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Yesterday morning, 9am: give lecture to entomology class on arthropod origins and the emergence of hexapods.

Yesterday morning, 10am: new paper drops, rendering the 9am lecture incorrect and obsolete
The new transitional insect/crustacean fossil might not look very insectlike, if you think of modern insects like butterflies and beetles, but check out its reconstruction (left) next to a photo of the oldest living lineage of extant insects, the bristetails (right).

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August 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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As one of the world's most active specialist photographers of ants, I have embarassingly few photographs of European species in my galleries- basically none- even as I frequently get requests for them. European ants are perhaps the most studied of any fauna in the world.

So, finally...
Germany was suffering a brutal heat wave when we were there this month, but it did finally rain when we were in Freiburg and I managed to do a little bug photography.

Here is my most recent photos feed, including a few lab ants in addition to wild insects.
Recent - Alex Wild
Alex's most recent photographs.
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August 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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