"The exhibition, A Decade Of Discovery: Stories From The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, will be open to the public from May 7 to May 3, 2026.
The exhibition features three general sections on the museum’s history, past and present projects it has undertaken, and what the future holds for it."
The mimics and the mimicked. Note how the spider and the beetle not only are reddish brown with black at posterior end but they both have two white perpendicular dashes that separate these colors. These white dashes probably make them look like they have a waist like the carpenter ant.
I observed these today on a hike at a local state park. Species names are in the alt tags.
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/05/04/pensthorpe-2025-2-the-discovery-centre-and-general/
The second post in my series about the West Norfolk Autism Group trip to Pensthorpe yesterday: https://aspi.blog/2025/05/04/pensthorpe-2025-2-the-discovery-centre-and-general/
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Nature #naturePhotography #Photography #birds #WaterBirds #DiscoveryCentre #NaturalHistory #Paleontoology
Happy #fossilfriday! 
This is Patagotitan mayorum, one of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth, towering over a crowd of visitors at London’s Natural History Museum. This 2.76 tonne cast of the fossils discovered in Argentina was part of a 2023 special exhibition titled Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur.
Tent #caterpillars are at it again. Pierce Road, #Harvard #Forest.
My favorite flower is that of Krameria lanceolata (Trailing Ratany). It has many unique features and intricate details--the typical flower parts are all there but are not what you see in a typical flower. But I do not like its fruit--a bur with dozens of sharp, stout spines that wreaked havoc on my childhood bicycle tires--and sometimes feet.
Hobblebush is now in full flower. The flowers are being enjoyed by two #pollinators.
UK Natural History Museum: Rare UK beetle is six millionth specimen to be digitised by Natural History Museum. “Since 2015, the Natural History Museum has been digitising its collection of 80 million specimens, sharing the records freely on its Data Portal…. Marking 10 years of digitisation, the Museum has digitised its 6 millionth specimen, a forest caterpillar hunter beetle rarely found […]
Megischus bicolor (Bicolored Crown-of-thorns Wasp). Notable features of this parasitoid wasp are the long "neck," enlarged and toothed hind femora, and teeth on the head (from where its name is derived). Although it appears wingless, they're there--just held tightly against the body. Females have an ovipositor that exceeds their body length--used to lay eggs in larvae of wood-boring beetles.
Four flies for #FridayFlyDay which I photographed in the back yard yesterday.
Genus Zacompsia (I think)--a picture-winged fly in the family Ulidiida. Neotephritis finalis
(Sunflower Seed Maggot fly)--a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. Genus Elachiptera--genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae (larvae feed on grasses). Cylindromyia intermedia--a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.
Spring has sprung! (At least in the art studio). If you’re in the Fort Collins, Colorado area and would like to stop by my new studio at 3 Square Gallery, just let me know!
Meet Rhinocyllus conicus (the Nodding Thistle Receptacle Weevil). Native to Eurasia and North Africa, it was introduced to the United States in 1969 as a biocontrol for invasive thistle. However, it began attacking native thistles also. The larvae feed on the flower receptacle, reducing seed production.
"expand #naturalHistory to encompass not just an organism’s physical characteristics, diet, habitat, and habits, but also their #historical and #cultural significance, their archetypal and symbolic meanings: orionmagazine.org/article/imag... #ecology #culturalHeritage #nature #ReconnectWithNature
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Happy Easter to all who celebrate! 
No cute lambs or bunnies in my files, I'm afraid. I do, however, have a *lot* of queer chickens. This is Hector, a 'hen-cock' pictured in the Sporting Magazine in March 1833 and mentioned by Charles Darwin in his 1868 book The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication!
#Easter #HistSTM #HSTM #histsci #histbio #STS @histstm #histsex #history #histodons @histodons #sex #queer #queerhistory #lgbtq #animals #birds #science #naturalhistory #art
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