Department symposium 11-12 feb, and all units at the Department of Ecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, had the mission to build a ginger bread house related to the unit, Our unit is the unit of forest entomology. Not the most beautiful one, but the most subtle 🧪
”Museum mining” in Stockholm and search for the Snake Fungal Disease, Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola with focus on Scandinavian snakes.
After the storm Johannes in Sweden 27 dec, we are in risk of large bark beetle infestations in 2027. Such northern outbreaks are poorly studied and although its catastrophic for many people, it will be really interesting to study the development of the outbreak. My map may reflect the suffered areas
Yes, I asked AI write the code for the barplot - just to confirm my theory
Do you have the same experience?? My invitations to REVIEW PAPERS are boosting. In Nov-Dec I get new invitations EVERY second/third day. I checked my email history and this is the result (and there are still 2w in Dec.
Is AI the reason - doing the analyses, writing and critical thinking?
This is amazing!! Camponotus ants in Borneo signaling that their sweet home (palm tree) is in danger. The soldiers communicating with their mandibles and it sounds like a marsh of war. Turn on the volume! Recorded last week!
Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸
Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Ants defending their home of a palm tree, by acoustic aposematism. This is in Sabah, Borneo. Does anyone know the ant or palm species. Is the #ant Camponotus?
A new evening with additional inventory of insects and #herptiles in Sabah, Borneo. Except for the Boiga dendrophila melanota we found the other day, we also observed a Boiga jaspidea.
Some nice observations of today. Luasong, Sabah
This bird (Hydrornis baudii) - found yesterday - is tired, endemic to Borneo and threatened and has a very beautiful name in Swedish: Azurkronad juveltrast
Stream inventory today for amphibian sites. Luasong, Sabah.
Some of the amphibians spotted yesterday during fieldwork in Luasong, Sabah. Leptobrachella fritinnens, Meristogenys orphnocnemis, Leptobrachium abboti, Limnonectes leporinus
Finally arrived to Luasong, Borneo. Starting directly testing field equipment. Insect sheets and mosquito traps, also spotted some frogs.
Today we are leaving again for the next phase to Luasong, Sabah, Borneo. Supervising two master projects pregarding the interplay between RESTORATION - AMPHIBIANS - ARTHROPODS - with an emphasis on MOSQUITOS.
Ever wonder how 1000 spruce bark beetles look like? Well you can stop wonder now.
4 days of conference in Prague. Bark beetle business.
Interesting! Something to do with evolution determined by different predator pressure?
Forest IPA
Not so hard to relax at our summer cabin….
”Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. But how does it differ in forest conservation assessment. New article of today.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The frog (Rana temporaria) and the frogman (my son). In the northern mountains of Sweden #Åre
Glad midsommar! Dagen till ära kommer ett låtsläpp om hur det gick till under firandet när seklet var ungt.
#midsommar
#midsommarafton
Today we are celebrating midsummer eve in Sweden. I recorded an old song about this.
open.spotify.com/track/6ZVTbd...
Short documentary with me discussing our study on #snakes and implications climate change in Sweden. [In Swedish]
youtu.be/iTnZn4RMy1k?...
I was talking about the spruce bark beetle during ca 30 min in a podcast named ”Dra åt skogen” organized by Skogsällskapet. Unfortunately, only in Swedish. open.spotify.com/episode/6IQB...
What I never expected ChatGTP can be used for?
Me on Swedish radio talking about grass snakes. The angle is a awkward as I talked about how to approach them to have a nice experience, and they talked about how to not get attacked by them. It’s how media can angle everything they want. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/slin...
Vi samlar underskrifter till en debattartikel som uppmanar politiker att ta forskningsresultat på allvar. Vi vill gärna ha många underskrifter för att visa att detta är en avgörande fråga för vår gemensamma framtid. Är du intresserad av att skriva på? Kontakta mig så skickar jag en länk.
