Some of you reached out after seeing this post and it has led to some promising leads! A re-up for this week in case someone with louse samples hasn't seen it yet! Many thanks and I'm happy to answer questions! 🧪

#PhyKIT update! v2.1.2 9 functions have been #optimized 🏃💨 Speed ups range from 1.34 - 17.9x faster!💥 Many thanks to #Codex for the helping hand👋😄

One of the few small projects I did as a visiting scientist at Sichuan University last year: A new species of bramble gall wasp, first record of the genus for China. The real diversity is likely much higher given the richness of Rubus in the area. www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT! Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

'Tis the season to search for lumps on plants, aka galls! These growths are created in response to other organisms — often insects, fungi, or bacteria — injecting their chemicals into the plant. 🧵⤵️ Join the gall celebrations: tr.ee/ziMCEH

**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th) If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.

Ohio State is searching for an entomologist at the Associate/Full level! osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Yay Alana 👏

It's gall week on iNat, go out and look for weird plant tumors! #September2025GallWeek www.inaturalist.org/pages/galls

AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species go.nature.com/4mOb5T9

The Smithsonian's NMNH is accepting applications for various fellowships for graduate students and postdocs. Projects using NMNH resources are encouraged. For details: https://fellowships.si.edu/SIFP #postdoc

Gall Week Sept 2025 is here! Join the event: www.inaturalist.org/projects/gal... and Gall Week Umbrella Project: www.inaturalist.org/projects/gal.... #GallWeek #iNaturalist #Gallsky #botany #entomology #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #plants #galls #BioBlitz #NatureID #PlantPathology #Ecology

This was a fun collaboration, led by Guerin Brown @guerin-brown.bsky.social in the Forbes Lab @lordforbington.bsky.social - our teams found European parasitoids emerged from North American oak gall wasp species in western and eastern North America, which were likely separate introductions.

Just published! A new discovery in biological pest control: Synopeas ruficoxum, a natural enemy of the soybean gall midge in North America. 🧪🧵 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

Hey folks out there who ❤️ to #CTscan things and ❤️ museums! the @amnh.org is hiring a Laboratory Manager for their Microscopy and Imaging Facility, a.k.a. the CT lab 🧪 careers.amnh.org/postings/4550

[conf alert] The 4th AsiaEvo Conf. in Kunming, China, Dec 8-11, 2025. Join scholars and young researchers to explore cutting-edge #evobio. Free registration for researchers from SouthEast Asia countries. For submission see instructions at 2025asiaevoconf.casconf.cn #AsiaEvo2025 #AsiaEvo

I'm hiring a postdoc to work in theoretical / computational phylogenomics! More info at tinyurl.com/63hb5ew8. Please share!

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions! plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Attention entomologists! (and others) Here is a 4th very cool search in ESPM at UC Berkeley - Assistant Professor in Forest Health 🧪 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082

Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections' The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026. ssb2026.github.io

Solitary wasps

This is hands down the best genomic facility I've ever worked in, sure our AC goes down every once in a while (like today) but otherwise it is a great place to work if like insect genomics.

C. Zhang, R. Nielsen and S. Mirarab integrate all ASTRAL-like methods into a single package called ASTER, comprising several tools that collectively enhance the scalability, accuracy, and versatility of species tree inference. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf172 #evobio #molbio #compbio

Natural History Museum, London, seeks a Bioinformatician for its Insect Pollinator Genomics Project. Position details: https://jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=431. Required skills include bioinformatics and genomics. #postdoc

Do you like safe food? Agricultural innovations? Informed farmers? Reminder to voice your opinion about the restructuring of the USDA to the USDA and to your elected officials if you have not yet done so. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

📍HYMATHON 2025 VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM: 👉REGISTRATION OPEN NOW 📆 DECEMBER 4-5, 2025 📆 📍Submit your talk or register to attend: 🔗www.hymenopterists.org🔗 🫵Follow ISH on Instagram: @ishymenopterists

Job alert! I am looking for someone who would like to join my lab as a senior researcher, permanent, with teaching included. My lab is new, I still have startup money, just sayin. DM or email me with questions. Deadline Aug. 11th, interviews in september. Ad here: jobs.uni-rostock.de/jobposting/c...

❗️Job Alert: Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist (Assistant Professor) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 🌊 Apply by Dec 1, 2025: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175 📷 Auckland Museum Collections (CC) #MarineBiology

I love this figure in our review of sawflies of eastern North America. Shout out to @flydrocarbon.bsky.social for leading the charge and the @catherinelinnen.bsky.social lab! Check out the paper in the @entsocamerica.bsky.social Journal of Integrated Pest Management: academic.oup.com/jipm/article...

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera! graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...

Our paper, led by Eva van der Heijden, shows the work of an international team combining phylogenomics, hybridisation tests, population and comparative genomics and pheromone analyses to resolve the taxonomy and evolution of two rapid radiations of glasswing butterflies. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

New article about Messor harvester ant phylogeny and evolution funded by @erc.europa.eu in @isemevol.bsky.social resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New #gall #wasp paper in PESW! We provide an updated key, checklist, and commentary for the four tribes of “herb gall wasps” including some nomenclatural changes. Check it out here: bioone.org/journals/pro...

ICYMI: The @entsocamerica.bsky.social Insect #Biodiversity Task Force published a glossary of #InsectDecline terms, including #DarkTaxa! @arachnologynerd.bsky.social @kefisher.bsky.social @dr-akito.bsky.social @corriemoreau.bsky.social @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jise...

‪XIII European Congress of Entomology 🚨 Registration is now open for ECE 2026 www.ece2026.org/submission-r... #ECE2026Tours #Entomology #insectscience @univtours.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @ird-fr.bsky.social @mnhn.fr @inrae-france.bsky.social

🧬 Shift between specialized & generalized diets in #bees is associated with evolutionary changes in their sensory genes. Generalists lose odorant receptors (ORs) and gain gustatory receptors (GRs), while specialists diversify existing genes 🌸🐝 #genomics #pollinators academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

If you can, please donate to help with funeral costs and supporting her family. RIP Sheila Colla. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...

Our big review paper on strepsipteran systematics for Insect Systematics and Diversity is out! Hoping it's a helpful resource for anyone who needs it.

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

Say hello to my horse faced children: a female Pleistodontes imperialis (Port Jackson Fig Wasp)

BEAST X v10.5.0 finally released – you can't just do beta releases forever. github.com/beast-dev/be... Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community

Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲 For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website: ➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783 #Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs

some recent changes for #Systematic_Entomology @royentsoc.bsky.social ! We welcome new people on our board of EiCs ( #Ligia_Benavides, #Christopher_Owen and #Emmanuel_Toussaint) and expand our scope to include most non-terrestrial arthropods 🕷️ resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Finally photos (1st ever?) of a living Liebelia, the other (non-Diplolepis) genus of rose gall wasp that's endemic to Asia. We've confirmed it is L. fukudae, previously only known in Japan, so new genus record for China thanks to @inaturalist.bsky.social www.inaturalist.org/observations...

by age 30 you should have one friend for every major animal group to spam. seen a good crab post? forward to your token crab person. bat post for the bat person. cicada post for the cicada person. bear post for the bear person. jellyfish post for the jellyfish person. and so on and so forth.