Alex Wild
Honored to have a photo on the cover of Current Biology!
Dec 24 at 12:02amWeb
Show threadAlex WildDec 24

The cover is for this paper on the rediscovery of a species thought extinct.

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)01460-5

Show threadPolly KraisusDec 24
@alexwild congrats! And great to see another rediscovery thanks to #iNaturalist!
Show threadTio ÉbioDec 24
@alexwild amazing picture. Majestic beetle 🥹
Show threadEllie KennardDec 24
@alexwild
Congratulations! Wonderful image.
Show threadneville parkDec 24
@alexwild *banging on table* WEEVIL, WEEVIL, WEEVIL
Show threadMichael GemarDec 24
@alexwild Congrats!
Show threadRichard RatheDec 24

@alexwild

Allow me a bad joke... "That's definitely NOT the lesser of two weevils!" 🙄

Congratulations! Beautiful photo!

Show threadskryDec 24

@alexwild They look like eggs in a nest almost.

Beech trees must be related to chestnuts, I’m thinking.

Show threadDr. CassoneDec 24
@alexwild wow! Very cool!
Show threadubiDec 24

@alexwild That is a nice weevil.

Beautifully set up photo too.

Show threadplasticine_eraDec 24
@alexwild 👏👏
Show threadDr Susi ArnottDec 24
@alexwild Wow. Engaging as well as beautiful, so it's really doing the job! Trying to imagine internal engineering of the weevil's incredibly long snout (can only assume that to be useful it must have moving mouthparts at the end, but how to exercise useful force along tiny extended bodypart?)
#SciComm #FestiveSciArt
Show threadLoDec 24
@alexwild at first glance I thought them was birds in a nest!
Show threadAri "Two Sheds" JacksonDec 24

@alexwild

Oh wow! I'd never seen a picture of a chestnut weevil.