Warning: sharing offices with entomologists can taint childhoods @smnstuttgart.bsky.social

#bugsky #museum #wasps

I feel like there has been an England v Croatia game going on without pause for the last decade.

#CroEng #NationsLeague #thefootball

Self Portrait with Brassica

#farm #art

Now we've been bombarded with Leptoglossus occidentalis, a well-established travelling species here in #Germany. Never a dull moment in the life of a bug monitor
#ecology #bugsky #anthropocene

Given I'm out with the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social state insect monitoring project as part of @frontiersmedia.bsky.social, it's pretty appropriate I've encountered this gargantuan ant nuptial flight.

It's always #flyingantday somewhere.

#bugsky #nature #wildlife

One of the most utilised #pollinator hotels I've ever seen, on the hills above Lake Constance.

#beesky #bugsky #Germany

Here, have a Sunday buzzard.

Sipplingen, Germany.

#birdsky #wildlife

Last week I went to a state public outreach event about Tapinoma magnum, an ant on the move in Germany. Coming from the UK I expected angst & pitchforks, but it was all very reasonable.

#Insects and #politics don't seem natural bedfellows - but maybe they should be.

@frontiersmedia.bsky.social

An Australian study has shown that if you incentivise protecting native #plants in soil #carbon schemes, the benefits broaden.

farmingfuturefood.com/paying-more-...

#farming #agsky #biodiversity

It has been a pleasure to host @garybugsyou.bsky.social in @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and discussing how new ecological 🗺️and genomic 🧬 methods together with citizen scientists 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 help society respond to invasive species impacting biodiversity 🌱 and human wellbeing 🌆. @kombiota.bsky.social

Loving @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social calls within this article as well as the statement that ‘access to nature is not a ‘nice to have’ it is a necessity’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Every year we make the case for keeping leaves, branches, & plant stems in your yard. Bugs need them for shelter! That’s not to say you can’t tidy up: rake leaves into garden beds, around trees, or just in a pile out of the way. All we ask is that you #LeaveTheLeaves! 🍂🐝
xerces.org/blog/leave-t...

Scientists made an ultra-black wool. And it turns saltwater into drinking water.

The natural biodegradable material, which costs less than $1 for a piece the size of a sheet of paper, could provide an purification for vulnerable communities.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242633

Much is said about the negative impact of introduced species on natives, but in #ecology, there are also winners of disruption.

I've been told that the ant-loving silverfish Atelura formicaria is turning up in Tapinoma magnum nests in Germany. Will look into this further...
#nature #climate #news

To end the penultimate day of my Bluesky takeover, here's me again (@garybugsyou.bsky.social ), talking about the advantages of being a journalist in residence at a museum like @smnstuttgart.bsky.social
#journalism #residency #frontiers2026 #scicomm

Just added my new, FREE digital pamphlet (for adults) to the NielsenIQ book database, meaning it should filter out to libraries and institutions across the world. No real need to do this, it's just a pride thing. I'm proud of the book. Read it here, if you like: archive.org/details/the-... #BookSky

We've made it to Thursday in my (@garybugsyou.bsky.social) takeover! I'll be sharing some thoughts from the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social team on translating genomic data into more global insights, as well some papers I've read and introduced invertebrates you might not have heard about. #scicomm