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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Mar 1

I want to personally apologize to @Zelenskyy for the embarrassment of a meeting that occurred yesterday. Every day I get more and more disappointed with my country. Slava Ukraini!
Strugglers! Struggle ever onward! Do not give up hope

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Nick Royle @royleresearch.bsky.social · Jan 6

One week to go before the closing date on this ansum PhD. Like rainforests? Like Beetles? Like Devon and Cornwall? Then resolve to apply now!

Nick Royle @royleresearch.bsky.social · Dec 9

Splendid PhD opportunity on ecology and conservation of #bluegroundbeetles in #temperaterainforests in the Southwest of England now available: tinyurl.com/BGBeetle. Come join the team! Interested? Email me: [email protected] for further info. Please share.

Clockwise from bottom left: A pair of mating Blue Ground Beetles (BGBs) - males are typically smaller than females. Deadwood, on the ground and standing, is an important resource for BGBs and many other temperate rainforest species. Top right: BGB awaiting fitment of radio-tag, and below, BGB on the move with radio-tag in place. All photos taken in Dendles Wood on Dartmoor, Devon, UK.

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · Nov 26

Just some wasps 😏

this is not actually a wasp, but a clearwing moth. it is black and yellow like a yellowjacket

this is not actually a wasp, but a thick-headed fly sitting on a leaf. it is black and pale yellow, with a thin waist like a dark wasp

these are not actually wasps, but mating hover flies on siding. they are yellow and black, with a thin waist like a yellowjacket wasp

this is not actually a wasp, but longhorn beetle on siding. it is yellow and black, with a orange legs like a yellowjacket wasp

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Nov 24

Snow owl. Sharpie paint pen on black cardstock.

Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Nov 16

Yup! I'm planning on being here full time come January. Maybe sooner if I get tired of the "other place" and the cesspool it has become

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Nov 6

Keep moving fellow strugglers

The Death Knight from the Berserk manga stating "That's the only sword a struggler can use against death!! Struggle, challenge, and rise to struggle again! Don't ever forget that!"

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Jul 22

We learned about them at a beetles course, and the defining trait is "doesn't have characters of other families". Funnily enough, that's the current definition for Elateridae too

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Jul 22

(tbf, Salpingidae is honestly one of the most life-ruining beetle families. Like they REFUSE to pick a lane, morphologically speaking)

thought you had a weevil there, huh? Nope, that's a salpingid

Wow, what a normal-looking rhysodid, WRONG it's another salpingid

What a cute little heterocerid body with cucujoid-like antennal clubs! OF COURSE IT'S A SALPINGID

Oh, a small beetle with very short elytra, obviously a staphylinid; WRONG it's a salpingid in the genus Inopeplus here to ruin your day

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our study on the cophylogenetic interactions between oak gall wasps and their parasitoids in Hungary, using a Bayesian mixed modelling framework is now available as a preprint.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Jul 3

At night, I say "Hello"
To the Collembola
On the outlet cover

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · Jun 25

The replication crisis is often described as a crisis of false positives, but is it?

In our (re)new(ed) preprint, we show that false positives do not explain the replication crisis, and that varying rep. rates are often explained by replication sample size. #metascience

osf.io/preprints/so...

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Jun 25

You're going to have to fill out this form, then wait 3-5 business days for a quote...

I agree it's a pain!

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · May 15

We just published a new matrix based key for elaterid genera of Canada and the US. Give it a try!
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1193...

Matrix-based key to the click beetle genera of Canada and USA with a summary of habitat use (Coleoptera, Elateridae)

The Elateridae, or click beetles are abundant and diverse in most terrestrial ecosystems in North America, acting as plant pests and filling many other ecological roles. The 112 genera of Elateridae L...

zookeys.pensoft.net

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · Mar 28

New paper on the discovery & description of a new tiger beetle species from the Houston area led by Dan Duran in collab w/ R. Laroche, W. Godwin, S. Roman, D. Herrmann, E. Bull, & me... "Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex"

rdcu.be/dCL5v

Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data

Scientific Reports - Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data

rdcu.be

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Feb 14

Every now and then I fume over one of my ideas that got stolen and then they did it wrong anyways.

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Vinicius S. Ferreira @neolycus.bsky.social · Dec 21

Our revision and phylogeny of Thonalmus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) is finally out, with the discovery of 7 new species! In your opinion, which of these is prettier? Publication available for download at: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #AmazingBeetles

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Dec 8

Fantastic talks so far at the @coleopsoc.bsky.social meeting!

Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Dec 1

Yes, I agree! We need a video of this!

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Dec 1

Finally had the time to play around with my camera set up yesterday and work out the bugs. It's finally up and running! Here's a quick test photo of Athous deceptor from Guatemala! Looking forward to taking more beetle photos

A click beetle on a white background. This beetle, Athous deceptor, had a black head, an orange-red pronotum with a central back spot, and elongate black elytra. It has dense yellow setae throughout it's body, with the exception of parts of the pronotal black spot where the setae are also black. The yellow setae is very dense on the scutellum, so the surface can barely be seen. There are dense yellow setae patches on the base of the elytra. The yellow setae is very dense at the center of the pronotum so it appears as if there is a yellow line going through the center of the black spot.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Nov 27

quick but critically important question: when u draw a cartoon octopus, what do u do with the bulbous part

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Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social · Nov 19

🥳 surprise!

I’m relaunching The Brain Scoop wits new videos early next year. Stay tuned!!

youtu.be/Z7oFZogr99s?...
(it still has brains on it)

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Nov 15

A small paper of ours that was the result of going WAAAAY down the literature rabbit hole to figure out the names of gall wasps is now out.

jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php...

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Nov 10

My whirlwind two week visit to the US has ended, happy to see my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues at #EntSoc23. But my fav thing about the conference is by far the memes of Corteva Man.

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Frank Etzler @catchelater.bsky.social · Nov 10

Had a wonderful time at #EntSoc23! Great to catch up with people I haven't seen in a few years. Also got to be a bit of a tourist yesterday at the Smithsonian. No insect zoo at this time, but did get to see this fantastic type specimen in a death pose!

A display at the Smithsonian of a fossil type specimen in a deathpose below a composite skeleton of a Dimetrodon looking down. The deathpose has the lizard-like mammal on its back, curled, and head is directed upwards towards the left of the photo.

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · Nov 5

An important clarification about Sunday's #EntSoc23 Exhibit Hall hours: The Hall opens at 7:30 PM for the Welcome Reception after tonight's Opening Plenary. It is not open during the daytime hours today. The listing in the schedule handed out at registration may be unclear.

Screenshot of text about the Exhibit Hall from the printed conference schedule. A red arrow and circle point to the 7:30-9:30 PM listed for Sunday, with a large red bold "PM" to indicate 7:30 PM and not 7:30 AM. Full text visible reads "Exhibit Hall The Exhibit Hall, located in Prince George’s BCD will feature exhibitors, poster presentations, student club tables, Artisan Row, and concessions. Our exhibitors have the latest entomological equipment, supplies, gifts, and reference materials. Be sure to stop by and support our exhibitors. DAILY EXHIBIT HALL HOURS: Sunday, November 5..............................7:30 – 9:30 PM Monday, November 6.....................9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tuesday, November 7 ....................9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wednesday, November 8 .............9:00 AM – 2:00 PM"

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