Beautiful mountain hike with a spot of botanizing. #hikemzanzi #SouthAfrica #DogsofTwittter #hiking #DogLover

Ever wonder how climate change is affecting wildlife? Here’s a brief communication I prepared with IUCN on how climate change is already impacting various aspects of biodiversity around the world. iucn.org/story/202211/w…

JRS Biodiversity Foundation support will fund critical new positions in South African National Parks (SANParks) to develop a fully functional Biodiversity Information Management System...read more ow.ly/zuie50LI54u

Both Pensoft and CETAF - partners of #BiCIKL_H2020 - were working on that study and the results are worrying: how can we prevent #BiodiversityLoss without scientists to recognize #biodiversity? 🤔 #RedListTaxonomists

My latest paper on colored nectar on Menispermum dauricum (Asian moonseed) is out.

NEW PAPER to end off the first week of the year! New sequences for over 50 long-tongued fly species & we found that ~50% of species are still undescribed! Also a phylogeny doi.org/10.1071/IS22023 #diptera #longtonguedfly #nemestrinidae #flies #pollinators #southafrica KwaZulu-Natal Museum

The first checklist of the nose flies of South Africa🇿🇦, including information on the current taxonomic and nomenclatural status of the species, occurrence maps, and high definition habitus photographs for each species. 🔗Read more: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11… #Diptera

For #flyfriday we are talking #Diptera conservation at a DIPoDIP meeting. A variety of researchers, educators, conservation agencies and other stakeholders discussing opportunities for collaboration over 2 days. KwaZulu-Natal Museum The AfricaMuseum EZEMVELO KZNWildlife SANParks #fly #flies

Truely exquisite #Diptera collecting in Lesotho #SehlabathebeNationPark. Until we got caught in the rain😅🌊 #fieldwork KwaZulu-Natal Museum Burgert Muller

✨NEW RESEARCH ALERT!✨ How does #bee pollination contribute to the production value of #Irish #faba beans? How do bee species compare in terms of their importance to bean #pollination? 🌿🐝 Read our open access paper HERE: shorturl.at/ceHMT #crops #agriculture (1/7)

The KZN Museum presents, an educational showcase on reptiles suitable for the entire family! 🎟️are now available for purchase online or at your nearest Pick n' Pay store. 🔗:tinyurl.com/52x54sfp

Slightly early for #flyfriday, but having just finished fieldwork for the austral summer, it feels appropriate. oNgoye forest in KZN, where we turned up the first Myolepta for RSA and the first female Mesembrius ingratus ever. A great end! Thanks to all who helped this year!

Spending #flyfriday at the National Museum in Bloemfontein with Burgert Muller working through a few 1000 flies from Lesotho. With a bit of special focus on the Atherimorpha latipennis (Rhagionidae), busy describing the female for the first time. #diptera #flies #fly

Conferencing it up with two talks and a poster at the Entomological society of Southern Africa #essa23 #Diptera #pollination #conference #stellenboch

For #flyFriday here is my poster from my recent #essa23 conference that also travelled to Reno to be at #ICDX with John Midgley #Diptera #Stratiomyidae #Nyassamyia #beeMimics

A rare South African plant produces a fluid and a scent that mimic honeybee blood to entice scavenging jackal flies to pollinate its flowers. newscientist.com/article/238373…

Water samples collected near Barcelona show plastic from artificial grass floating in the sea at a concentration of 213,200 fibres per square kilometre. newscientist.com/article/238386…

Now Hiring: Assistant Professor of Insect Biology | University of California Davis: Davis, California | joburl.ws/19105104 #jobs

The fly that can’t fly: entomologists make fascinating discovery in Lesotho theguardian.com/environment/20…

📢 Working on pollination generalization? Search no more! Submit your abstract to our symposium! Mohamed Abdelaziz (Moha) Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] and I can't wait to lear more from your work at the Botanic Congress, Madrid, July 2024 IBC2024