news.cornell.edu/stories/2025... #foresthealth #forestfriday

@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @nphavill.bsky.social et al. present the genome of the hemlock woolly adelgid, one of eastern North America's most destructive and invasive forest pests. The 216 Mbp genome is highly complete (97.7% BUSCO). 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170 #genome #evolution

Our hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) genome note is out! @bryanbrunet.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!. www.science.org/content/arti...

Interested in joining our lab (dunnlab.org) as a postdoc to work on siphonophores, processes that structure diversity in the open ocean, or natural history? If so, please reach out to discuss a nomination for the Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellowship - yibs.yale.edu/donnelley-fe...

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

I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Thank you, Entomology Today @entsocamerica.bsky.social, for covering our work on adelgids of Bhutan. If we want to prevent #bioinvasions, we need to know what’s out there. Also, adelgids are super cool insects 😁 entomologytoday.org/2025/08/13/u...

Detecting chromosome inversions in @aegypti is a real art! I am honored to be part of this project. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

First chromosome-level reference assembly of field @aegypti formosus and sister species @aedes mascarensis is out. Work led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social if @jsoghigian.bsky.social group in collaboration with us at #CT_CAES, @yale.edu, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @pasteur.fr academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

#threeMosquitoes. “The biology of deadly insects.” A book by my colleague and friend Jeff Powell is out! He just brought in my very own signed copy! Get yours @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Our article got the cover (!) with this cool photo of the inside of an adelgid gall, taken by Dr. Kaka Tshering. Lots of new information about adelgids (including on hemlock), their predators, and associated fungi in Bhutan academic.oup.com/jinsectscien... @entsocamerica.bsky.social

Leucotaraxis piniperda from WA, released in CT for biological control of hemlock woolly #adelgid. Some papers about the science behind the effort: research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6... research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6... research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hemlock woolly adelgid. Still killing trees in Connecticut.

I have created a feed "plant insect ecology" for posts on the biology, ecology, evolution, & natural history of plants & insects... to post, simply include #plant-insect. Please post images, opportunities, academic articles w/ links, etc. DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize

We put together a fact sheet for #Aedes #aegypti. You can access the corrected proof from the link below. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

A non-native invasive moth has been lurking in the Northeast for more than 120 years and has recently become a pest again – of trees and people – in parts of Maine. Learn more in my latest article. #foresthealth #browntailmoth #forestpests #invasives northernwoodlands.org/knots_and_bo...

Fun article written with Ohio State University Buckeye Yard and Garden Online about hemlock woolly adelgid life cycle. bygl.osu.edu/node/2454

Our new paper(!) developed a comprehensive model to predict which non-native insects will have high impact on trees after arrival… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

US Undergraduates! You still have until next Friday to apply to the Plant Health Fellows internship program in New Haven, CT. Learn about plant health research and careers for 9 weeks, includes $5,000 stipend and apartment housing: www.southernct.edu/plant-health...

Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!! www.mapress.com/zt/article/v... @bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social

Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!! www.mapress.com/zt/article/v... @bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social

First genome assembly of wild #Aedes mosquitoes. Paper coming soon! Pre-print is out! Thanks to our collaboration with @jsoghigian.bsky.social, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @yale.edu and #CT_CAES.

Hot of the press! #albopictus, an invasive mosquito in Connecticut has the highest #Heartworm infection rate of all 17 #mosquito species surveyed. Check it out! academic.oup.com/jme/advance-...

Many of us #foresthealth professionals work very closely with the USDA Forest Service, and kudos to them for putting together this great video to highlight what they do. Healthy forests are no accident, folks - it takes a lot of behind the scenes work. f.io/8E1uBZDu

Happy New Year! [Young adelgid gall, Mt Fuji, June 2004]

The deadline for undergraduates to apply for this paid international research experience is January 2nd. Please help spread the word. See 🧵 for details or contact me. 🧪🐝

Adelgid of the week! Adelges (Cholodkovskya) viridanus. Native throughout Eurasia, and thought to be anholocyclic on species of larch. The alates settle on the needles and have characteristically fluffy wax.

Counting hemlock adelgids as I pick them off foliage. I chose the oldest counter in the lab drawer. It makes a very satisfying “clunk” when pushing the button.

Adelgid of the week! Adelges (Dreyfusia) piceae. A.k.a. - balsam woolly adelgid.

The USDA Interagency Research Forum on Invasive Species is, imho, the premier conference for #bioinvasions in forest ecosystems. Check out the draft program for the 33rd meeting taking place February 25-28, 2025 in Annapolis MD. research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/news/eve...

Adelgid of the week! Adelgid (Gilletteella) cooleyi. Native to western North America, from Yukon Territory to Durango. Introduced in eastern North America, Australia, and Europe.

Grab a copy of the winter issue of Northern Woodlands Magazine which includes my latest article on how state forest health programs monitor #foresthealth from the air. #treetuesday northernwoodlands.org/issues/toc

Adelgid of the week! Pineus boerneri. Often confused with the look-alike P. pini, both moved around the world on plantation pines where they can be pests. It’s a mystery where P. boerneri originated. Described from California, but deep divergence in Pakistan, China, Japan, and Korea suggests Asia.

We are 90 people in this #bioinvasions starter pack! I bet that we are more here! If you work on biological invasion/related areas, please comment on the post below and I will add you. Also, please repost so more people sees the call ⭐ Starter packs the best way to find people working on a topic

American Beech Faces Another Hurdle: #BeechLeafDisease #treetuesday #foresthealth www.linkedin.com/in/jen-w-b60...

Adelgid of the Week! Pineus cembrae (Cholodkovsky 1888) includes 2 subspecies. Pineus cembrae cembrae is found from the UK to Western Siberia, and Pineus cembrae pinikoreanus is in northeastern China. This beauty was collected by me in 2005 in Zinal, Switzerland on Pinus cembra.

Hello new followers! Check out my #scholargoogler word cloud.

Slide mounted silver fly (Chamaemyiidae) larva from Bhutan with a parasitoid larva inside. Nature is cool.

I've been moving towards this project for a few years now. I'm so very happy to drop my first real piece. I look forward to the coming work, and to any feedback! Please subscribe! lemonadist.com/2024/03/11/s...

The genetic diversity of #aegypti in Saudi Arabia. Paper just published! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Charlie says, “Happy Valentine’s Day.”

I hope everyone has as much fun this weekend as this adelgid appears to be having!

New Cx. quinquefasciatus genome is out! bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

I’m hiring a postdoc to focus on bumblebee habitat suitability and space use in CT. Let’s do some genetics, radio telemetry, and spatial modeling together! **please spread far and wide** @entsocamerica.bsky.social portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES...

The USDA Forest Service funds hundreds of projects every year to protect our nation's woodlands. A new report reviews USFS pest-management research from 2011 to 2020. #IPM

Nice shutout for our first year goalie!!