Dr Kym Abrams

@drkmabrams.bsky.social

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💜 invertebrates, subterranean fauna and dogs. Biodiversity, phylogenetics, taxonomy, biogeography, conservation of invertebrates (esp Aus Schizomida & Parabathynellidae). RA WA museum. 🦐🕷🇿🇦🇦🇺 Respectfully from Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. She/her. Skeets my own

A motorbike frog casually lounging on a low tree branch
Dragonflies mating while perched on a washing line
Side view of beetle with shiny blue body
I think the common name for this flower is "Billy button" but I forgot the scientific name (sorry)
A platypus swimming on Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Anatemnus capillatus is about two-three millimetres long, an average-sized pseudoscorpion. Close up photo of the head and body shows the lack of eyes and pale colouring typical of troglofauna
2 black millipedes on a piece of bark. The top one is curled in an "S" shape
A mural on the side of a building showing two forest red-tailed black cockatoos/ karak sitting on a branch, facing each other
Two turtle frogs sitting on a pile of sand. They look like blobs with tiny heads
Image of actor The Rock as the scorpion king
A silhouette of a dugong and a velvetworm facing each other, with a Banksia flower between them that looks like a bouquet
A video of two species of native bees flying in and out of holes in a bug hotel. The bees plug the hole with chewed up leaf material to seal the hole and keep their offspring safe and fed until they're ready to emerge
Triggerplant native to Western Australia
A closer view of a yellow dragonfly on the ground
A photo of stony ground with stickd and pebbles and dragonfly that's hard to see against the background
A blue banded bee visiting a pink Ptilotus plant
A subterranean crustacean with a santa hat and some festive Christmas baubles and snowflakes around it
A drawing of a parabathynellid crustacean leg showing numerous setae (sort of sensory hairs that look a bit like feathers)
Screenshot of part of the Bluesky roast app describing my posts as "a delightful mix of scientific rigour and quirky charm"
Native wildflowers at King's Park botanical garden in Perth
A colourful male peacock jumping spider dancing from side to side and moving his legs up and down. His abdomen is a shimmery blue and red - very attractive I reckon
Two jewel beetles of different species facing each other on a branch with pink flowers. The top beetle has reddish yellow and black spots, the bottom beetle is larger with yellow and black patches
Image is a group of bright yellow flowers
A short video of a blue banded bee digging in sand. She can be seen reversing out of the hole as she excavates the sand. It looks like hard work!
A fuzzy flower with alternating white and light green petals. The species name is Actinotus leucocephalus and the common name is a flannel flower because of its fuzzy petals
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,174,273, Dr Kym Abrams ‪@drkmabrams.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 22, 2023"
Donkey orchid flowers with small native bee on one petal
Two millipedes under a bit of bark
Image of a schizomid in its underground habitat
A picture of a velvet worm's face next to a cartoon of Maleficent, the Disney character, showing how similar their faces are
An image of a subterranean arachnid and a subterranean crustacean
Photo of a subterranean schizomid (a type of arachnid) called Draculoides bramstokeri that is only known from a single island, Barrow Island off Western Australia
A cartoon by Extra Fabulous. It has 4 panels: the 1st shows a large spider walking through a city and accidentally walking into overhead powerlines. In the 2nd panel the spider says "ew". In the 3rd panel the spider says "I walked into a human web...I hope I didn't get any on me..." (the spider looks unhappy). The last panel shows a tiny human electrician clinging to the side of the spider with a speech bubble saying "HISSS"
Christmas spider in a web. They are colourful and have spines. Harmless to humans