We are hiring!! The Department of Entomology at Cornell University is seeking applications for a 9-month, full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Field Crops Entomology. Position details & application link: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30498 Apply by: November 16th, 2025 at 11:59PM

there is also @jopabinia.bsky.social crustacean-posting which is also a highlight here for me on bluesky!!

idk im kind of wtaf about bluesky generally, never have i feel like im inside of a smaller echo chamber than ive ever been before but the science posts are good and the @solomonrdavid.bsky.social gar posting is elite !!!

It’s ok to put the phone down.

New paper about trade-offs between defensive strategies link.springer.com/article/10.1...

GO BILLS! Amazing final 13 sec against the Ravens! Woohoo!

I'm going 2 and 5!

Psst: entomology2025.eventscribe.net

where is the @entsocamerica.bsky.social programmmm?!?!?!

Tried to get away from work for a bit, but #avocados are in the Central American jungle, so I got a few reminders....

Hermit crab in Japan

Sampling clonal grapevine scions and grafted rootstocks across three states to determine how the epigenome of roots, shoots, and berries change across environments, NY sampling team edition.

Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!

We are looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) who wants to study neural mechanisms of spatial memory in honeybees. This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees. Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025. More details: www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...

if you're not following this account, you need to. pure joy!

anyone have any ideas on interesting ways to present diversity indices that are not a table? 😅

A new #RESInsectConsDiv article looks at the influence of traffic-related pollution and seasonality on #tardigrade diversity in urban ecosystems Learn more here🔽 doi.org/10.1111/icad.12838 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

we need to do something about upping the quality of grant reviews asap. idk if we need outside reviewers to go alongside "inside" reviewers or what. but it needs to happen.

"Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million." Exactly this.

It's Addison Day.

be still my heart. 😍

Are you looking for a faculty job? We are hiring in my department at Roswell Park NOW. Contact me for details as I await the formal ad. (Please RT.)

You CANNOT rebuild trust between people when the trust in centered on shared identity as it currently is. The meta has changed. We cannot approach scicomm the same way anymore. Our expertise and alienation from the average American IS THE PROBLEM and until we train to address that our scicomm will

It’s alive! Our Mycorrhizal Networks special issue is out in Functional Ecology. Packed with spore-tacular science. A collection that highlights advances, identifies unresolved questions & the future research directions. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

anyone want to disambiguate this lol: Objectives are not coherent with each other, but independent topics on one species of insect with different research topics.

absolutely in love with your art Gabriel!!! USPS needs to hit you up for a STAMP COLLAB.

Celebrate #Pride at the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) with us on June 13! Enjoy delicious cocktails, a DJ set, collaborative #artmaking, and more. This year’s theme? Celestial ✨! Come dressed in your personal embodiment of the cosmos!

BEAUTIFUL COVER.

relevant information tbh

In a new #RESSystematicEnt article, whole-genome #phylogenomics provides new insights into the #phylogeny and evolution of #Macropsini (#Hemiptera: #Cicadellidae) Read the article now🔽 doi.org/10.1111/syen.12687 @gkergoat.bsky.social @lepidochrysops.bsky.social @wiley.com

Found a 145cm DBH Quercus rubra out in the woods today. Absolute unit #Nature #Trees 🌿🌎

FINALLY FRIDAY!

The women’s health initiative has followed tens of thousands of women for more than 30 years and provided invaluable information on topics like hormone replacement and cancer. Jay Bhattacharya cutting this program will not only hurt women, it’s also just a colossal waste to lose such an investment.

‪If you're a researcher with an NSF grant that has been terminated or with a proposal now stuck in limbo, I'd like to hear from you. My signal is kvasquez.12. Anonymity is always an option.

new boots on waiting for my friends to come pick me up

Great article just came out "Enhanced efficacy of pheromone-treated entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) against whiteflies in foliar applications with a gel adjuvant" EPN application rate with pheromones was 10 times less than that of the literature. @pheronym.com next target pest is thrips.

📢#RESAgForestEnt has a brand new May issue out See what's published in Agricultural & Forest Entomology Volume 27, Issue 2🔽 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563/2025/27/2 @jordancuff.bsky.social @allanwatt.bsky.social‬ @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com

Two PhD Scholarships to study Australian stingless bees 🐝 and crop pollination at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney Uni - deadline March 31. Sounds like a great project - reach out with questions - I did my PhD in this lab! www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...

🐞 Spread the word! Registration and abstract submission are now open for our annual conference, #Ento25! Join the entomological community in-person or online this September, with opportunities to present your work, meet new contacts and build collaborations 🔽 buff.ly/tKyJIbN

I’m screaming too, Paddlefish, I’m screaming too. ALT: Paddlefish feed by swimming with their large mouths agape, using a paddle-like rostrum to detect plankton. The plankton is filtered out of water using gill structures. They appear to be screaming. Music: Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin.

Arthropod Photo of the Week: March 12, 2025 Robber flies Philonicus plebeius Diptera: Asilidae By Joel Hernandez (@bugzforlife.bsky.social), California, USA #arthropodPOTW

Do you love bugs? Have you ever wondered what makes insects so colorful or how insects produce iridescence in their scales? Do you have a Masters degree? If yes 😁, we are offering a fully-funded PhD position at IRBI (CNRS/UTours). Come join us!! Applications due 11 April 2025! #ColSci #Bugs #omics

how many academics are about to leave the academy due to endless chaos... Covid into strange climate around funding? as someone who started a lab in 2018, this has been pretty brutal.

today is the day of sending that bitchy email.

Latest paper is out! We tested a push-pull strategy using verbenone to repel ambrosia beetles in eastern US apple orchards. Verbenone alone reduces migration at low populations, but EtOH is needed for high populations. @monique4ever.bsky.social scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

can you let mike do his work? wtf

Great thread on the scientific legacy of Maria Sibylla Merian an amazing and groundbreaking entomologist! And the obstacles she had to overcome.

Ok, so I know all bees are incredible creatures, and it's a brave human who ranks them. But surely this blue carpenter bee would be near the top? This is Xylocopa tumida and she is gorgeous. 1/3