Focus: True Bugs of Australia (Insecta : Hemiptera : Heteroptera)
Entirely addicted to True Bugs (
Heteroptera), mainly interested in Australia's terrestrial bug fauna, which I curate for iNaturalist. I enjoy combing through iNat's backlog for 1st records of species not yet added to iNat's taxonomy and other interesting finds. For some highlights (mostly Australia) see my
Treasures From the Backlog.
Sensuous nature-loving person based in Heidelberg/Germany, originally from Berlin. Studied a BSc & MSc majoring in Functional Ecology, Biocontrol and Functional Genomics/Bioinformatics at Frankfurt Uni & TU Darmstadt. Passionate about everything beautiful in this world, nature & sustainability, garden design, art & music, stars & space... Always on the road in nature things, as a citizen scientist and volunteer, or just bushwalking with my camera.
OpenTo... Always interested in bug-related projects/positions etc - just in case someone happens to come across sth.