Steve
@stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
Ants, fossils, beer, macro photography. Drone mapping & GIS. Science PhD. Bambu Labs P1S. He/him, will also respond to “Oi you!”. AuADHD - if I seem over familiar in posts etc. that is probably why. 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Steve
@stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Another #ant from the #IUSSI workshop in Banyuls sur Mer and the Pyrenees.
One of my favourites from my sorted specimens so far (and there are so many to do yet).
This magnificent Messor barbarus major.
106 single frames stacked in Helicon. Zoom in for the detail!
#entomology
#macrophotography
One of my favourites from my sorted specimens so far (and there are so many to do yet).
This magnificent Messor barbarus major.
106 single frames stacked in Helicon. Zoom in for the detail!
#entomology
#macrophotography
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Face to face with an Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae).
September 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Face to face with an Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae).
Nearly #HamOrJam but we didn’t have ham in our cream tea… so just jam!
I put some jam on the pot lid & held it in front of the wasp as she circled our plates. She followed it back to the tray.
I think she’s Vespula vulgaris. Video of her enjoying the jam.
#WaspLove
@waspwoman.bsky.social
I put some jam on the pot lid & held it in front of the wasp as she circled our plates. She followed it back to the tray.
I think she’s Vespula vulgaris. Video of her enjoying the jam.
#WaspLove
@waspwoman.bsky.social
September 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Nearly #HamOrJam but we didn’t have ham in our cream tea… so just jam!
I put some jam on the pot lid & held it in front of the wasp as she circled our plates. She followed it back to the tray.
I think she’s Vespula vulgaris. Video of her enjoying the jam.
#WaspLove
@waspwoman.bsky.social
I put some jam on the pot lid & held it in front of the wasp as she circled our plates. She followed it back to the tray.
I think she’s Vespula vulgaris. Video of her enjoying the jam.
#WaspLove
@waspwoman.bsky.social
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An army ant worker plugs a hole in the trail using her own body, allowing her sisters to run more efficiciently on their way to the raiding front. Amazonian Ecuador.
September 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
An army ant worker plugs a hole in the trail using her own body, allowing her sisters to run more efficiciently on their way to the raiding front. Amazonian Ecuador.
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Ah, I’ve been waiting for this…
Today on the #arXiv:
@kortizceballos.bsky.social, Berger, and @whereisyvette.bsky.social 2026, "Discovery of radio emission from the exoplanet β Pictoris b" - arxiv.org/abs/2609.16720.
Beta Pic b shows up quite neatly in L- and S-band radio, with bursts that imply a kilogauss (!) magnetic field.
@kortizceballos.bsky.social, Berger, and @whereisyvette.bsky.social 2026, "Discovery of radio emission from the exoplanet β Pictoris b" - arxiv.org/abs/2609.16720.
Beta Pic b shows up quite neatly in L- and S-band radio, with bursts that imply a kilogauss (!) magnetic field.
Discovery of radio emission from the exoplanet $β$ Pictoris b
Planetary magnetic fields shape atmospheric escape, mediate interactions with stellar winds, and encode information about planetary interiors, yet they have not been directly measured for planets beyo...
arxiv.org
September 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Ah, I’ve been waiting for this…
Oops!
Bruh
September 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Oops!
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A Hornet Vespa crabro nest with a one-way system! @rspb Brading Marshes, Isle of Wight this evening. Thanks to the local birders who let me know about this fascinating nest @waspwoman.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
A Hornet Vespa crabro nest with a one-way system! @rspb Brading Marshes, Isle of Wight this evening. Thanks to the local birders who let me know about this fascinating nest @waspwoman.bsky.social
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The Tube
#MedSky
#UKSky
#MedSky
#UKSky
September 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
The Tube
#MedSky
#UKSky
#MedSky
#UKSky
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dear men: having healthy views on gender and all the expectations that come with it is hot, actually
Educating haters (again)
YouTube video by blumineck
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
dear men: having healthy views on gender and all the expectations that come with it is hot, actually
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Five years back in Berlin #4a: Finding the small and mighty
Most species are <5 mm. But small ≠ unimportant: ants outweigh all wild birds + mammals and spiders eat as much prey as humans meat/fish: ~400–800 Mt per /lyear.
Meet EntoSieve for size sorting
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Most species are <5 mm. But small ≠ unimportant: ants outweigh all wild birds + mammals and spiders eat as much prey as humans meat/fish: ~400–800 Mt per /lyear.
Meet EntoSieve for size sorting
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Five years back in Berlin #4a: Finding the small and mighty
Most species are <5 mm. But small ≠ unimportant: ants outweigh all wild birds + mammals and spiders eat as much prey as humans meat/fish: ~400–800 Mt per /lyear.
Meet EntoSieve for size sorting
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Most species are <5 mm. But small ≠ unimportant: ants outweigh all wild birds + mammals and spiders eat as much prey as humans meat/fish: ~400–800 Mt per /lyear.
Meet EntoSieve for size sorting
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A year ago a small boy at #Latitude festival asked “When was the first animal?”
Here is are some potential answers!
@helenczerski.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
#evolution
#phylogeny
#fossils
Here is are some potential answers!
@helenczerski.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
#evolution
#phylogeny
#fossils
Keen on learning how to use Bayesian model selection to test different hypotheses of diversification? 🦴🧬🕰️ Check our latest work in Molecular Biology and Evolution! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
With @zihengyang.bsky.social, @phil-donoghue.bsky.social, and @mariodosreis.bsky.social 💫 (1/2)
With @zihengyang.bsky.social, @phil-donoghue.bsky.social, and @mariodosreis.bsky.social 💫 (1/2)
On the origin of animals and placental mammals: a critique of literalist readings of the fossil record
Abstract. The fossil record is incomplete, as evidenced by the pervasive presence of ghost lineages throughout the Tree of Life. For example, across placen
academic.oup.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:42 AM
A year ago a small boy at #Latitude festival asked “When was the first animal?”
Here is are some potential answers!
@helenczerski.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
#evolution
#phylogeny
#fossils
Here is are some potential answers!
@helenczerski.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
#evolution
#phylogeny
#fossils
Stopped for coffee on the motorway and was joined by a small #fly. Maybe 5mm long, covered in setae (hairs).
I think that it is one of the #Psychodinae or drain #flies.
It’s so fluffy! And look at those antennae.
#diptera
#entomology
#insects
iPhone photo so a bit blurred.
I think that it is one of the #Psychodinae or drain #flies.
It’s so fluffy! And look at those antennae.
#diptera
#entomology
#insects
iPhone photo so a bit blurred.
September 14, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Stopped for coffee on the motorway and was joined by a small #fly. Maybe 5mm long, covered in setae (hairs).
I think that it is one of the #Psychodinae or drain #flies.
It’s so fluffy! And look at those antennae.
#diptera
#entomology
#insects
iPhone photo so a bit blurred.
I think that it is one of the #Psychodinae or drain #flies.
It’s so fluffy! And look at those antennae.
#diptera
#entomology
#insects
iPhone photo so a bit blurred.
Without saying your age, what is your favourite film that came out when you were 20 years old?
September 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Without saying your age, what is your favourite film that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Lots of Diptera 'good stuff' coming up in October from those nice people at @biologicalrecording.co.uk. The days are getting colder and the nights are drawing in so let's get prepped ready for next year!
dipterists.org.uk/events/robbe...
dipterists.org.uk/events/surve...
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
dipterists.org.uk/events/robbe...
dipterists.org.uk/events/surve...
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
September 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Lots of Diptera 'good stuff' coming up in October from those nice people at @biologicalrecording.co.uk. The days are getting colder and the nights are drawing in so let's get prepped ready for next year!
dipterists.org.uk/events/robbe...
dipterists.org.uk/events/surve...
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
dipterists.org.uk/events/robbe...
dipterists.org.uk/events/surve...
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
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The desert field ant Formica perpilosa is a common insect in washes and riparian areas of southwestern North America. Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas.
September 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The desert field ant Formica perpilosa is a common insect in washes and riparian areas of southwestern North America. Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas.
Yellow dung fly says “WOOHOO!”
Golden fly 🔫
Or Yellow dung fly / Sacthophaga stecoraria.
I don’t know what this was doing in the middle of a town park in Turcianske Teplice Slovakia but who am I to complain lol.
Canon R7 and RF100-500mm
SS1/3200 F9 ISO2000
#macro #canon #R7 #fly #entomologia
Or Yellow dung fly / Sacthophaga stecoraria.
I don’t know what this was doing in the middle of a town park in Turcianske Teplice Slovakia but who am I to complain lol.
Canon R7 and RF100-500mm
SS1/3200 F9 ISO2000
#macro #canon #R7 #fly #entomologia
September 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Yellow dung fly says “WOOHOO!”
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Polyrhachis trapezoidea here to teach you geometry with its thorax.
September 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Polyrhachis trapezoidea here to teach you geometry with its thorax.
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September 11, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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🦋 As #Ento26 at @cardiffuni.bsky.social draws to a close, we'd like to thank all delegates, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers and organisers for making this year's conference such a huge success.
Hope to see you for #Ento27, 7 – 9 Sept 2027, at @lancasteruni.bsky.social!
buff.ly/qWxC4FT
Hope to see you for #Ento27, 7 – 9 Sept 2027, at @lancasteruni.bsky.social!
buff.ly/qWxC4FT
Thank You for Coming and See You Next Year!
www.royensoc.co.uk
September 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🦋 As #Ento26 at @cardiffuni.bsky.social draws to a close, we'd like to thank all delegates, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers and organisers for making this year's conference such a huge success.
Hope to see you for #Ento27, 7 – 9 Sept 2027, at @lancasteruni.bsky.social!
buff.ly/qWxC4FT
Hope to see you for #Ento27, 7 – 9 Sept 2027, at @lancasteruni.bsky.social!
buff.ly/qWxC4FT
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Scored these beautiful pieces of art by the very talented and fun Lizzie Harper @lizzie-harper.bsky.social at #Ento26! Be sure to visit her booth for lots of other insect art! 🐜🐝🦋🐞🪲🪰🪳🦗🦟
September 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Scored these beautiful pieces of art by the very talented and fun Lizzie Harper @lizzie-harper.bsky.social at #Ento26! Be sure to visit her booth for lots of other insect art! 🐜🐝🦋🐞🪲🪰🪳🦗🦟
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Great label generation tool presented by Ian Engelbrecht at SPNHC - developed through South African National Science Collection Facility - labels.nscf.org.za - it’s free + labels are customizable + makes nicely standardized labels + works best with larger screens
September 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Great label generation tool presented by Ian Engelbrecht at SPNHC - developed through South African National Science Collection Facility - labels.nscf.org.za - it’s free + labels are customizable + makes nicely standardized labels + works best with larger screens
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The last plenary for #Ento26 will be up soon - Warm welcome to Prof. Seirian Sumner, University College London with a talk on The World of Wasps: from science to sci-com and back again 🐝
Don't miss the plenary talks! Read more about our plenary speakers 🔽
buff.ly/7Wr4D4N
Don't miss the plenary talks! Read more about our plenary speakers 🔽
buff.ly/7Wr4D4N
Welcome the final Plenary of Ento26 - Wasp Prof, Seirian Sumner!
Professor Seirian Sumner is a behavioural ecologist at UCL whose research explores insect behaviour, social evolution and ecology, with a particular focus on wasps. A passionate science communicator, she is co-founder of the Big Wasp Survey and Soapbox Science, and works to improve public understanding and appreciation of these often-misunderstood insects.
buff.ly
September 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The last plenary for #Ento26 will be up soon - Warm welcome to Prof. Seirian Sumner, University College London with a talk on The World of Wasps: from science to sci-com and back again 🐝
Don't miss the plenary talks! Read more about our plenary speakers 🔽
buff.ly/7Wr4D4N
Don't miss the plenary talks! Read more about our plenary speakers 🔽
buff.ly/7Wr4D4N
Anyone who was at the #ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social dinner will recognise that @flygirlnhm.bsky.social could have used this figure in her talk🤣
It could also have been titled “Steve dancing” but I’d only had a couple of glasses of wine, so everyone was spared that!
It could also have been titled “Steve dancing” but I’d only had a couple of glasses of wine, so everyone was spared that!
Today in great scientific figures: the flight path of two midges, immediately preceding ❤️romance❤️
September 10, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Anyone who was at the #ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social dinner will recognise that @flygirlnhm.bsky.social could have used this figure in her talk🤣
It could also have been titled “Steve dancing” but I’d only had a couple of glasses of wine, so everyone was spared that!
It could also have been titled “Steve dancing” but I’d only had a couple of glasses of wine, so everyone was spared that!
Behind the scenes at the National Museum of Wales #entomology collections.
I was impressed by a whole drawer of beautiful pinned micro #Lepidoptera… until I read the label and the full horror was revealed!
#ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social
I was impressed by a whole drawer of beautiful pinned micro #Lepidoptera… until I read the label and the full horror was revealed!
#ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social
September 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Behind the scenes at the National Museum of Wales #entomology collections.
I was impressed by a whole drawer of beautiful pinned micro #Lepidoptera… until I read the label and the full horror was revealed!
#ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social
I was impressed by a whole drawer of beautiful pinned micro #Lepidoptera… until I read the label and the full horror was revealed!
#ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social
