Priyantha Wijesinghe
@elaphrornis.bsky.social
A naturalist on the prowl. (New here, same handle on Twitter/X)
The International Society of Arachnology has a new website! 🕷️🕸️🦂🌎🌍🌏
arachnology.org/home
arachnology.org/home
Home: International Society of Arachnology
arachnology.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The International Society of Arachnology has a new website! 🕷️🕸️🦂🌎🌍🌏
arachnology.org/home
arachnology.org/home
"Is it weird to like to read the original descriptions of species? They are often extremely helpful in an ID. Often extremely uninformative to downright useless too, but still fun to read.”
“ipat” on @inaturalist.bsky.social
(Last sentence could refer to original descriptions by Francis Walker!)
“ipat” on @inaturalist.bsky.social
(Last sentence could refer to original descriptions by Francis Walker!)
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Is it weird to like to read the original descriptions of species? They are often extremely helpful in an ID. Often extremely uninformative to downright useless too, but still fun to read.”
“ipat” on @inaturalist.bsky.social
(Last sentence could refer to original descriptions by Francis Walker!)
“ipat” on @inaturalist.bsky.social
(Last sentence could refer to original descriptions by Francis Walker!)
Six new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Sri Lanka, with a key to the Sri Lankan species
Naruwan Dayananda & @sureshbenjamin.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1761...
Naruwan Dayananda & @sureshbenjamin.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1761...
Six new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Sri Lanka, with a key to the Sri Lankan species
Six new species of the trachelid spider genus Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 from natural forests of Sri Lanka are described: U. boo sp. nov. (♂♀), U. haputale sp. nov. (♀), U. loolecondera sp. nov. (♂♀), ...
zenodo.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Six new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Sri Lanka, with a key to the Sri Lankan species
Naruwan Dayananda & @sureshbenjamin.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1761...
Naruwan Dayananda & @sureshbenjamin.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1761...
Francis Walker, sketch by A. G. Butler, 1890. From: Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects by V. M. Dirsh (1975). This is a screenshot, see image and description in digital copy of book on @archive.org :
archive.org/details/clas...
archive.org/details/clas...
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Francis Walker, sketch by A. G. Butler, 1890. From: Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects by V. M. Dirsh (1975). This is a screenshot, see image and description in digital copy of book on @archive.org :
archive.org/details/clas...
archive.org/details/clas...
Latrodecta, Organ of the Laboratory of Arachnology, National Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Company "Fauna" Ltd, Weissenburg
ISSN: 0940-8185
Mainly scientific articles on the breeding & maintenance of arachnids, but it also includes faunistic works.
Anyone know more about this journal?
ISSN: 0940-8185
Mainly scientific articles on the breeding & maintenance of arachnids, but it also includes faunistic works.
Anyone know more about this journal?
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Latrodecta, Organ of the Laboratory of Arachnology, National Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Company "Fauna" Ltd, Weissenburg
ISSN: 0940-8185
Mainly scientific articles on the breeding & maintenance of arachnids, but it also includes faunistic works.
Anyone know more about this journal?
ISSN: 0940-8185
Mainly scientific articles on the breeding & maintenance of arachnids, but it also includes faunistic works.
Anyone know more about this journal?
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
A new genus and species of the pleasing fungus beetle tribe Languriini is described and illustrated from Asia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#taxonomy #newspecies #beetles
#taxonomy #newspecies #beetles
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A new genus and species of the pleasing fungus beetle tribe Languriini is described and illustrated from Asia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#taxonomy #newspecies #beetles
#taxonomy #newspecies #beetles
My colleagues at @laguardiacc.bsky.social Roman Senkov & Natalia Biani who edit & produce the online magazine Per Aspera Ad Astra (adastraletter.com/editorial) asked me to contribute an article about #iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social. It's now available here 👇
adastraletter.com/2025/2/what-...
adastraletter.com/2025/2/what-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My colleagues at @laguardiacc.bsky.social Roman Senkov & Natalia Biani who edit & produce the online magazine Per Aspera Ad Astra (adastraletter.com/editorial) asked me to contribute an article about #iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social. It's now available here 👇
adastraletter.com/2025/2/what-...
adastraletter.com/2025/2/what-...
Weird ID suggestion difference from @inaturalist.bsky.social depending whether it’s done via a web browser (DuckDuckGo) or with the smartphone app (iPhone). The critter is actually a mayfly (Ephemeroptera), evidently family Baetidae.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Weird ID suggestion difference from @inaturalist.bsky.social depending whether it’s done via a web browser (DuckDuckGo) or with the smartphone app (iPhone). The critter is actually a mayfly (Ephemeroptera), evidently family Baetidae.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
“… eyes pale yellow with a long, oval, black, central mark which gave the creature a ludicrously smug and solemn appearance;…” From Henry’s description of Pelecinotus lankae. An @inaturalist.bsky.social observation which had previously been misidentified by me!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Genus Teratodes
Teratodes from Wilpattu National Park on November 12, 2019 at 09:34 AM by Anna Wittmer
www.inaturalist.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“… eyes pale yellow with a long, oval, black, central mark which gave the creature a ludicrously smug and solemn appearance;…” From Henry’s description of Pelecinotus lankae. An @inaturalist.bsky.social observation which had previously been misidentified by me!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
I was invited to give a virtual talk about @inaturalist.bsky.social to the Sri Lanka Natural History Society yesterday & was surprised to find the recording of the talk up already on the SLNHS’s YouTube channel today.
youtu.be/_j0NIp-HY0I?...
youtu.be/_j0NIp-HY0I?...
SLNHS Public Lecture | What is Inaturalist?
YouTube video by Sri Lanka Natural History Society
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I was invited to give a virtual talk about @inaturalist.bsky.social to the Sri Lanka Natural History Society yesterday & was surprised to find the recording of the talk up already on the SLNHS’s YouTube channel today.
youtu.be/_j0NIp-HY0I?...
youtu.be/_j0NIp-HY0I?...
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After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...
Life inside rotting walnut husks » Colin Purrington's blog
There’s an eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) on my neighbor’s property that rains down fruit every fall, and I finally got curious about what species might be inside. So far I’ve found four flies, ...
colinpurrington.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...
Intrigued by images posted by @ianbeavis.bsky.social from British Blood-sucking Flies by Edwards, Oldroyd & Smart (1939) I found that it had had a precursor in Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies (1906), with paintings by Amedeo John Engel Terzi. @archive.org
archive.org/details/illu...
archive.org/details/illu...
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Intrigued by images posted by @ianbeavis.bsky.social from British Blood-sucking Flies by Edwards, Oldroyd & Smart (1939) I found that it had had a precursor in Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies (1906), with paintings by Amedeo John Engel Terzi. @archive.org
archive.org/details/illu...
archive.org/details/illu...
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
Fall Colors. From Matthew Wills’ blog. matthewwills.com/2025/11/16/7...
Fall Colors
Visit the post for more.
matthewwills.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Fall Colors. From Matthew Wills’ blog. matthewwills.com/2025/11/16/7...
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
More from 'British Blood-sucking Flies', Edwards Oldroyd & Smart, 1939
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
More from 'British Blood-sucking Flies', Edwards Oldroyd & Smart, 1939
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
A portrait of the mosquito in question, Culiseta annulata, from 'British Blood-sucking Flies' (1939)
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A portrait of the mosquito in question, Culiseta annulata, from 'British Blood-sucking Flies' (1939)
If you know anyone who is fascinated by wildlife, animals of all kinds, birds, butterflies, beetles, spiders, creepy crawlies, plants, etc., especially in #SriLanka 🇱🇰, tell them about @inaturalist.bsky.social & if they are free this Saturday 15 November ask them to join us for a chat ! 😊
What is @inaturalist.bsky.social ?
An introduction & virtual demonstration of iNat to a primarily Sri Lankan audience, via the Sri Lanka Natural History Society.
Saturday, November 15th, 2025.
6:30 PM 🇱🇰 time (Note: QR code to download iNaturalist app)
Zoom:
Meeting ID: 840 2777 8484
Passcode: 824340
An introduction & virtual demonstration of iNat to a primarily Sri Lankan audience, via the Sri Lanka Natural History Society.
Saturday, November 15th, 2025.
6:30 PM 🇱🇰 time (Note: QR code to download iNaturalist app)
Zoom:
Meeting ID: 840 2777 8484
Passcode: 824340
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you know anyone who is fascinated by wildlife, animals of all kinds, birds, butterflies, beetles, spiders, creepy crawlies, plants, etc., especially in #SriLanka 🇱🇰, tell them about @inaturalist.bsky.social & if they are free this Saturday 15 November ask them to join us for a chat ! 😊
The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
@zse.pensoft.net
101(4): 2133-2159
zse.pensoft.net/article/1653...
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
@zse.pensoft.net
101(4): 2133-2159
zse.pensoft.net/article/1653...
The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka
The Palk Isthmus, which connected Sri Lanka to the Indian mainland during periods of low sea levels, has been the only route by which freshwater organisms could enter the island. The endemic aquatic b...
zse.pensoft.net
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
@zse.pensoft.net
101(4): 2133-2159
zse.pensoft.net/article/1653...
Hiranya Sudasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura
@zse.pensoft.net
101(4): 2133-2159
zse.pensoft.net/article/1653...
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
Very kind review of CRICK by @nicolebarbarophd.bsky.social:
Review of CRICK
Matthew Cobb’s latest on a great man of science: Francis Crick
bookmarkedreads.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Very kind review of CRICK by @nicolebarbarophd.bsky.social:
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...
Reposted by Priyantha Wijesinghe
Brett Westwood chatted with Peter Creed about progress on Pisces Publications eagerly awaited #FliesofBritainandIreland at this year's Worcestershire Entomology Day. Due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Brett Westwood chatted with Peter Creed about progress on Pisces Publications eagerly awaited #FliesofBritainandIreland at this year's Worcestershire Entomology Day. Due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
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Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
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We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
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Historical biogeography and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)
Abstract. Although we now have extensive biogeographical datasets for tetrapods, unravelling the drivers of species’ distributions remains challenging, esp
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Interested in the biogeography of lizards?🦎
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
We studied the historical biogeography of Sceloporus lizards and the link between their dispersal and climatic niches 🌎🌦️ @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @ndimhypervol.bsky.social @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Learn more here 👇:
academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...