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  1. 14 Sep 2021

    Category is: new species extravaganza! Introducing the soldier fly, serving charisma and uniqueness, one of 150 new species named by in the last year!

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  2. 8 Nov 2018

    The Australian National Insect Collection is looking for two research and curatorial assistants to join the team in Canberra.

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  3. 17 Dec 2018

    A slow afternoon this redescribing the type of Gasteruption inflatum Pasteels 1957 on loan from . Collected in 1918 this type is in perfect condition after 100 years! A lovley long lady!

    1 reply . 10 retweets 58 likes
  4. 19 May 2018

    This blue-banded bee specimen still with pollen was collected in 1971 and it's part of our wonderful ! It's only 1 of thousands of bee specimens. Using historical specimens we can understand changes in our ecosystems and their diet, happy🐝day!

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  5. 26 Feb 2020

    Spent the day Australian National Insect Collection trying to ID bees OMG Australia has ALOT of native bee species! They don't look like much until you get them under the microscope, but oh boy, when you do!

    1 reply . 12 retweets 60 likes
  6. Mar 23

    JOB ALERT!! Not 1 but 3 digital curator positions with open to Australian citizens, permanent residents or anyone with a visa for the duration of the contract (3 years). For more info and to apply go to

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  7. 21 Oct 2019

    Rabbit holes: how a casual 1 minute conversation about over morning tea can turn into an hour+ in the lab identifying preserved specimens in the Fish Collection. Would have been easier if they were bigger! Cute little flipflop heads <3 at

    3 replies . 2 retweets 19 likes
  8. 29 Apr 2018

    This shows how valuable taxonomy can really be. Featuring a cameo!

    4 replies . 28 retweets 70 likes
  9. 20 Jun 2018

    Hibiscus sturtii looking even more complex. About 15 morphotypes across Australia. Well represented at CANB

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  10. 9 Jul 2019

    A little story about me and the cute plants I'm working on

    We're using modern genomic techniques to piece together the story of one our nation’s most beautiful flowering plants. 🌺 ^GK
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  11. 13 Nov 2018

    Congratulations on your ACT Young Tall Poppy award and for championing and @TallpoppiesAIPS

    3 replies . 32 retweets 78 likes
  12. 16 Jan 2019

    A great impromptude visit to the beetle collection by Lauren Ashman from . Always great to catch up with a fellow taxonomists!

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  13. 3 Feb 2021

    A recipient of the SASB 2020 Early-Career Research Excellence Award 👏, Dr Dan Huston, despite being a little over a year out of his PhD, has made significant contributions to the and of two groups of parasitic helminths 🪱

    Dan stands in front of the ocean wearing a straw sun hat and sun glasses. There is an small boat in the background.
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  14. 17 Oct 2018

    Talking about the research we do at in Parliament house! from pollination, mobile sequencing, weed seed identification to Hibiscus hunting

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  15. 14 Sep 2021

    Tune into tomorrow morning at 8.30am as I chat to about some charismatic new species! (I'll also be debuting my lockdown hair). 🪰🦎🐟🦈🪲🌴

    5 replies . 5 retweets 96 likes
  16. 3 Mar 2021

    Today SASB committee member officially awarded the 2020 SASB Early Career Research Excellence medals to and Dr Dan Huston of ! Congrats to two amazing researchers! 🎉

    2 replies . 5 retweets 36 likes
  17. 9 Aug 2021

    I'm in a book! Amazed by Andrea Wild.

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  18. 28 Nov 2018

    VolTRAX v2 demo was very cool! Can't wait to get mine

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  19. 8 Jan 2020

    We're only beginning to contemplate the long-term impact of the on our . Here's a short blog from our colleagues at

    17 retweets 12 likes
  20. 27 Aug 2019

    Enjoying all things at and presenting my recent work

    1 reply . 17 likes

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