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No problem - but lets hope we don't need Discord after March.
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I am taking photos as well but no the collection is a physical one with pinned, carded or pointed samples. This is because its not possible to ID the vast majority of insects (we've over 24,000 species in a nature-depleted UK) without microscopes and in many cases dissection of their genitalia (or using parts of them for various DNA analysis).
Having said that, the NHM are working through their collections of millions of invertebrates to make as many as possible available as photographic images on-line, see https://www.flickr.com/people/nhm_beetle_id/
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Many thanks for the offer. Will see how the collection goes this spring. I don't think I'll have any issues making the 300+ samples and yes definitely against pointlessly pinning samples. My views on collecting for science have evolved as I've begun to appreciate the critical role of collections in documenting invertebrate diversity. There are some great re-wilding initiatives going on but we can only manage those if we've got good information about positive changes in biodiversity and at least for invertebrates this means collecting. And to be in a position to do this we need trained entomologists with experience of collecting and documenting the collections.
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I've always enjoyed luring this thread for the great photos. If we need to move to LFGSS Discord I've set up a parallel thread here https://discord.com/channels/605497628259516447/1319361692064551024
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Thanks. Do you keep bees by chance? I know that both the wax months are increasingly common and a bit of a pest to apiarists. We've been advised to not collect too many Lepidoptera for the collections. The butterflies don't need to be caught for ID purposes and although many of the moths can only be ID'ed by microscopic examination / dissection they shed scales and make a real mess of the collection boxes unless you're really careful apparently.
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In other news, I started a Masters course in Entomology this autumn. I'm really enjoying it, meeting some fantastic like-minded people, and learning so much. Part of the course requires us to produce a museum-grade collection of at least 300 representative British insects. So come this spring expect a plenty of ento photos from me.
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I've just set up an Insects and Spiders topic on the LFGSS Discord server at https://discord.com/channels/605497628259516447/1319360737197555712
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OK, have now just seen the relevant thread :(
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Sorry if I've missed something but why do we need Discord when we have this site - I don't undrstand?
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Let's go for a drive with some anti matter in the style of Repo Man.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/08/cern-antimatter-secrets-universe-scienceIt always amazes me when I hear about these big Physics experiments. The confidence to try to take on these challenges is so impressive.
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Viagra Boys - Ain't no Thief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCYBYf62wns&ab_channel=viagraboys
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Some more Uncle Acid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ff0CaRGm2w&list=OLAK5uy_nBn4rMGxhRUZ89bfEO1Gw8myt_VSseLjI
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Thanks for that - agreed, real emotional intensity to the whole EP.
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Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Dead Eyes Of London Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzMbEhlpyDc
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Thanks!
Repetition (literally)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTKCKBu8CLI
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No Love Lost - Joy Division
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRHO_yUTE0&ab
Not sure why my posts are only showing links?
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The Fall - Repetition. We're gonna wear black all the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTKCKBu8CLI&ab
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my bad, sorry, you're right.
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