🧵 New paper! We’re excited to release OPTICS: software that immediately predicts color sensitivity from any opsin protein sequence. In other words: give OPTICS any opsin sequence, and it predicts the wavelength of light the pigment is most sensitive to 🌈👁️ academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

Finally got to introduce Bug to pistol shrimps in person today 🥹 also there were a few little pools with baby pistol shrimps 🥹🥹 One of them gave us a few shots with its claw, it was very loud 🥹🥹🥹 🦐

SICB folks, please share widely! I may know the person running this account 👀😂

This is peak PhD life

SNAPPING SHRIMP ON A SHIRT, I REPEAT, SNAPPING SHRIMP ON A SHIRT

Out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org - we show that crab spiders (the ones you usually see ambushing pollinators on flowers 🕷️🌸) get worse at hunting if their eyes are covered!🫣 Sounds obvious? It's actually quite surprising, here's why... 👀 (1/8) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Happy #worldrobberflyday to some of the very best flies you can find. Robberflies are wonderfully effective predators, with some even catching dragonflies. They combine remarkable vision, rapid reactions, and fast acting venom. Every #robberfly is a treat to find.

Ever wonder why everything is blurry when you open your eyes underwater? Watch #ProcB author Kathryn Feller talk about research on amphibious vision in compound eyes: cassyni.com/events/Ur5pU... 🧪

Ever wonder why everything is blurry when you open your eyes underwater? The answer explained in this video seminar by @tannermierow.bsky.social and myself, recapping our new paper on amphibious vision in compound eyes! cassyni.com/events/Ur5pU...

New paper on seeing in air and water with compound eyes! The problem: physics The solution: physics Elegantly described with the dream team @tannermierow.bsky.social and @alexkingston.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

So proud of the Toebiter team Tanner @tannermierow.bsky.social, Kate @drkatefeller.bsky.social, Jess, and Rick for our paper out in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B. Check out how we learned about the optics and performance of the eyes of amphibious insects: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

🚨🚨TOE-BITER TIME🚨🚨 Interested in how the eyes of amphibious insects transition from an aquatic to amphibious ecology? Check out my new paper with @drkatefeller.bsky.social and @alexcnkingston.bsky.social! Super psyched to have published on my beloved toe-biters! doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

I found this guy living at Paradise Reef. I've never heard the loud crack made by the claws of a red snapping shrimp, aka pistol shrimp, but I would like to.

snapping shrimp🦐💥

Are you an early career biologist seeking a position (Masters up to faculty)? I have talked to so many people who feel alone, like they don't have resources, or who are seeking community during this difficult time in the job market. I created a Discord community to help. discord.gg/nmktHJhUPH

New research from #JRSocInterface: Structural and mechanical properties facilitate shock wave damping by helmet-like orbital hoods in snapping shrimp royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... | #Biomaterials

So happy to be presenting to one of my favorite community of scientists! (@neuroethology.org ) Come join us, to check out some of my “old” work with new insights about arthropod eyes and their molecular make-up! #Neuroethology

🚨🚨MORE COOL SNAPPING SHRIMP WORK!!🚨🚨

Belated paper post #2! Curious if shock wave damping helmets impair vision in snapping shrimp? (Spoiler alert: they don’t!) check out @alexcnkingston.bsky.social and I’s new paper at JEB! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

(Very) belated post but super jazzed to have my undergrad research thesis (and first ever publication) published at the Journal of Insect Behavior with @ceph-whisperer.bsky.social and @alexcnkingston.bsky.social! Check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

a little late in this (i got sick) but thank you to @sicb-dab.bsky.social Portland 2026. had lots of fun seeing great talks and talking about crabs! 🦀

Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year theconversation.com/are-you-a-he...

Heard from Tanner Mierow at #SICB2026 about the mutualisms between snapping shrimp and gobies. Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout. But who asks who out here? Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.