Not all spiny lizards in our study site are central bearded dragons - an eastern bearded dragon I caught last Thursday @MikeG_lizards @LEGS_Lab

A nesting galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) in the study site in the Mid North of South Australia

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RT @MikeG_lizards: First of our lizard signs funded by Electranet has been installed! These will be at the entrances to the long term sleep…

A mother sleepy lizard and her babies "say goodbye" in their special way after being released back into the wild @MikeG_lizards @Flinders @ClaytonJessa

Coloration is not a reliable character for tick identification because it can be absent, but when it is present it is a great confirmation character - Amblyomma limbatum

The business-end of a sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) @MikeG_lizards @Flinders

@kailah_thorn I want to put this up in the lab!

Something one does not see every day 😉 @MikeG_lizards @lizard_lab @b_derne Family: Scincidae Species: Lerista punctatovittata Common name: Eastern robust slider

@KayceCBell @kailah_thorn I couldn't agree more!

My flights and accomodation are booked, now I just need to get my talk for the 2022 ASP Annual Conference (4-7 July) ready

@b_derne Thanks Bonnie

@VHuuhka @Flinders Many of the Ixodes ticks look similar, which is why you need to get them under a microscope to distinguish between them 😉

Ticks are amazing - an engorged nymph, collected on 28 January 2021 and left in a sealed plastic vial, moulted and was still alive when the vial was checked on 20 April 2022 @MikeG_lizards @Flinders @AS_Para

A good example of why size and coloration are not reliable characters for tick identification - two males of Amblyomma limbatum @Flinders @MikeG_lizards

Kleptoparasitism, i.e. parasitism by theft, is a form of parasitism that is often overlooked. Argyrodes miniaceus on the web of Nephila pilipes in southwestern Taiwan.

@MegiaRodrigo @MikeG_lizards Thanks Rodrigo

@jesspnowicki @MikeG_lizards Thanks Jess. Rest is not a word in my vocabulary 😆 Apart from dealing with Eliana that is becoming more mobile by the day, I also have quite a few papers I would like to publish in the near future.