Mierenconsulent | Wespenconsulent
Previously:
-WUR, NL (PhD on neurobiology of Nasonia)
-Insect breeding
-Dutch Pest and Wildlife Expertise Centre (KAD)
Business:
Groothuis Onderzoek en Advies
- Entomological research & fieldwork; consultancy on (exotic) ant pests
Jittebug Photography & Creations
- Macro photography of arthropods, including high magnification focus stacks; apparel (T-shirts etc.); 3D printing of biological data (e.g. CLSM, CT, MRI); lectures; woodworking
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| Pronouns | He/Him |
Check out this incredible 200-day timelapse of the agracultural work of a leaf cutter #ant colony kept as pets by Attines.
The way the fungus mound grows and cycles must be what's happening in their underground chambers all over the Americas.
There are species of leaf-cutters that live as far north as CT. Though the northern species tend to farm fungus on dead, rather than living leaves. #video #antsofmastodon #antvideo
How to slow down scientific progress
"Leo Szilard—the physicist who first conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and who urged the US to undertake the Manhattan Project—also wrote fiction. His book of short stories, The Voice of the Dolphins, contains a story “The Mark Gable Foundation,” dated 1948."
You can see the full thing at this link, but I've also taken a screenshot of an excerpt. 😬 🤔 😢
Have you seen a cockroach nervous system?
I dissected this out of one that was about to be feed.
#WaspIDCourse2023, day 2 (again - it was very inspiring!).
As I attend this run of the WaspID Course, I'm tempted to share a different wasp every day. A 🧵
(Without specification, assume all are shot in the Netherlands)
Here's no. 3 and 4 - after handling fly larvae to get a shot of this Aphaereta wasp parasitizing my fingers must have smelled quite appetizing to this confused wasp lady.
#WaspIDCourse2023, day 2 (it was yesterday, I'm a bit late, I know).
As I attend this run of the WaspID Course, I'm tempted to share a different wasp every day. A 🧵
(Without specification, assume all are shot in the Netherlands)
Here's no. 2 - one of my first truly awesome finds in macrophotography, back in 2012. If it wasn't for this photo I wouldn't have contacted Hans Smid, who, a year later, ended up being the co-promotor of my PhD!
#WaspIDCourse2023, day 1.
As I attend this run of the WaspID Course, I'm tempted to share a different wasp every day. A 🧵
(Without specification, assume all are shot in the Netherlands)
So without further ado, here's no. 1: a cool pompilid, dragging along a paralyzed spider to a burrow somewhere.
This stack had some pretty overexposed highlights! Quick re-edit of the raws I had saved made for a much more enjoyable image 🙂
#FocusStacking #entomology #myrmecology #ants #photography #macrophotography
Nederland gaat niet alleen voor uitbreiding Natuurnetwerk (NNN) met 150.000 ha maar gaat óók voor EU-doel om 1/3 deel van NNN strikt te beschermen.
In strikt beschermde natuur is geen plek voor nutsfuncties (bosbouw, drinkwater, visserij, etc.)
https://www.ongerepte-natuur.nl/beschermde-natuur/#EU2030
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/OngerepteNatuur/status/1610184266582835201
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