@BioQuip

At Bioquip we are dedicated to the manufacture and supply of quality products and specimens for both professional and amateur bug enthusiasts

 Rancho Dominguez, CA
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Joined July 2009
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Crane Flies are generally around the size of a quarter, while mosquitoes tend to be about the size of the eraser on a pencil. Crane Flies do not bite or spread disease and also do not eat mosquitoes although they are commonly, mistakenly called 'mosquito eaters'. #MosquitoMonday
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It's #WorldWetlandDay - some of the most dominant species are the FLIES - both adults/larvae are critical for nutrient recycling & food webs. These stunning insects, including the rare Clubbed General Soldierfly (image @judyweb32049878), suffer greatly from #habitat loss/change
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#curation fun on a Friday!
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Anthony Cognato@scolytine8 Feb 2022
Frugal curation of yore- perched ambrosia beetles! @scolytine_sarah
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Dr Cameron Webb@Mozziebites16 Jun 2021
Entomologist’s freezers and their accumulated unpinned specimens... facebook.com/815340641828725… via #EntomologyMeme – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Thorben Danke
@sagaOptics7 Feb 2022
Tiger beetle, Cicindela hybrida. The "knee joint" of the foreleg of one of the fastest insects on our planet. I actually imagined this to be a bit more delicate. But that is exactly what makes extreme macro photography so attractive. – at Besigheim, Deutschland
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BBC Earth
@BBCEarth4 Feb 2022
Shaking like a leaf 🍃⁣⁣ ⁣As their name suggests, leaf insects (Phylliidae) are camouflaged to look like leaves. Some species even sway to mimic leaves blowing in the wind. This all acts as a clever defence from predators. ⁣
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Dan Duran@DanDuranBugMan28 Nov 2021
#NewSpecies! Eunota albicauda: tiger beetle from Texas discovered from two unidentified museum specimens. #treatment treatment.plazi.org/GgServer… Original paper: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.507… @Zootaxa
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Amy Cheu@BasiliskosArt8 Jan 2022
When the ant people (@lovetheants) ask you to get ready in 15mins to hunt for ants in Sedona AZ, you gotta go. 🐜🏜 #SICB2022
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ZSL Library@ZSLLibrary31 Jan 2022
Priscilla Wakefield née Bell was born #OTD in 1751. She campaigned for women to be educated & to gain knowledge of science. 'An introduction to the natural history and classification of insects...', 1816, is in the form of letters from ‘Felicia’ to 'Constance'. #WomenInSTEM
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New unit trays—Thanks @BioQuip! Now to curating!
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🦋 Un groupe de papillons du genre morpho, photographié par Kelvin Hudson kelvinhudson.com #animals #naturelovers #animaux #science #wildlife #nature #biologie #biology #SVT #insectes #insects #entomology #entomologie
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Dan Hoare@DJHbutterflies21 Jan 2022
More evidence that air pollution may interfere with insects' pollination behaviour: Air pollution makes it harder for pollinators to find plants newscientist.com/article/230…
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I am proud of the work of our team on the flight of the smallest beetles, published in the third issue of @Nature this year. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… 1/9
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Peter@petercoffey7 Jan 2022
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Today @NHM_digitise has reached a huge milestone of 5 MILLION specimens digitised, with the data freely available online 🎉 Through the Natural History Museum at Harwell we will further accelerate the rate of digitisation to make even more of the collection digitally accessible
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#FieldWorkFriday : Kick and Sweeps are a sampling method to sample aquatic bugs from the bottom of streams and lakes. It involves disturbing the sediment by kicking and dragging your feet and then collecting it all by sweeping a net through the cloud of material. Photo: FishBio
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Happy Saturday from these gorgeous, transparent Lepidopterans! Chorinea spp. Cithaerias phantoma Hemaris diffinis
Forceps hold a pinned butterfly with long tails and red banding on the hind wings. Both fore and hind wings are mostly translucent, and you can see a human hand through them.

ALT Forceps hold a pinned butterfly with long tails and red banding on the hind wings. Both fore and hind wings are mostly translucent, and you can see a human hand through them.

A drawer of very delicate translucent butterflies with rose coloration on the hind wings.

ALT A drawer of very delicate translucent butterflies with rose coloration on the hind wings.

Forceps hold a pinned moth with black and yellow fuzzy body and transparent wings, through which a human hand wearing a ring can be seen.

ALT Forceps hold a pinned moth with black and yellow fuzzy body and transparent wings, through which a human hand wearing a ring can be seen.

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Dr. Akito Kawahara@Dr_Akito10 Jan 2022
Wow! Very cool research, #Hawkmoths lay more eggs on plants that are already damaged by #beetles! Moths hone in on a chemical that is released when prior insect damage occurs. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… photo: Mohammed Salman. Thanks @BarberLab for the heads-up
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An entomologist at Binghamton University kept a group of African soft ticks alive in a lab for 27 years—and their offspring are still going at age 26. entomologytoday.org/2022/01/…
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