #lepidoptera
The species everybody has been waiting for: Ornithoptera euphorion, male and female. Finally! ❤️
#macro #photography #lepidoptera
March 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
One last happy #macromonday from the region of Cairns before I leave.
The species everybody has been waiting for: Ornithoptera euphorion, male and female. Finally! ❤️
#macro #photography #lepidoptera
The species everybody has been waiting for: Ornithoptera euphorion, male and female. Finally! ❤️
#macro #photography #lepidoptera
For today’s #macromonday I have this chatty individual resting on a tree for you.
Three (?) more macro mondays until I leave Kuranda, time flies.
Three (?) more macro mondays until I leave Kuranda, time flies.
March 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
For today’s #macromonday I have this chatty individual resting on a tree for you.
Three (?) more macro mondays until I leave Kuranda, time flies.
Three (?) more macro mondays until I leave Kuranda, time flies.
Thesis topic pt. 2:
I am using a new method to aply an artificial heatwave to the Drosophila-parasitoid system (a food web!) in situ.
The fly larvae are developing inside banana bait where also the parasitoids attack - or not.
The fly pupae can then be sampled. 1/2
I am using a new method to aply an artificial heatwave to the Drosophila-parasitoid system (a food web!) in situ.
The fly larvae are developing inside banana bait where also the parasitoids attack - or not.
The fly pupae can then be sampled. 1/2
March 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Thesis topic pt. 2:
I am using a new method to aply an artificial heatwave to the Drosophila-parasitoid system (a food web!) in situ.
The fly larvae are developing inside banana bait where also the parasitoids attack - or not.
The fly pupae can then be sampled. 1/2
I am using a new method to aply an artificial heatwave to the Drosophila-parasitoid system (a food web!) in situ.
The fly larvae are developing inside banana bait where also the parasitoids attack - or not.
The fly pupae can then be sampled. 1/2
For today’s #macromonday I have the banana-coloured male and the female of Litoria jungguy (northern stony creek frog). So cute. :-)
#photography #amphibians #frogs
#photography #amphibians #frogs
March 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
For today’s #macromonday I have the banana-coloured male and the female of Litoria jungguy (northern stony creek frog). So cute. :-)
#photography #amphibians #frogs
#photography #amphibians #frogs
Happy #macromonday from this little Salticidae!
Can anybody ID it?
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD next to a shed.
I have been photographing lots of spiders lately, there will be other organisms again, I promise!
#spider #salticidae #photography
Can anybody ID it?
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD next to a shed.
I have been photographing lots of spiders lately, there will be other organisms again, I promise!
#spider #salticidae #photography
March 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Happy #macromonday from this little Salticidae!
Can anybody ID it?
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD next to a shed.
I have been photographing lots of spiders lately, there will be other organisms again, I promise!
#spider #salticidae #photography
Can anybody ID it?
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD next to a shed.
I have been photographing lots of spiders lately, there will be other organisms again, I promise!
#spider #salticidae #photography
Happy #macromonday!
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa - very rightfully also called “Jewel Spider”.
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD
#macro #photography #spider
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa - very rightfully also called “Jewel Spider”.
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD
#macro #photography #spider
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Happy #macromonday!
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa - very rightfully also called “Jewel Spider”.
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD
#macro #photography #spider
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa - very rightfully also called “Jewel Spider”.
Photographed in Kuranda, QLD
#macro #photography #spider
What do I do when I’m not catching flies or parasitoids?
For example:
I went frogspotting in the creek with some lovely JCU-friends today! ❤️
(We saw 8 species, I just have to go through 470 photos…)
#frogs #photography
For example:
I went frogspotting in the creek with some lovely JCU-friends today! ❤️
(We saw 8 species, I just have to go through 470 photos…)
#frogs #photography
February 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What do I do when I’m not catching flies or parasitoids?
For example:
I went frogspotting in the creek with some lovely JCU-friends today! ❤️
(We saw 8 species, I just have to go through 470 photos…)
#frogs #photography
For example:
I went frogspotting in the creek with some lovely JCU-friends today! ❤️
(We saw 8 species, I just have to go through 470 photos…)
#frogs #photography