Marine plankton, home educator, biology undergrad, autistic, non binary. Norfolk UK. Runs The Plankton Project linktr.ee/elizabethbestonhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3ml7edhmjls22This is a cnidarian planula larva - probably a sea anemone! A fluffy little baby that will grow up to be a stinger! #marineplankton 🦑 #zooplankton06 May 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7edhmjls22https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3ml4xjczhfk2cThis might not look like much, but it’s so very very cool! This (I believe), is a developing sea spider (Pycnogonida)! You can see it’s amazing body developing! I’ve added a photo of an adult from our local tide pools. #marineplankton 🦑 #seaspider05 May 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4xjczhfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3ml4oqupxpk2zTrying to ID a copepod that has fleshy paddles as its P5, and enjoying saying ‘fleshy paddles’ over and over again in my head.05 May 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4oqupxpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3ml27dzsim22iIt’s May the 4th! Time to wheel out my Death Star Aulacodiscus diatom. #marineplankton 🦑 #phytoplankton04 May 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml27dzsim22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkxof45kbk2dBugs (a knotweed beetle apparently) at the train station.03 May 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxof45kbk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkxhda55vk2dI don’t think I’ve ever seen such a large, and PINK, barnacle (Cirripedia) cyprid larva! What a stonker! #marineplankton #microscopy #barnacle03 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxhda55vk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkv3uqgbxc2dYay! First starfish baby of the year! #marineplankton #microscopy #starfish02 May 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv3uqgbxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkupxhb7ms2dSitting opposite a group of mature people in a restaurant. I realise after about ten minutes I am the same age as these ‘old’ folk 😳. Does everyone forget how old they are?!02 May 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkupxhb7ms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkszqkrivs2wI’ve just watched War Machine. I thought it was pretty rubbish, but I definitely want a t-shirt that says ‘Thermodynamics, motherfucker’01 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkszqkrivs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mksfpdphgc2b1 view, 3 generations, 3 five minute sketches. @nationaltrust.org.uk #stowehouse01 May 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksfpdphgc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkqb3sygks2gWhat a little cutie! A baby sea snail swimming about in this week’s sample. #marineplankton #zooplankton 🦑30 Apr 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqb3sygks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkpm7tn3bs2eLunch with added chickens30 Apr 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpm7tn3bs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mknsdrulq22mI’ve never seen such ‘X’ shaped Amphitetras antediluviana diatom before! The ones I’ve previously come across have been quite boxy. This frustule is so lovely! #marineplankton #diatoms 🦑29 Apr 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknsdrulq22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkkyzcuvrs2oAnother very tricky plankton sampling session! #marineplankton 🦑28 Apr 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkyzcuvrs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkjvtcwpt22vWaaaaah! 😫 If I’d sampled yesterday it would have been lovely. Of course I chose today - windy as f@£k!28 Apr 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjvtcwpt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkis4nrtys2vThis barnacle (Cirripedia) nauplius sees into its future with its cyprid friend. Barnacle nauplii larvae turn into cyprids before settlement. #marineplankton 🦑27 Apr 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkis4nrtys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mki7t5movk2vGrant application done. Just enjoying the song of the blue tit and watching the wood pigeons mooch in my garden.27 Apr 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki7t5movk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkhntw45zk2vAnyone else procrastinating on grant applications this morning? 🧪 https://media.tenor.com/I8v1lRF-bPQAAAAC/nikki-o-nikki-o-me.gif?hh=280&ww=49827 Apr 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhntw45zk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkgaaw2br22eWheeeeee! This little spionida egg gets caught up in the wake of a bigger spionida larva! #marineplankton 🦑 #polychaete26 Apr 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgaaw2br22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkdo2c67gc25The sublime tones of this Trieres mobiliensis/regia diatom are just 👌 #marineplankton 🦑25 Apr 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdo2c67gc25https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkcy26uwfs2mThese little fellas were hiding under a toboggan that had been on lawn since January!25 Apr 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcy26uwfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkcpswstak2mI’ve moved my work station next to a window, and although it’s a little chilly, I’m loving having the window open to listen to birdsong.25 Apr 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcpswstak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkcm36rpdk2pLots of Synchaeta sp. rotifers in my plankton sample this week. They were pretty chonky! #marineplankton 🦑25 Apr 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcm36rpdk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mkb5gw7jhc2zOooh look at this lovely marine egg! If you know who made it, please let me know! #marineplankton 🦑24 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb5gw7jhc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mk7xcjtcrs23Gertrude’s bringing sexy back! #slimemould24 Apr 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7xcjtcrs23https://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mk6lycaf422cLots of polychaete larvae in my sample this week! This one is from last week, but was too gorgeous not to share. Video in the thread. #marineplankton 🦑23 Apr 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6lycaf422chttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mk66gxet3k2jNew insect cuteness unlocked! I present to you the acorn weevil! This dude I missing some legs. I fear one of the cats brought it in as a gift.23 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk66gxet3k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizabethbeston.bsky.social/post/3mk5ixbvdu22pOoooh! Just sent my first question to #americast !23 Apr 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:vc6acnp7orkzddzrathzjvb7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5ixbvdu22p