Fantastic piece (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) by @tlinksvayer.bsky.social on @arthurmatte.bsky.social and my recent paper in PNAS (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...). He really pulls together the threads of how we believe that socially transferred materials #socialfluids entrenched social complexity in ants. 1/2

Excited to share this preprint with @tlinksvayer.bsky.social where we use phylogenetic comparative methods to empirically test the association between haplodiploidy and eusociality on a species-level insect phylogeny! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I was looking for an #Entomology Starter Pack but I couldn't find one - so I started to build one! It's already morphing into more of a list of invertebrate aficionado/lovers. Did I miss you? Aplogies! Reply to this post and I'll remedy that! #StarterPack #Invertebrate go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC

A starter pack for myrmecologists and our allies 🩵🐜🩷 go.bsky.app/zo95qR

This ant sees what you’ve done. (Gigantiops destructor, from the Amazon rainforest)

Thank you @drawstickpeople.bsky.social and @karenpercy.bsky.social! Excited that I'm here and looking forward to connecting with more people.