Day 2 of the spring meeting at @liverpooluni.bsky.social focused on breakout sessions across the different @projectpsyche.bsky.social working groups 🧬🦋 Great discussions today—exciting to dig deeper into challenges in Lepidoptera genome analysis! #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

Day 3 of the @projectpsyche.bsky.social spring meeting at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Summary sessions brought together the ideas we’ve developed so far, followed by a visit to the entomological collection 🧬🦋 #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

Finally it is out 🔎🐜🌏 @peerj.bsky.social Exploitation of an ant-plant mutualism by a cavity-nesting wasp in Borneo peerj.com/articles/20984

How do you turn many individual experiences, workflows, and challenges into something the whole community can use? Watch Katja Reichel explaining the writing of doi.org/10.1111/1755... Link: youtu.be/80cedW-Oc6c #Genomics #Biodiversity #ReferenceGenomes #ERGA

From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe

High-quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experi...

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Stunningly illustrated with photos by Indraneil Das & other leading nature photographers, A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Borneo is an essential travel companion for visitors to the island & a must for anyone interested in reptiles. Out now! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Butterflies of Britain and Western Europe and Their Caterpillars is an essential guide for all lepidopterists and entomologists, from amateur enthusiasts to professionals. Out now in the UK/Europe, & available in North America on February 17! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Moths of Western North America by Seabrooke Leckie covers 1,900 of the most commonly occurring species in the region, from the US–Mexico border north to Edmonton, Alberta, & central British Columbia. Available January 27 (24 March UK pub). Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

A moth drinking tears from a bird's eye 🔎🦋🐦🌎 www.science.org/content/arti...

Watch a moth drink tears from a bird's eye

Strategy appears to be an unusual way to get nutrients

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From Permits 📜 to Samples🧪🧬 Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe🧬🇪🇺 Now published in Mol Ecol Res! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Thanks to the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social team!!!🙂

Dry or wet? Comparing black slot trap efficiency in spruce bark beetles control | Journal of Forestry Research link.springer.com/article/10.1... @forestryjfr.bsky.social @forestryoup.bsky.social

Dry or wet? Comparing black slot trap efficiency in spruce bark beetles control - Journal of Forestry Research

Bark beetles are one of the greatest threats to coniferous forests in Europe. Pheromone traps are currently the most effective method of controlling the mass infestations that some of them are known t...

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🦋 🧬 Feature review @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social: "Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social : reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe", with @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social from @universidadoviedo.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe

Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...

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🧬 New paper in Systematics and Biodiversity! Rindoš 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. untangle the molecular phylogeny of 𝙏𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖—East Africa’s cryptic tussock moths—revealing hidden diversity and clarifying their systematic home within Erebidae 🔗 buff.ly/ppJ7nGP #Entomology #Moths #Systematics #Biodiversity #Lepidoptera

It’s almost time for the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference — happening next week! 🗓️ 29–31 October 💻 Fully online & free of charge Find all the details, including the full programme 👇 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #genomics #biodiversity

Genomics for Biodiversity Conference - from genomes to impact

29–31 October 2025Summary🗓️ Dates:  29 - 31 October 2025 (click to add to your agenda!)🔗 Online venue: ERGA YouTube ChannelWe are excited to announce the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference organised...

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Hospodářská, @petrnguyen.bsky.social et al. investigated genome size and karyotype in Polyommatus and Lysandra butterflies, rejecting polyploidy to confirm karyotypic diversification via chromosome fragmentation in Polyommatinae butterflies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf157 #genome #evolution

(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe! This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth. Read the story below!👇🏽

A lavishly illustrated guide to the diversity of the world’s butterflies. Butterflies of the World by Blanca Huertas and Shinichi Nakahara is out now. Learn more and order your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

After a productive day of work, the WG1 visited the archive and scientific collection of the Senckenberg Institute 👀🦋 All eyes on Maria Sibylla Merian 🥹 #10KLepGenomes

David Wagner's Moths of the World is a marvelously illustrated guide to the world’s moths. Out now! Learn more and explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

👏🏻🔎🧬🦋 smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/boo...

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Come and join fellow lepidopterists at the 24th European Congress of Lepidopterology in the Czech Republic August 18-23, 2025! Abstract submission deadline April 30, registration deadline May 31. See you :-) sel.entu.cas.cz/important-da...