Naturalist, entomologist, tardigradologist. Currently working on Tatra Mts Orthoptera (2022-2027). Student at Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland).
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Exciting excursion day at #EGC2024! We explored the stunning dry grasslands of the Vinschger Sonnenberg and the alpine meadows of the Schnalstal. Swipe to see highlights from our field trip.
@KWalach_ presenting a study on how the orthopteran fauna of the Tatra mountains have changed since the 1950s. Not surprisingly, eurytopic species are doing well but xerothermic species are generally in decline.
@madjanev @BertB61027155 Maybe also tardigrades on liverwort microhabitats? I'm not sure whether on the picture there is one (is it wet Xanthoria?), but not too much explored too to be honest 🤔
@arnoldtortoise @madjanev @KWalachowski Unfortunately it's impossible. Only relatively few species are easily distinguishable (e.g., M. eurystomum), whereas for the majority really detailed photos and even morphometrics are required to ID (though DNA barcodes are the safest option).
This is Hotwheels sisyphus, a new species and genus of #spider we recently published https://t.co/757X99HtRI
Thanks to this carefully curated GIF, you can probably figure out why it was called that.
@arnoldtortoise @madjanev @BertB61027155@ryeharbour_NR It's a Macrobiotus - its buccal tube for a bit squeezed when preparing the slide. That's why it looks so odd
@BertB61027155 @madjanev Are you sure that it is the connective tissue that makes the macroplacoids visible as 1? Hoyer's medium dissolves these kinds of tissues and highlights the sclerotized parts, which in this case seem to be fused
"Where do thee come from? – Time-calibrated phylogeography of the Nearctic Milnesium (Tardigrada)" - exciting work presented by Karol Wałach
#PEC2023#PolishEvolutionaryConference