Another 🐉🪰: This time, a female globe skimmer (Pantala flavescens). These dragonflies can be found in large swarms here in 🇯🇵. Its brain is smaller than that of S. albardae, lacks innervation of the ocelli and most of the lobula, but shows broad arborizations of the large lamina. #FluorescenceFriday

We mourn the loss of an exceptional scientist and one of the most effective and powerful international voices for nature of recent generations, Josef “Sepp” Settele. Sepp was a pillar of IPBES’s success throughout its existence. He was a champion for better-informed policy for people and nature.

Entomologendag 2026 18 december Prof. Alexandra-Maria Klein (Uni Freiburg, Germany), on “Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Pollination: Pushing the Research Frontier Through Failures, Luck, Fun, and Opportunities” nev.nl/secties/ento...

Call for Papers! Plasticity and Adaptation: Insect Responses to Global Warming Submission Deadline: 31 January 2027 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Call for Papers – Plasticity and Adaptation: Insect Responses to Global Warming

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2027

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Hello, since Redbubble did me dirty (suspension without explanation while owing me money) let's experiment a little bit! If I've known you long enough not to abuse my work and you want a print/sticker/whatever from me, pay me what you want, I'll give you high resolution files. Try me! #Art #SciArt

Eerder deze zomer, flapperdeflap 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe lens, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo

Deze vliegendoder is wel blij met haar maaltje! (2025) 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe lens, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo

OK, one more: #VespaVelutina coming right at ya 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo

"It's coming right for us!" 🪰 Bonus butt if you make it to 25 seconds 🍑 64x slomo/1920fps with P40Pro+probe, upscaled #InsectsInSlomo

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

Onderzoek naar beestjes: entomologie. Ze zijn onmisbaar voor de natuur, maar kunnen soms flink prikken. Hoe leven ze en wat kunnen we van ze leren? Je ontdekt het dit jaar bij de Kinderuniversiteit! #entomology 🐜🦋 www.wur.nl/nl/onderwijs...

Just a blur and a butt, but at least we're sure we found some Strongylognathus testaceus in a Tetramorium nest last weekend! #Myrmecology

I 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.

can’t wait. To give a bit of a hint: I‘m working on standardization of 3d anatomy modeling, complex 4d interaction and changing the dynamic of visualization from serving to participating and maybe even leading in scientific research. And I so love what I am doing now. I almost wish I started earlier

🐜 Si las hormigas me han enseñado algo después de tantos años estudiándolas es que, cuanto más las conoces, más fascinANTes se vuelven. 📖 Por eso me hace especial ilusión presentaros mi nuevo libro: Hormigas S.A., publicado junto a Naida Mazzenga con Zahorí Books.

We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - August 2026 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download & submit to the next edition: invertefest.com/#artbook #Art #SciArt

"Noot noot" #Invertefest

Zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt gesucht: Gruppenleiter*in (m/w/d) für die Systematik der Insekten (Diptera, Hemiptera oder Orthoptera), für zunächst vier Jahre in Vollzeit (80 bis 100 %, TV-L E13) befristet. Bewerbungsfrist: 11.10.2026 ➡ Alle Infos unter https://t1p.de/orsf4 #JobAd

Many folks interested in ants recently credit AntsCanada and YouTube as inspiration… but decades ago for me and so many others it was Alex Wild and his website cataloging gorgeous insect ecology & behavior through macrophotography. Roberto Keller thanked @alexwild.bsky.social and I do too! #iussi26

Ants normally use about 24% of their energy for brain functions, but when food-deprived, this percentage nearly doubles to 45%. Preferential energy allocation to the brain has previously been found in humans and other mammals. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/kVkU50ZwbrB

📢 Introducing @uissi-social.bsky.social, the Bluesky home of the XX International Congress of the IUSSI. The Congress runs 16–20 August 2026 in Freiburg, Germany, hosted by the University of Freiburg. Tag your posts, abstracts, and travel plans with #IUSSI26 so we can find each other.

Mieren die een vet en zout chipje willen verzamelen zie ik niet zo vaak! Zwarte zaadmier, Tetramorium caespitum 🐜

Posting 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 #Entomology

I've been asked a few times this summer why the wasps all seem to be on the small side (I assumed lack of prey, plus heat stress meaning producing workers ASAP to minimum size thresholds). Great article from @waspwoman.bsky.social going into detail on this: theconversation.com/where-have-a...

Where have all the wasps gone this summer?

And why you should let them share your picnic ham and jam.

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Nou, ik ben extra blij dat ik niets heb gezegd 🤣

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The 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 🤣🧠

Hoera! Het was even wachten, maar de flinke rits keverfoto's die ik even geleden maakte is in gebruik 😁 🪲 determineren.nederlandsesoorten.nl/linnaeus_ng/...

This 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.

"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!" 🐜🤦