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Eals

We are in Italy, Orbetello, for our first field campaign! #webDNA has officially started! the Torre Vergata Team is a great host! @marianilab.bsky.social @rdowell.bsky.social @EoinOgorman #foodweb #eDNA #fish #plankton #macroinverts #marinescience 🐟🦠🌊🕸️

#insect lovers, help an #entomologist out.
Late May in #Scotland #UK: Where are the MUST GO places to view insects? #macroinverts appreciated too, but i know I'll be disappointed, as Megaloptera aren't real diverse in the UK.

A small larval Nigronia (Megalopteran). The wee fishfly is crawling on my glove.

A large (for the genus) Talloperla. A roach-like stonefly, slightly shorter than the width of a students ring finger.

Found two friends today!!
#insects #macroinverts

A dark stonefly adult (probably a capniid in the genus Allocapnia) standing on snow. A long, thin insect with antennae spread about 45 degrees facing left, standing at rest on the snow.

First stonefly of the new year (for me)! Probably Allocapnia, but I haven't had a chance to key it yet.
#insects #macroinverts #entomology #ecology #rivers

Microscopes make you lose perspective after a while. I was identifying hydropsychids and thinking "these seem a little small", when I moved the dish and a massive insect came into view... a chironomid larva.
That, dear reader, was when I decided to take a break.
#insects #macroinverts