Max Aubry
@strepsipzerg.com
Entomologist, storyteller
Probably in a park somewhere in Vienna
Probably in a park somewhere in Vienna
An old science poem I wrote about taxonomy and its weird paradoxes.
Us humans like to put things in boxes
naming species, genus, families, tribes
but this creates endless paradoxes
nature won't bend to the scribbles of scribes
#poetry #scicomm #evolution #biodiversity
Us humans like to put things in boxes
naming species, genus, families, tribes
but this creates endless paradoxes
nature won't bend to the scribbles of scribes
#poetry #scicomm #evolution #biodiversity
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
An old science poem I wrote about taxonomy and its weird paradoxes.
Us humans like to put things in boxes
naming species, genus, families, tribes
but this creates endless paradoxes
nature won't bend to the scribbles of scribes
#poetry #scicomm #evolution #biodiversity
Us humans like to put things in boxes
naming species, genus, families, tribes
but this creates endless paradoxes
nature won't bend to the scribbles of scribes
#poetry #scicomm #evolution #biodiversity
A very cute species and also quite an "ecological clock", as they emerge all of a sudden, at quite a specific time. The time depends on where you are, in Vienna it seems to be around mid June
#InsectThursday & #ThursdayThrowback with my first ever marbled white #butterfly seen 27th June this year in #Birmingham. What a treat! 🖤🤍🖤 @savebutterflies.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A very cute species and also quite an "ecological clock", as they emerge all of a sudden, at quite a specific time. The time depends on where you are, in Vienna it seems to be around mid June
Tuesday is Science poetry class with @samillingworth.com!
This week, part of the session was to write a science poem in under 6 minutes, with haiku as a suggested structure.
Here's my entry:
Compost on my balcony
a feast for late wasps
later than last year
#scicomm #poetry
This week, part of the session was to write a science poem in under 6 minutes, with haiku as a suggested structure.
Here's my entry:
Compost on my balcony
a feast for late wasps
later than last year
#scicomm #poetry
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Tuesday is Science poetry class with @samillingworth.com!
This week, part of the session was to write a science poem in under 6 minutes, with haiku as a suggested structure.
Here's my entry:
Compost on my balcony
a feast for late wasps
later than last year
#scicomm #poetry
This week, part of the session was to write a science poem in under 6 minutes, with haiku as a suggested structure.
Here's my entry:
Compost on my balcony
a feast for late wasps
later than last year
#scicomm #poetry
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“… fermentation in the civet’s innards does add a little something extra to the coffee’s flavor, including amping up the fat content and the concentrations of certain aromatic compounds”.
#scicomm
www.sciencenews.org/article/coff...
🧪 🦊
#scicomm
www.sciencenews.org/article/coff...
🧪 🦊
Coffee beans pooped out by civets really are tastier. Here's why
Pricey civet coffee gets its cred from its journey through the mammal’s gut, which changes the content of fat, protein, fatty acids — and even caffeine.
www.sciencenews.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“… fermentation in the civet’s innards does add a little something extra to the coffee’s flavor, including amping up the fat content and the concentrations of certain aromatic compounds”.
#scicomm
www.sciencenews.org/article/coff...
🧪 🦊
#scicomm
www.sciencenews.org/article/coff...
🧪 🦊
BUGS
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
BUGS
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October 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Es ist so cool, dass Menschen auf Fahrrädern so unglaublich effizient sind 🚴💨
#bikesky #fahrrad
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
#bikesky #fahrrad
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Es ist so cool, dass Menschen auf Fahrrädern so unglaublich effizient sind 🚴💨
#bikesky #fahrrad
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
#bikesky #fahrrad
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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Stigmella luteella and S. sakhalinella, Hose, Leics. #vc55moths #teammoth
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Stigmella luteella and S. sakhalinella, Hose, Leics. #vc55moths #teammoth
Reading a paper on aerodynamics of insects. One author is from the "Institute of Unmanned System". Might be a usual term in aeronautic or a rough translation from Mandarin, but it's cute to consider an insect to be an "Unmanned System".
It surely isn't manned hehe
#insects #InvertebrateShitposting
It surely isn't manned hehe
#insects #InvertebrateShitposting
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reading a paper on aerodynamics of insects. One author is from the "Institute of Unmanned System". Might be a usual term in aeronautic or a rough translation from Mandarin, but it's cute to consider an insect to be an "Unmanned System".
It surely isn't manned hehe
#insects #InvertebrateShitposting
It surely isn't manned hehe
#insects #InvertebrateShitposting
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Wenn in Redaktionen Stellen gestrichen werden, trifft das auch jene, die nie einen fixen Schreibtisch hatten: die freien Journalist:innen.
Diese Krise betrifft uns alle – ob fix oder frei. Aber freier Journalismus ist kein Hobby – ohne uns wären viele Zeitungsseiten weiß!
Diese Krise betrifft uns alle – ob fix oder frei. Aber freier Journalismus ist kein Hobby – ohne uns wären viele Zeitungsseiten weiß!
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Wenn in Redaktionen Stellen gestrichen werden, trifft das auch jene, die nie einen fixen Schreibtisch hatten: die freien Journalist:innen.
Diese Krise betrifft uns alle – ob fix oder frei. Aber freier Journalismus ist kein Hobby – ohne uns wären viele Zeitungsseiten weiß!
Diese Krise betrifft uns alle – ob fix oder frei. Aber freier Journalismus ist kein Hobby – ohne uns wären viele Zeitungsseiten weiß!
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A few of y'all did indeed Find the Creature, and that is awesome ♥️
Brachynemurus nebulosus is an antlion whose larvae mimic velvet ants, and can occasionally be spotted scooting across the sand before quickly burying themselves almost completely to wait for prey. 10/10 creature 🧪
Brachynemurus nebulosus is an antlion whose larvae mimic velvet ants, and can occasionally be spotted scooting across the sand before quickly burying themselves almost completely to wait for prey. 10/10 creature 🧪
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A few of y'all did indeed Find the Creature, and that is awesome ♥️
Brachynemurus nebulosus is an antlion whose larvae mimic velvet ants, and can occasionally be spotted scooting across the sand before quickly burying themselves almost completely to wait for prey. 10/10 creature 🧪
Brachynemurus nebulosus is an antlion whose larvae mimic velvet ants, and can occasionally be spotted scooting across the sand before quickly burying themselves almost completely to wait for prey. 10/10 creature 🧪
I went on a hike yesterday. It's a bit late for insects, but perfect time and weather for fungi! Also TONS of salamander #nature #mushrooms #fungus
October 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I went on a hike yesterday. It's a bit late for insects, but perfect time and weather for fungi! Also TONS of salamander #nature #mushrooms #fungus
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October 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Rappel apparemment nécessaire : les insectes sont des animaux.
Deuxième rappel apparemment nécessaire : le principe de l'alimentation végétarienne est de ne pas consommer de chair animale.
Deuxième rappel apparemment nécessaire : le principe de l'alimentation végétarienne est de ne pas consommer de chair animale.
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Rappel apparemment nécessaire : les insectes sont des animaux.
Deuxième rappel apparemment nécessaire : le principe de l'alimentation végétarienne est de ne pas consommer de chair animale.
Deuxième rappel apparemment nécessaire : le principe de l'alimentation végétarienne est de ne pas consommer de chair animale.
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Le 14 octobre, #Microsoft mettait fin au support de #Windows 10.
En attendant de passer sur #Linux, voici une liste d'applications Libres à utiliser dès aujourd'hui !
👉 framablog.org/2025/10/16/q...
#FOSS #FreeSoftware #LogicielLibre #OpenSource #EndOf10 #tutoriel
En attendant de passer sur #Linux, voici une liste d'applications Libres à utiliser dès aujourd'hui !
👉 framablog.org/2025/10/16/q...
#FOSS #FreeSoftware #LogicielLibre #OpenSource #EndOf10 #tutoriel
Quelles applications Libres utiliser sur Windows
En attendant de passer sur Linux...
framablog.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Le 14 octobre, #Microsoft mettait fin au support de #Windows 10.
En attendant de passer sur #Linux, voici une liste d'applications Libres à utiliser dès aujourd'hui !
👉 framablog.org/2025/10/16/q...
#FOSS #FreeSoftware #LogicielLibre #OpenSource #EndOf10 #tutoriel
En attendant de passer sur #Linux, voici une liste d'applications Libres à utiliser dès aujourd'hui !
👉 framablog.org/2025/10/16/q...
#FOSS #FreeSoftware #LogicielLibre #OpenSource #EndOf10 #tutoriel
Butt-based taxonomy = best taxonomy
Taxonomists have noticed this too, dividing the genus into two subgenera: Orthocrema (no butt) and Crematogaster (butt).
October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Butt-based taxonomy = best taxonomy
More southern European #insects! Although the first one is present all the way up to Belgium and Germany, just not as easy to observe.
This big wasp with hornet color code is Delta unguiculatum, a potter wasp (Eumeninae). It was harvesting material for its nest pottery.
This big wasp with hornet color code is Delta unguiculatum, a potter wasp (Eumeninae). It was harvesting material for its nest pottery.
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
More southern European #insects! Although the first one is present all the way up to Belgium and Germany, just not as easy to observe.
This big wasp with hornet color code is Delta unguiculatum, a potter wasp (Eumeninae). It was harvesting material for its nest pottery.
This big wasp with hornet color code is Delta unguiculatum, a potter wasp (Eumeninae). It was harvesting material for its nest pottery.
damn I never noticed Crematogaster having a tiny butt on its post-petiole before. The more you know 😏
Huh. Apparently I have a photo in the NYTimes today.
(Licensed not to the Times, but to the museum exhibit it covers, which is allowed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
(Licensed not to the Times, but to the museum exhibit it covers, which is allowed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
What Does an Ant Smell Like?
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
damn I never noticed Crematogaster having a tiny butt on its post-petiole before. The more you know 😏
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Huh. Apparently I have a photo in the NYTimes today.
(Licensed not to the Times, but to the museum exhibit it covers, which is allowed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
(Licensed not to the Times, but to the museum exhibit it covers, which is allowed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
What Does an Ant Smell Like?
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Huh. Apparently I have a photo in the NYTimes today.
(Licensed not to the Times, but to the museum exhibit it covers, which is allowed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
(Licensed not to the Times, but to the museum exhibit it covers, which is allowed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...
I wonder if people think I'm being pedantic when I point out they confused pupa/chrysalis and cocoon.
And I blame pokemon for this confusion btw
And I blame pokemon for this confusion btw
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I wonder if people think I'm being pedantic when I point out they confused pupa/chrysalis and cocoon.
And I blame pokemon for this confusion btw
And I blame pokemon for this confusion btw
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My favorite way to make myself depressed is Soviet time capsule messages
www.russiabeyond.com/history/3266...
www.russiabeyond.com/history/3266...
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
My favorite way to make myself depressed is Soviet time capsule messages
www.russiabeyond.com/history/3266...
www.russiabeyond.com/history/3266...