Macro photography, Neuroscience, (Urban) Entomology, Myrmecology. Dutch/English skeets; he/him. Current Occupations: Lab manager Sensory Ecology @ Ento, WUR Groothuis Onderzoek en Advies Jittebug Ento Art Board member @nev.nlhttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nlhttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mwqykgncbs24Eerder deze zomer, flapperdeflap 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe lens, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo30 Sep 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqykgncbs24https://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mwng26h4ic2tDeze vliegendoder is wel blij met haar maaltje! (2025) 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe lens, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo29 Sep 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwng26h4ic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mwm2vpwy422aOK, one more: #VespaVelutina coming right at ya 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo28 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwm2vpwy422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mwlgroprgc2a"It's coming right for us!" 🪰 Bonus butt if you make it to 25 seconds 🍑 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo28 Sep 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlgroprgc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mw7l3ujvbs2wJust a blur and a butt, but at least we're sure we found some Strongylognathus testaceus in a Tetramorium nest last weekend! #Myrmecology23 Sep 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7l3ujvbs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mvvgkrna722kI came across on my hard drive while looking for other things. I segmented the nervous system and part of the digestive system in this Atta vollenweideri head, then apparently I animated it and forgot it existed... This was based on CT data graciously provided by the Labonte lab.19 Sep 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvgkrna722khttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mtwnoppqoc2h"Noot noot" #Invertefest25 Aug 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwnoppqoc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3msvjzm35vk26Mieren die een vet en zout chipje willen verzamelen zie ik niet zo vaak! Zwarte zaadmier, Tetramorium caespitum 🐜12 Aug 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvjzm35vk26https://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3ms7ddxjnxs27Posting this for no particular reason, but I should be doing vacation stuff and instead I'm looking through some scans I made last week. Here is a very rough brain of a Pieris brassicae butterfly 🦋, about 2 mm wide. CLSM image, visualized with BigVolumeBrowser in Fiji #Entomology03 Aug 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7ddxjnxs27https://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mruhvuhwyk25Nou, ik ben extra blij dat ik niets heb gezegd 🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruhvuhwyk25https://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mrnkxsh7ws25The International Congress of NeuroETHOLOGY and the International Congress of NeuroENDROCRINOLOGY are happening at the same time (opposite sides of the Pacific) and using the same #ICN2026... Making it very hard for us regular neuro-plebs to follow along at home 🤣🧠27 Jul 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnkxsh7ws25https://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mrn6ei5jas2jHoera! Het was even wachten, maar de flinke rits keverfoto's die ik even geleden maakte is in gebruik 😁 🪲 https://determineren.nederlandsesoorten.nl/linnaeus_ng/app/views/matrixkey/index.php?epi=19127 Jul 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrn6ei5jas2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mr3we6zzxc2cThis is why we call Tetramorium pavement ants "seed ants" in the Netherlands... 🐜 To be honest I don't see this behavior that often, but it's a neat example.20 Jul 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3we6zzxc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mqzj667fhc2p"You can tell the gender of an ant by dropping it into water. If it sinks, it's a girl ant. If it floats, it's boy-ant!" 🐜🤦19 Jul 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzj667fhc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mqzj2syq7c2pFlapperdeflap! 🦋19 Jul 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzj2syq7c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mosfnc245s2pHet is soms een rommeltje, maar in het 🐜Mierenreservaat🐜 doen de satermieren (Formica exsecta) het supergoed. Kost érg veel inspanning, maar ze verspreiden nu flink in het gebied dat we vrij maken*. Bij afsluitende borrel ook nog een kerkuil die naast ons kwam zitten, gezellig! #KNNV #Entomologie21 Jun 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mosfnc245s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jittebug.nl/post/3mntuenrqm22oToch leuk dat er bij het KAD een kleurplaat van mij aan de muur hangt (blijkbaar te druk om ook in te kleuren...), en mijn foto's als bureaubladachtergrond staan 😉 https://npo.nl/start/afspelen/nos-journaal_10514809 Jun 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:bimcsrtdaog34gymqiedskfs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mntuenrqm22o