We'll release the very first #InverteFest Anthology on the first day of #InverteFest, 24 April! It's almost finalized and it looks really good. We have 17 incredible submissions from writer/artist partners, all about invertebrates, and I'm really looking forward to sharing it!
I’m really excited for this SF! With it we’re trying to combat the positive bias in publishing - how we and reviewers are inclined to only lift up research that goes as expected. But we all know there are so many lessons to be learned when you get unexpected results, or when things don’t work. 🧪
A brownish-black insect with four yellow spots ion his elytra and a pair of pincer protruding from his abdomen. He is standing on a white sheet.
We found this amazing earwig at a bug light last night. This one is a male, they typically have larger pincers. There is not much info available about the genus so I'm not sure why he has those strange protrusions from his abdomen.
(Ancistrogaster sp.) Intag Refugio, Ecuador
ugh, this is sick, terrible stuff
some of us only have ONE ring of keys?? You want us to CHOOSE between Anomalocaris and Opabinia???
A motorbike frog casually lounging on a low tree branch
Not great quality because it was dark but it was funny to see this motorbike #frog chilling on a branch so I had to get some pics.
diagram of 7 different dragonfly species that can be found in the midwest.
the full set of dragonflies that i put together last year!
A small sea hare about 5 cm long
#invertebrates
Figure showing the evolutionary diversification of Lepidopteran larval appendages.
Really excellent paper on the genetics of caterpillar butt ornaments
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
bugguide page for the genus Craponius (a ceutorhynchine weevil that only sort of looks like a crap)
bugguide page for the ceutorhynchine genus Poophagus, which does not eat poo but in fact prefers watercress
it's Friday post rude weevil names
Dragonflies mating while perched on a washing line
Dragonflies mating while perched on a washing line in my garden
The intimate lives of dragonflies in my garden #bugsky
Please do this survey and share so these researchers can get a better picture of how people feel about forests and biodiversity
Why is animal print almost exclusively big cat patterns when these creatures exist?
We specialise in weird endemics 😆
I'm getting real deep into hyporheic-dwelling freshwater crustacea rn
Yes! Come to the dark side! Hyporheic zone is the gateway to falling for subterranean fauna 😁
Reminder: the deadline for this scholarship is March 15th! 🪲🐛🦋 🧪
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Full-time science photography job at the BioEconomy Science Institute - Maiangi Taiao, in Auckland, NZ. a great gig: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #science #photography
Image of two snails on leaf matter. Euglandina tenella (Strebel, 1875) and Helicina sp., with kind permission to MSL to use image from Tadeo De Jesús Esquivel Blanco and Luis Armando Navarro Zarco
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Sagittal cut. I love how you can see the antennal nerve. Also the brain is very cool.
Transversal cut.
I love visual science! Made these today.
What you can see are two cross-sections of an Onychophore from different angles.
6 bad doodles with text under each one. horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab. shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style. crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes. shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away. crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped. horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.
#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request
Did you know gum blossoms don't just attract bees - Australia's eucalypts rely on a huge range of species for pollination!
Stay tuned for more stories about #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day on March 23rd! Cartoon in collaboration with @eucalyptaus.bsky.social!
"Common" names are a menace 😅
Looks like we're doing a parasite- themed zodiac takeover. Where are our parasitologists at? #invertebrates 🪲🕷🪱🦑🦀🪼
We can only hope!
Ox Tongue (or Tongue Worm): Balanoglossus, a type of hemichordate (marine worm) whose collar shape resembles an ox tongue. --> exhibit A, thanks Google
Rat-tailed maggots! That's a keeper 😄. this game is fun
Dog flea 😅
Pretty sure there'll be a quirky parasite for all of these taxa.
Alternatively, pick a red invertebrate for each? E.g. red velvet mite, ladybug etc
This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!
Bees 🐝
A herd of zebras
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