#Museum30 Day 2 - Who am I?

Officially, I’m an entomologist & museum curator. In my own words, I’m a beetle obsessed nature nerd, and poker of dead things. 💀

I organise the dead. 🪲 🪰

Excited to present a wee project I’ve been doing with James Silvey. We wanted to celebrate all the worker bees and busy beavers that are helping to keep our planet alive. Hope you enjoy!

Here we go… this year will be the year that I complete #Museum30 !

Kicking off day 1 with the #museum that is my 2nd home… National Museums Scotland 🏛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (specifically the National Museums Collection Centre, where our 2.5 MILLION insect specimens reside).

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#MuseumsMatter

Are you ready for a month of museum fun?! Here are the new prompts for #museum30 2022 which starts on November 1st!

I can’t wait to see what you share this year!

Have you registered for our annual meeting yet? #ECN2022 is hybrid, so even if you can’t attend in-person, we hope you can still join us!

➡️ ecnweb.net/welcome/meetin…

We have a nature podcast! If it's good enough for Z-list celebs it's good enough for me and Gabrielle Flinn. Tune in each fortnight (give or take) to hear some nature stories and meet folk involved in #conservation .

Some of the most fascinating beetles I have illustrated are those which consume the dead… we would be lost without their services in waste disposal… it seems an appropriate night to post them! #halloween #beetle #collage #sciart #scicomm

This #Halloween night delivered TREATS… in moth form. Two Feathered Thorns (Colotois pennaria). 😍

Such gorgeous boys. Just look at those antennae! 🧡

#MothsMatter

Last week, our wonderful Entomology volunteer Katty Baird was on #AutumnWatch ! Katty shared her passion for #moths & her work following in the footsteps of Scottish Lepidopterist Alice B. Balfour! 📺

Catch up on BBC Springwatch: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#MothMonday #MothsMatter

Something to really get under the skin this #FlyFriday …

Our Invertebrate team recently received a donation of Warble Fly larvae (Hypoderma diana), collected from Red Deer in Sutherland.

Proud and lucky to be able to share Alice Balfour's Lepidopteran legacy. Look forward to doing more!

Fantastic to see this lovely piece about Buglife Conservation Director, Craig Macadam, published by IUCN
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Such a wealth of knowledge & experience & a great advocate for bugs!
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Meet the Pollinator Experts: Craig Macadam iucn.org/story/202210/m…

It’s LIVE! Our meeting program for #ECN2022 is now available on our website! Check it out: ecnweb.net/welcome/meetin…

🦋 Cover art: “Renewal” by Paul Windsor.

Why do #MothsMatter ?

Learn about the huge part they play in the ecosystem and how you can help this wonderful insect to thrive in our #MothsMatter guide!

Download it for free here 👉 butrfli.es/3TqGhsl

#AutumnWatch BBC Springwatch

Moth recording has changed a lot in the last century, but past collectors are still a source of inspiration.

Our entomology volunteer Katty Baird has been retracing the steps of Scottish Lepidopterist Alice Balfour.

And tonight her project was on #AutumnWatch ! BBC Springwatch

Moths matter ⭐️

They are are a crucial part of our ecosystem, important pollinators and a vital food source for many animals.

What's your top moth sighting? Drop a comment below!
#Autumnwatch