Dr Beulah Garner
@beetlequeen.bsky.social
Entomologist. Curator of Polyneoptera at The Natural History Museum, London. Ground beetle evolution and taxonomy in the Vogler lab https://www.site100.org Chair at Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland colsoc.org
🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there? A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years. Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social
In this unprecedented but entirely predicted by scientists, UK warming event, you could always just go to the beach ☀️ Spotted being cool hanging out in the Marram grass is the broad nosed weevil, Philopedon plagiatum 🪲 #InsectWeek @colsocbi.bsky.social
🐞 Don't forget to join us tomorrow at the RES #InsectGarden in Stratford Cross for a day of FREE insect-themed activities as part of #InsectWeek! Hosted by RES Fellow Fran Sconce with @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social & thanks to generous support of @biggive.bsky.social & @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk 🔽
Welcome to our London City Hub!
📍 RES Insect Garden, Stratford Cross, E20 1JN. This special event is your chance to get hands-on with insect science, discover the incredible diversity of insects and explore how these tiny creatures shape our world.
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It’s the perfect summer weather to be spotting members of the Oedemeridae, the false blister beetles. Beautiful metallic colours frolicking on meadow vegetation. This thick legged flower beetle is pumped! 🪲 💚 #InsectWeek coleoptera.org.uk/family/oedem...
The Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle (Pseudovadonia livida) is small and flower loving. An anomaly amongst most longhorns, its larvae developing in soil where Fairy-ring fungus grows, rather than dead wood. Adults love pollen and nectar from umbellifer flowers, as well as they love to mate 💚 🪲 #InsectWeek
When small brown beetles be small brown beetles. Industrial scale genitalia extraction to determine the true differences and help to describe the species better. A heady mix of precise scientific method and inventive use of a vegetable steamer 😎 🧪 🪲
For this month’s news roundup, we’re focusing on the awesome invertebrates that have hit the headlines in May! Join us to discover deep sea creatures, shiny beetles and Sir David Attenborough’s own wasp! (1/4)🧵
After a hard day’s beetling, beetle rescue on my way home. Ants were moving in but this beautiful lesser stag beetle was lucky to encounter this entomologist tonight. Saved from death by ant or human, delivered back into the undergrowth 🪲
New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt Beetles, barcodes and big data: A deep dive into the phylogeny of #Harpalinae (#Carabidae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70042 #Phylogenetics #Mitogenomes #Taxonomy @gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Sincerest birthday wishes to Sir David Attenborough! On behalf of all 🪲 🐞 thank you! But it’s not all about beetles 🤭 Here is a new genus of wasp named for Sir David, demonstrating the significance of his impact on many of our careers m.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWG...
Sir David Attenborough has wasp named in honour of his 100th birthday | Natural History Museum
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The not so private lives of the praying mantises 💚 m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8c...
How can mantises mate without a head? | A closer look at praying mantis
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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Roger Casement is remembered as a revolutionary & humanitarian, but new research reveals a surprising side to him- a lifelong passion for zoology. He even has a hawkmoth named after him (Gnathothlibus casementi). Dr Aidan O’Hanlon’s new @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Saturday was the second annual @womeninvertnetwork.bsky.social meet up at @bbowt.bsky.social College Lake. Love getting together with others who enjoy spending their spare time looking for ‘bugs’ 🤭🐝🐞🦋🪲 Supported by @britentsoc.bsky.social
Starting on #WorldEarthDay, we are taking part in #BigGive #EarthRaise 🌍 #StandTallForTheSmall & help us raise funds to bring free, accessible #InsectScience directly to young people with limited access to nature and science education. Donate from 22–29 April - Spread the word! 🔽
Starting next week!
Save the date and spread the word - Read more about the campaign here.
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Oppressive heat. Species extinctions. Pollution-choked skies. This is the future that awaits the world unless humanity takes dramatic steps to end a series of mushrooming environmental crises, finds #GEO7. Read more: https://ow.ly/58Rj50YGrjM
@beetlequeen.bsky.social Found this little guy on my walk yesterday! Am I able to get a cheeky identification please? xx
Harpalinae, one of the largest subfamilies of beetles in the world with ~19,000 species, but not as you know it! #taxonomy #systematics #entomology #MuseumCollections resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beetles, barcodes and big data: A deep dive into the phylogeny of Harpalinae (Carabidae)
The largest phylogenetic study of the Carabidae to date is provided with a focus on the Harpalinae. Using novel mitogenomes with a site-based approach combined with data mining from GenBank and BOLD...
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The new Issue of #RESSystematicEnt is now open! The first article reports on how #UCE #phylogenomics improves the classification of the cosmopolitan pit-building #antlion tribe Myrmeleontini (#Neuroptera: #Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70040 @gkergoat.bsky.social
Very excited to be part of this exciting new journal on methods in #InsectScience
Royal Entomological Society@royentsoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨 New journal launch! We're ecstatic to announce #ApproachesInEntomology - a new #OpenAccess journal focused on methods, tools and innovation across #InsectScience, designed to support transparency, reproducibility, and practical advances in the field. Read more 🔽 buff.ly/tNTmujq @wiley.com
Discover the beetle tree of life! Explore how scientists map relationships among one of Earth’s most diverse creatures and uncover their evolutionary secrets. youtu.be/Pg47Lktz4Ag @beetlequeen.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
Mapping the Beetle Tree of Life
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It's #worldfrogday! Buy my book! It was written especially for World Frog Day. Also World Book Day. Also your birthday. Also Xmas day. Also all the days of the week. Every day is frog day!
The deadline for this year's LinneSys approaches! You have until Fri, March 27th at 23:59 GMT+1 If you're looking for a small grant for systematics work, get your application in ASAP systass.org/linnesys/ Just become a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social first!
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
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Good morning from the @nhm-london.bsky.social Spring has officially sprung as the ladybirds emerge here at our great institution and natural spaces 🐞 🍃
