William Brockelsby

@EricCrampton The point of the whole thing isn't whether the bridge should be fixed for stupid amounts of money, it's the classification of it as earthquake prone in the first place...

I wish that fans of things that are really expensive to keep would stop doing judicial reviews of decisions, and start crowdfunding to test whether there's actual willingness to pay for this stuff. To that end, I wish that more of those reviews awarded costs.

From 7 science agencies to 4. How long before we come full circle back to 1? Bring back #DSIR

@ForTheSpiders @sderkarabetian @wizards_magic Sounds like a good one for @JGeekStudies !

Sci-comm at its finest! @sderkarabetian and I just published a systematic study of arachnids in the Magic: The Gathering card game (@wizards_magic). We discuss the evolution of spiders and other arachnids across the multiverse! Check it out: virginianaturalhistorysociety.com/wp-content/upl…

@NHM_Digitise Type specimens from NZ!!

In 2024 we reached an incredible 5.9 million specimens on data.nhm.ac.uk, the digital collection has seen 48 billion records downloaded over 980,000 download events and 4,200+papers citing our data. Comment below with what you want to see from us in 2025 👇

1/3 Just one more sleep until voting opens for the New Zealand Bug of the Year 2025! Here is a wee teaser of the juvenile of the *yellow mayfly, Ameletopsis perscitus*.

[#entomology] 🦗 Revision of the New Zealand cave wētā genus Isoplectron Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), with synonymy of Petrotettix Richards and Setascutum Richards, and the description of a new genus ⤵️ ✒️ @DaniloHegg et al. 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20… #Orthoptera

Excellent video of Christchurch and Wellington "City Nature Challenge" featuring our very own Jon Sullivan and @LincolnUniNZ students. youtube.com/watch?v=DVLLcw…

More new weta genera!

A big thanks to all those who contributed to our moth research project, paper #1 published! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... If you need a copy to read reach out to me. More work to come, next up a comparison to historical records done in the late 19th, early 20th records!

Quote: "We tend to accept as “normal” only what we have seen or experienced in our own lifetime. This can result in the dangerous shifting baseline syndrome where people have ever-lower expectations, in this case of ocean health." theconversation.com/we-gathered-ce…

Jumping to the top of the mountains. Postgrad Dustin laMont tells us about the new species of jumping spiders found by masters student Robin Long at altitude in the Southern Alps in a new @ecolincnz article for #ECOL608 @LincolnUniNZ . See it at: lincolnecology.org.nz/2024/07/29/jum…

Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment." [1/2] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Interesting pollinators work, shame they couldn't find much at night! Flies and native Bees doing the heavy lifting!

🚨🚨🚨 Is there a bug you would like to see be a nominee for the next bug of the year? Here is your chance! You have until the 1st of July to submit as many as you would like! 🐛💚 bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/recommendation…

It was another great year for Wellington in the @iNaturalist City Nature Challenge. Read on to discover what we found...... blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/05/14/hig… via @te_papa @inaturalistnz @WgtnCC

@SiobhanLeachman @inaturalist @inaturalistnz Woah, I'd always hoped it'd show up sometime @JamesTweedNZ

That feeling when someone observes a species not seen in New Zealand since 1959! @inaturalist @inaturalistnz for the win!!! inaturalist.org/observations/2…

Saw dozens of your #boty2024 in Te Kopahou reserve, Wgtn. A real stronghold.

Kahukura is crowned Bug of the Year 2024! ❤️🎉 theconversation.com/nz-votes-the-r…

@auchmill Oh no I was gunning for Tibio!

The people have spoken and the Kahukura | New Zealand Red Admiral is the 2024 NZ Bug of the Year