NHM_Fleas

News and info from @NHM_London curator of Fleas. Behind the scenes stories, images and research of the collection

[The Systematics Association @SystAssn]

Our Biennial Conference is back! https://t.co/foFMiEt37L

It will be held in June 19-21 at the University of Reading.

Early-bird registration closes April 14th.

Abstract submission deadline May 1st (March 31st for students applying for the bursary)

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

A visit to the @morethanadodo collection, & a quick peak at the fleas

Two big names here - Charles Nathaniel Rothschild who described over 500 spp & Charles Darwin who collected this whilst on ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’

What stories these fleas could tell

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

We have Olga Pawelczyk from Medical University of Silesia in Katowice over on @SynthesysEU. She is using the @NHM_IAC suite to measure many fleas for a new identification guide

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a GIANT FLEA adorning the outside of a museum!!! @NHM_Fleas

#MuseumNerdsAbroad are now in Amsterdam at the @rijksmuseum

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

This mornings excellent collection find was this!

The original plates used for the 1966 Hopkins and Rothschild Catalogue of fleas.. (and now maybe my Christmas cards)

#collections @NHM_Library @NHM_London #copperplates

[Grubbing In The Filth @gitfpodcast]

@flygirlNHM "The strength and beauty of this small creature, had it no other relation at all to man, would deserve a description."

[Prof Richard Johnston @DrRichJohnston]

@flygirlNHM Love Micrographia! That fold out is amazing!
I’ve been scanning this over the last week for a Hooke thing too!

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

Ohh just discovered this press cutting in my charity shop purchase of Dear Lord Rothschild by his niece Miriam @guardianscience

🙌

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

Writing about fleas is lovely because of the folks who studied them. I get to shuffle through my books and admire the work that was published over 350 years ago..👊😎🙌

#RobertHooke was a master of the microscope

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

Sounds like the most perfect of parties #fleas

[NHM Library and Archives @NHM_Library]

Come to a Flea Party!
This #Invitation was tucked into the papers of Deputy Keeper of Entomology, Theresa Clay #Ephemera #Entomology #NaturalHistory @NHM_London

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

The #Rothschild collection of fleas is a marvellous thing. Kept in the original cabinets is a wealth biological data.

One such cabinet is labelled monstrosities (!!) and this specimen resides in it! I wonder who added the description…#FridayFlea @NHM_Digitise @NHM_London

[Digitising the NHM @NHM_Digitise]

While the COVID-19 pandemic is still impacting our daily lives, zoonotic diseases aren’t new. Others include Ebola, HIV and the Plague, transmitted by the insects contained in this Museum Drawer: Find out more in this blog by @flygirlNHM #WorldZoonosesDay https://t.co/mGPBIQG0WT

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

@ceciliabogaard @NHM_London It was @AmoretWhitaker

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

A flea gun - for shooting fleas off servants. maybe I should apply to the @NHM_London for some new field equipment....#verrall18 #verrall

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

One of the earliest Japanese texts - in this case a scroll - on parasitic insects was called Kenbikyo Mushi No Zu (Illustrations of Microscopic Insects) published in 1860

#microscopy #fleas #parasites #Literature #books #japan #flea

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

@americanbeetles @Eugenius53 So much better 😎

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

Very excited - Simon Horsnall who took UK flea recording scheme ([email protected]) and he’s at the @SISF_2022 showing off these beauties

[B. E. Boudinot @BoudAnt1]

Happy Valentine's Day, Twitter! I vouch that this is true, and indeed, an understatement. 💘

[Rubén Bueno @rubueno10]

🐀🦠 Si quieres escuchar información sobre la #peste (enfermedad que tradicionalmente nos evoca a la Edad Media) desde una perspectiva actual, atent@ a este viernes 👇🏻👇🏻
#Pulgas #Roedores #YersiniaPestis

[NHM_Fleas @NHM_Fleas]

Happy Valentine’s

Here is something to speculate on this morning!

[Darwin Tree of Life Project @darwintreelife]

We're looking for expert #taxonomists (amateur or professional) to help us ID some of the 70,000 species we're collecting for #DarwinTreeOfLife 🔬

Fancy a taxonomic trip to southern Scotland with @BFTWidlife? Read the poster linked below for more info!🧬

https://t.co/WkZqb0mF8z