Nathan Butterworth
@Butterworthbugs
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Studying the ecology and evolution of invertebrates🪰🦐🐌🦂 | Postdoc @MonashBiol | he/him
Australia
Joined March 2018
RT @LCAulsebrook: Still adjusting to the heat and humidity of North Queensland but a recent highlight was getting to see fireflies for the….
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RT @arman_pili: (1) Fresh out the Science oven! 🔥 My 4th (final-ish) PhD chapter is published in @WileyEcolEvol! We found small founding po….
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In long-distance dispersal events, colonising species typically begin with a small number of founding individuals. A growing body of research suggests that establishment success of small founding...
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RT @JtdFinch: What’s this fabulous long legged #tabanidae? Seen in the #BlueMountains, #NSW, #Australia
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RT @WillLeoHawkes: I recently found this copy of Flies of the British Isles by Colyer & Hammond in the local bookshop here in Falmouth, Cor….
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RT @ADipteraYoung: New paper out of the lab led by @EntoSamm in collaboration with @Allograpta5401, based on an undergrad project by @Blair….
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This review summarises and synthesises 150+ years of global hover fly (Syrphidae) migration research to better understand the evidence of, mechanisms for and associated ecological and economic...
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Fitness consequences of population bottlenecks in an invasive blowfly
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A funded PhD project on invasive species, phenotypes, and flies! 🪰🪰🪰. Ang is an incredible & supportive supervisor. Anyone interested - apply!.
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RT @flygirlNHM: Hhh I didnt know this but some Tabanid mothers guard their eggs. The Golden-haired Horse Fly Goniops chrysocoma found in….
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RT @flygirlNHM: Cooooool. Plagiocephalus latifrons (Henderson’s, 1909) - 1 of the many stalk-eyed flies & a dam fine specimen caught by @fl….
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RT @LCAulsebrook: Starting my long road trip from Melbourne to Townsville to begin my postdoc at James Cook University with @DrJDonel! http….
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RT @WillLeoHawkes: 17 MILLION insects migrate through a 30m Pyrenean mountain pass every autumn!. They fly through the mountains on their r….
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RT @whistling_joe: Crabro peltarius (I reckon) busy catching flies along #DiggerAlley @RSPBMinsmere Sneaky little "Burrow Watcher" fly snea….
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A spider on the beach! Fab colours. I love how it blends in with the sand. Often hard to spot at first, but beaches are crawling with biodiversity 🥰
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RT @Rich_Clifford: Thick Headed Fly - Myopa Clausa .Found at @NTCroome .A weird looking critter! .@WorcsWT @Britnatureguide @AP_Magazine @W….
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What a stunner!.
Probably the first photograph of a live individual of Cobboldia elephantis, the stomach bot fly of the Indian elephant. [Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China; courtesy of Prof. Dong Zhang, Beijing Forestry University.]
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RT @flygirlNHM: Sweeping some fungus yesterday and I collected some stalk-eyed Drosophilidae - love these little hammerhead flies . @dipter….
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I got too close to this hawk moth (Sphingidae: Hippotion scrofa, I think) and it flashed some warning colouration at me! 😡🚨 Had no idea that moths could do this, but it is SO adorable ♥️
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RT @Bio_blake: New paper out! Does the culling of large herbivores have any indirect impacts on other species? Yes, we found ground-dwellin….
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Abstract. The overabundance of large herbivores can have detrimental effects on the local environment due to overgrazing. Culling is a common management pr
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RT @BeesBackyard: Did you know there are over 400 species of velvet ants in the US? Despite their name they are actually not ants they are….
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