Nick Porch

@InvertoPhiles

Beetles, inverts, islands, extinction, palaeo-whisperer: all mixed together. Grow the wonder with original macro. [Poorly edited tweets 😦 ]

Australia
Vrijeme pridruživanja: kolovoz 2014.

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    prije 13 sati

    Dor Beetles (Blackburnium sp.) - Check out the horns on these funky beetles! Both of these males were found hovering under the same light in the Top End.

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  2. prije 13 sati

    Of course, not indigenous to Australia, but everything is indigenous somewhere...

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  3. prije 13 sati

    So not a beetle and not even indigenous, but this dandelion (Taraxacum) image show that if you look at almost anything, it's bloody amazing up close.

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  4. 3. velj

    This is one of the larger Cryptorhynchini. There are many small taxa in leaf litter and often larger taxa like these on dead logs/trees etc. Probably a Poropterus. Mt. Barrow, NE. Tasmania. A handsome amongst a comely bunch.

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  5. 3. velj

    You may think I've recently tweeted this species but no, this is another of the gemmate Notolioon byrrhid . Notolioon gemmatus from near Lake St. Clair, Tasmania. Go back and find the other. Can you see how they differ?

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  6. 3. velj

    Prancing crypto; Decilaus from near Lake St. Clair, Tasmania. The ranges of the many species in this Australian genus (even the ones that SHOULD be included there) are relatively poorly known. Holds for most terrestrial invertebrates.

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    1. velj

    1000’s of organisms contribute to the food web/ecosystem and we take it for granted. The micro-world of Arthropoda works so hard for us; look closer🔬

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    1. velj

    Dracula ants (Amblyopone australis) atop silken cocoons in their brood nest. Australia.

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  9. 1. velj

    Chrysophoracis (Aterpini), perhaps C. pulcher. Hartz Mountain NP, SE. Tasmania. What a gobsmackingly delicious . It's got it all: beautiful coloured scales and setae, tubercles in contrasting shades. So snatched.

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    31. sij

    It gives me great comfort that in all the turmoil of history - there was someone who said “I’m going to collect beetles” - and their work is still informing us after more than two centuries, when almost all of their contemporaries are forgotten

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  11. 1. velj

    It's hard not to wonder why? Why are you so stunning Notolioon nodipennis? Why do you need to look like this living in moss in rainforest? Why? When congeners are so plain? Why? Mt. Field, Tasmania.

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  12. 1. velj

    This is the mortal remains of a Notolioon nodipennis . If you think about it - and likely you don't - every square metre of the soil is the graveyard of billions of organisms that have gone before. Most recycled, some awaiting.

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  13. 1. velj

    The stunning genus Womersleymeria. This one from Lake St. Clair, Tasmania.

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  14. 1. velj

    The rather sharp Tasmanian endemic carabid Promecoderus viridiaeneus (Broscini) stands out amongst a crowd; its elytral chaetotaxy differs from all the other species in this large Australian genus. Lake St. Clair.

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  15. 1. velj

    Here you can see the rostrum, the eye where it joins the rests of the head capsule, the antennae, and the scrobe (channel) where the first segment of the antenna (scape) fits. Below the head is the rostral canal where the rostrum fits in repose. Cool creatures cryptos!

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  16. 1. velj

    An unidentified Tasmanian cryptorhynchine in characteristic hidden rostrum (nose) pose, and actively exploring the world pose. Lake St. Claire. There are lots of cryptos. Lots of species and 10s of thousands of individuals/hectare in wet forests.

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    31. sij

    I was really relieved that this headline, "Lobster outbreak in East Africa causes calls for international aid" contained a major typo (see the photo). I think a lobster outbreak might call for bibs and drawn butter before international aid?

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  18. 31. sij

    "Perhaps the most important is a good stout alpaca umbrella, which should be used in this way.". . .

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    30. sij

    We have had a profound decline in moth numbers during the hot, dry summer. New rainfall has brought out these beautiful Gum Emperor moths. Last night I saw four at the light sheet. They were unusually small specimens. Opodiphthera eucalypti, Saturniidae. Imbil, Queensland.

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  20. 29. sij

    Thankfully the indefatigable John Lawrence recently (2019) described 14 Australian species in two genera. These include Noteucinetus victoriae (left), known only from wet forest in Victoria and 3 Eucinetus species: E. "Icantfigureitout", E. bicolor and E. similis. Thanks John!

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