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Jess Awad

@parasitoidrex.bsky.social

Entomologist specializing in parasitoid wasps and dark taxa. Leiden, Netherlands.

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Dr Lu@drlumusetti.bsky.social · 6h ago

Bug Spray is a new biweekly series by Dr. Norman Johnson, former Director of the Triplehorn Insect Collection at Ohio State. The subject is all insects and insect collection: history, biology, and fascination with the tiny creatures that surround us. Check out the first post and follow for more.

Bug Spray: the first dose

This is the official start date for short contributions from yours truly, now Professor Emeritus and retired Director of the Triplehorn Insect Collection. My goals are to promote the collection and…

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Rebekah Rogers@evolscientist.bsky.social · yesterday

Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch! We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).

Brock Harpur@beeharpur.bsky.social · 6d ago

We (@rileyshultz.bsky.social) tracked a recessive mutation from birth to death in honey bees. It causes ivory eyes. We collaborated across the continent to identify the mutation and it's downstream effects. Ultimately it is purified through selection on drones. We think Hamilton would be pleased!

Molecular Biology and Evolution@molbioevol.bsky.social · 6d ago

Shultz @beeharpur.bsky.social et al. documented the trajectory of a spontaneous deleterious mutation from its origin in a single queen to its extinction, directly observing how haplodiploidy exposes recessive alleles to immediate purifying selection 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag156 #societyjournal

MBE | The life history of recessive deleterious alleles as seen through the eyes of a honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Petra Korlević@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 2d ago

bug is out of the rug, I got commissioned by @theguardian.com to #SciArt illustrate this year's goobies for #InvertebrateOfTheYear there are some really good ones stay tuned! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year

At last! It’s time for our invertebrate of the year competition as voted for by you. Today, the common woodlouse – come back on Tuesday to find out who else made the top 10

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Petra Korlević@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 6d ago

something exciting coming your way on Monday #BugSky

Tom Astle@tjalamont.bsky.social · 4d ago

Look at this little lump. It's a barely 2 mm. springtail (class Collembola), which are hexapods (6 legs) but not insects. This one was at almost ten thousand feet in the mountains of Montana, living its best gummi life under a rock. #BugSky 🌿🐙

A macro photo looking down at a dark blue-gray creature called a springtail, on the surface of a pale brownish-yellow rock. The springtail is oval shaped, kinda squishy looking, with multiple body segments and a few sparse, short hairs. It has two short thick antennae.
Colin Purrington@colinpurrington.bsky.social · 4d ago

The yarrow is also packed with an equally tiny wasp which I think might be Aprostocetus anodaphus (Eulophidae). It's an endoparasite of Ozirhincus millefolii (Cecidomyiidae), my tentative guess for the fly shown above. Both are found inside yarrow, at least in Europe. But I'm in Pennsylvania. #wasps

Tiny black wasp with pale yellow bands on a rather large, ovate abdomen, and with yellow legs that have black bands on the segments closer to the body.
Dipterists Society@dipterists.bsky.social · 4d ago

If you're enjoying these posts (and #flies 🪰 in general) please visit our website: dipterists.org You can become a member and find out how you can join Fly School in the future. We'd love to see you!

Matt Bertone@bertonemyia.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sometimes you've gotta go metallic to mimic your model! This common tropical hover #fly at the top is a convincing mimic of the local orchid #bees in the genus #Euglossa (bottom). #FlySchool2026 #Syrphidae: #Ornidia obesa Soltis Center, Costa Rica

Two metallic green winged insects on a white background, one at the top and one at the bottom. The top one is a hover fly and the bottom is an orchid bee.
Craig B@mutillidae.bsky.social · 6d ago

Here's the working prototype of my setup. It's a 3D-printed black block with a socket to hold a watch glass, and a 3D-printed diffuser that sits on top of the block. Recessing the glass greatly reduces stray light & glare. #NaturalHistoryCollections #Macrophotography #FocusStacking #DIYImagingStage

This is a close up of the imaging set up I made to image the water penny. There's a 3D printed black block with a socket to hold a standard watch glass on the left, with an actual watch glass sitting atop the block on its right edge. On the right edge of the block is a off white 3D-printed diffuser, roughly shaped like a hollowed out hemisphere, with large circular openings on the top and bottom. The bottom rim of the diffuser fits into a recess on the top of the block holding the watch glass. The pieces are setting on a light grey bench top in front of a white wall.
Craig B@mutillidae.bsky.social · 6d ago

I've been working on a better setup for capturing focus-stacked images of immature insects in alcohol...and it's working well. 🙂 #NaturalHistoryCollections #Macrophotography #FocusStacking #Psephenidae #APennyForYourThoughts

Ventral view of a water penny larva (Psephenidae) against a black background. The six legs, antennae, and the feathery gills are all clearly visible—and would be well protected from above when the larva is clinging to a rock underneath the water.
Pável Matos@pavelmatosm.bsky.social · 5d ago

Please share: Full-time PhD position on Butterfly Evolution at High Elevations 🦋⛰️ The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics. DEADLINE: September 11, 2026 More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/

Join us

Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. Open PhD position (full time) Comparative and Population Genomics of Butterflies at High Elevations. The project aims to understand …

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Prosanta Chakrabarty@prosanta.bsky.social · last wk.

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation iucn.org/news/202607/...

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums

The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...

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