Caitlyn Forster
@bambiraptorf.bsky.social
Entomologist and professional graphic novel reader at Sydney Uni. Not particularly professional fisho 🎣🐞🐛 #SuperstarOfSTEM
New research article! 📰 @bambiraptorf.bsky.social, @dieterhochuli.bsky.social (@sydneyuni.bsky.social) et al. showed that bumblebees' foraging choices are influenced more by social cues than by the presence of empty flowers. 🌸 doi.org/10.1007/s000... #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Foraging
Haha a parasitic worm coming out of a huntsman counting as a 'best of December' is my favourite thing google has done
Half an hour of beach combing in Sydney after new years shows we might need to be better at picking up our rubbish
I've been thinking a lot about iNat observations lately, and I'm starting to think invertebrates shouldn't be identifiable to *at least* species because it gives everyone way too much confidence in their identification skills
invertebrate@crevicedwelling.bsky.social · 2y agothe time has come to take on Texas’s terrible earthworm observations. I am not looking forward to this.
Just about to chat about insect welfare on ABC. come have a listen if you're up!
Go on holidays with an entomologist and i can guarantee she will set up a 'light trap' by turning the cabin light on to see what bugs are out
A very crafty Christmas! Add some Aussie nature to your tree this year 🎄😁 theconversation.com/decorating-y... Led by the excellent @bambiraptorf.bsky.social, plus @euanritchie.bsky.social and me! 🎄
Decorating your Christmas tree? Try these crafts inspired by Aussie plants and animals
Let’s cast the holly, snowmen and reindeer aside to decorate our homes with Aussie Christmas crafts instead. How about Christmas beetle baubles, paper parrots and ornamental echidnas?
theconversation.com
Looking for inspiration for your festive season decorations? @bambiraptorf.bsky.social @astrolaura.bsky.social and I have got some crafty ideas! theconversation.com/decorating-y...
Decorating your Christmas tree? Try these crafts inspired by Aussie plants and animals
Let’s cast the holly, snowmen and reindeer aside to decorate our homes with Aussie Christmas crafts instead. How about Christmas beetle baubles, paper parrots and ornamental echidnas?
theconversation.com
Have a merry time creating some Aussie nature inspired Christmas crafts! @astrolaura.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social theconversation.com/decorating-y...
Decorating your Christmas tree? Try these crafts inspired by Aussie plants and animals
Let’s cast the holly, snowmen and reindeer aside to decorate our homes with Aussie Christmas crafts instead. How about Christmas beetle baubles, paper parrots and ornamental echidnas?
theconversation.com
Let’s cast the holly, snowmen and reindeer aside to decorate our homes with Aussie Christmas crafts instead. How about Christmas beetle baubles, paper parrots and ornamental echidnas?
Decorating your Christmas tree? Try these crafts inspired by Aussie plants and animals
Let’s cast the holly, snowmen and reindeer aside to decorate our homes with Aussie Christmas crafts instead. How about Christmas beetle baubles, paper parrots and ornamental echidnas?
theconversation.com
While reflecting on the kids book session at #ESAus2024, i figured I'd show the lifelong influence of kids books showcasing Aussie wildlife on people, with my sister as a perfect example 😀
Absolutely amazing work Patt. He discusses his award winning work on how stinky plants can deter annoying animals from hanging around #ESAus2024
Good to know that Patt Finnerty's work was completely and totally, 100% inspired by insect behaviour, while also being hindered by insects 😃🐘 🐝#ESAus2024
Last day of #ESAus2024 talks! My #EcologicalFashion is a bit more subtle today, but it's a nice throw to a project with @dieterhochuli.bsky.social (and heaps of others) where we run nature workshops in Western Sydney with the goal of getting young people out in nature
Looking for some cool chats on the last day of #ESAus2024? I'll be chatting with some experts in AI in education to work out how we can best educate future ecologists. There will be a couple of talks and a round table discussion about AI in education. Join us tomorrow for a chat! (Pic 4 attention)
The Early Career Ecologist session so far is such a great opportunity to learn about the different career directions of such a wide ranging groups of people #ESAus2024
Clancy Lester's research looked into native bee interactions with native plants in North-East Arnhem Land. Really interesting observations on plant networks, showing heaps of generalist bees here. Amazing to 4 species that hadnt been observed in Western science. #ESAus2024
Catalina Mardones discusses how migrating to Australia can be hard, and lovely, but nature experiences can be a really helpful experience for increasing a sense of belonging, building communities and creating memories. I absolutely love this research #ESAus
Zoe McCarthy shows that we don't actually know if kleptoparasites of carnivorous plants are actually kleptoparasites 🤯 #ESAus2024
@angelamoles.bsky.social just brought me so much joy, being Christmasy and giving me to perfect intro to mistletoe, which I know nothing about. She discussed the importance of going out and testing theories (in this case to work out where mustletoe likely grows in trees) 🎄🌲 #ESAus2024
The floating wetlands along a wetland offer cool habitats, but they're also a great way to get people noticing nature that was already there #ESAus2024 @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social
I wanna thank @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social for doing two things in the intro that resonated with me 1. Talking about living in the suburbs and the tyre Swan version of biodiversity 2. Using a a photo that was probably her sister #ESAus2024
Lavinia Chu's talk discussed how different plants can survive coppicing (most of them!), making them appropriate for woody meadows #ESAus2024
Joseph McCormick studies the nutritional landscape for #urban pollinators: the urban nectar supply 🌏 #ESAus2024 How do all the different food sources combine? Especially important for places where pollinators are active all year round. Daily sugar production varied between greenspace types!
Ella Byrne looked at bird diversity and abundance after billabong flooding. Birds varied in their abundance depending on if they're more of a woodland or a waterbird #ESAus2024
