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Looks like a fundamental study and approach ... Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature. Insects at high elevations utilize plasticity to cope with rising temperatures, whereas lowland species have limited plastic abilities. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌐

Butterflies and moths are key indicators of functioning and healthy ecosystems. A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity describes the evolutionary history of the order Lepidoptera and tracks shifts in researchers’ understanding of the clade in the genomic era. go.nature.com/4r0kbgS 🌍 🧪

Share with all mosquito researchers. 🧪🦟 I'm co-organizing a special issue in the Journal of Medical Entomology on systematics, taxonomy, and natural history of mosquitoes. See details in the link. Happy to answer questions. Proposal Deadline 15 April 2026. academic.oup.com/insect-scien...

New research from our Insect Bioliteracy group

New #OpenAccess research in #RESMedVetEnt A multiplex #assay to detect #mosquito species, bloodmeal host source and #Plasmodium in #malaria vectors using #Nanopore amplicon #sequencing doi.org/10.1111/mve.70055 #EntoMethods #InsectVectors #InsectBorneDiseases @wileyecology.bsky.social

Gaytán: European Lepidoptera–Plant Associations: A Species‐Level Interaction Matrix onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We found support for the Rapoport effect in butterflies 🦋 species that live in more variable climates have broader thermal tolerances and larger range sizes. A collaboration with Aaron Yilmaz and @sarahdiamond.bsky.social 🔬 academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...

New #OpenAccess work in #RESMedVetEnt An updated checklist of #Culicoides biting #midges from the highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo doi.org/10.1111/mve.70049 #InsectVectors @wileyecology.bsky.social Photo: A vector trap being put into position (courtesy of the article authors)

New publication: #Lipids as currency in #parasitoid competition: #Interactions between two #lipidscavenging species. doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

🪲 New BAAE article: Metabarcoding of stored carabid beetles reveals declining prey diversity over the last decade. Temporal diet shifts highlight long-term invertebrate declines and the value of historical collections for monitoring. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... @gfoesoc.bsky.social

🦋 New research challenges the Temperature-Size Rule and highlights climate change’s potential to profoundly reshape butterfly life cycles, population dynamics, and ecological interactions. 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/zFrpO7t

The spotted lanternfly has spread across the United States with unrelenting speed — and now we have a clue as to why: living in cities seems to have helped these invasive insects evolve to be more resistant to stresses. 🧪 www.livescience.com/animals/inse...

I've been working on this for >20 years. It was about time to write it and stop playing dice against time (far too old for that) "On commonness and rarity of insect pollinators: patterns of species abundance and diversity in a hyperdiverse Mediterranean assemblage" www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

New research shows dry‑ice tick traps can capture more ticks than traditional cloth‑dragging, suggesting a faster and potentially more effective way to monitor tick‑borne disease risks.

We just released the latest update of the European Grassland Butterfly Indicator. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... With nearly 50% decline since 1991 and the decline not reversing, this is again an urgent call for actions for bending the curve, restore habitat and protect biodiversity

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv Towards red listing understudied tropical #insects: A case study of the #DungBeetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo doi.org/10.1111/icad.70045 #IUCN #RedList #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

#DigitalAgriculture and #BiodiversityMonitoring are using the same tools (#Drones, #AI, #IoT) but living in different worlds… 🌍 New research suggests that this gap could turn every smart farm into a massive data source for #conservation #AgriEcology #Biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Wonderful weird: 3D reconstruction of the tracheal system and balloon gut of the male Stylops ovinae. #Strepsiptera

New #OpenAccess work in #RESPhysEnt Influence of #temperature & light on #development of #moth larvae: Different response in the sister species #Orthosia gothica & O. cerasi doi.org/10.1111/phen.70030 #Phenology #Photoperiod @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social

Great new research shows that light pollution prevents activity in the critical twilight period (just after sunset) in a moth and spider species. 🕷️🦋💡- this calls for mitigations targeting this critical time period. Read more in our dispatch: www.cell.com/current-biol...

New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt Strong #diel variation in the activity of #insect taxa sampled by #Malaise traps doi.org/10.1111/een.70059 #EntoMethods #InsectSampling #InsectMonitoring @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Clever new method for assembling DNA oligos into larger sequences without the need for unique overlap sequences. Can't wait for those 'this sequence is too complex' rejection messages from DNA suppliers to become a thing of the past. 🧬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New research in #RESEcolEnt Larval development under continuous and dynamic #LightPollution alters sexual #dimorphism in a #moth species doi.org/10.1111/een.70053 #ALAN #Morphology #Agrotis @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Climate change has already reshaped the bioclimatic space of extreme events in the Arctic 🌐❄️ Arctic biodiversity has entered a new era of bioclimatic extremes w/ more droughts, greater winter-warming 📈 & more rain-on-snow events 💧❄️ shorturl.at/pQsVP Just published in Science Advances ⬇️

Zeng et al. Testing the Sentinel Method: Live and Artificial Prey Display Contrasting Patterns of Predation Across an Urban Gradient onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology

How are host organs remodeled for symbiosis? And do some insects converge in how they sustain life within/on these structures? Loved unpacking these Qs w/ @francespi.bsky.social in light of the stunning Nishino & @fkttkm.bsky.social study! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

if you need a moment's distraction from Events, pls consider @monotomidae.bsky.social's extremely good new paper on passandrid beetles stridulating with their armpits. THERE'S VIDEO, WITH SOUND link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Tired: Everything evolves to be a crab. Wired: Everything evolves to eat ants.

Just 3 days left to apply for this PhD position - email me with any Qs :)

Evolutionary dynamics of the arthropod moulting machinery https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.24.696370v1

Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas. Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...

More evidence of negative impacts of artificial light at night on moths - activity of Scarce Bordered Straw moths is naturally concentrated in the first 2hrs of night but activity was suppressed under streetlights www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti... #teammoth #lightpollution 🌍

McConway: Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic... #ornithology #OpenScience

Congratulations @rochellemeah.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social (and all our wonderful coauthors!) on her first PhD publication in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🤩 Light pollution suppresses natural peaks in activity AND natural celestial polarization patterns at key times in arthropods 🕷️🦋✨

Bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across 3 continents shows that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats negatively affected wild bee abundance and species richness in crop fields, while pesticides reduce functional diversity🧪🐝 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The #EU is preparing a gift for #pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...

New paper covering what we think is a pretty nice and comprehensive overview over tools suitable for neuroethology in butterflies and moths. Also, check out the whole special issue if you're an insect neuroethologist. @neuroethology.org @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s003...

Flying changes how metabolism scales with body mass –> NEW META-ANALYSIS of insects and spiders in Ecology Letters with @vojsavagjoni.bsky.social, H. Tan, A. Hirst and D. Atkinson onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

NEW PAPER on impact of #lightpollution, led by Yuhan He who recently defended her PhD thesis. Historical Exposure to Artificial Light at Night Shapes Daphnia Responses: An Experiment Across an Urban–Rural Gradient - He - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Monsanto scientists ghostwrote this paper claiming the company’s proprietary glyphosate & roundup herbicides had no risk to human health. 25 years & 1300 citations later, it has finally been retracted — 8 years after the collusion was exposed. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great to see this published: Fitting dynamical landscape models to single-cell data, creating interpretable maps of cell decision making & developmental logic Applied to neural tube patterning, we show how morphogen signals reshape landscapes and drive fate decisions www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Congratulations to Yuhan for successful PhD defence: Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems www.helsinki.fi/en/news/anim...

Highlights of some our work with Miami Dade Mosquito control to protect our county. #FIU youtu.be/S0esVPZjW10

Some butterflies may seem more beautiful than others. And believe it or not, this is influencing their conservation and researchers' interest! - Take this 10-min test to contribute to a research into our perception of butterfly beauty: www.unveiling.eu/en_US/introd...

Brazil approves world’s first single-dose dengue vaccine www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

500-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Fossils With Soft Tissues So Intact, They're Blowing Paleontologists' Minds dailygalaxy.com/2025/11/500-... FYI - @johnmoffitt.bsky.social

Our new paper Just in @globalchangebio.bsky.social Climate change is boosting suitability for key malaria vectors across Africa. Between 200M-1000M more people could live in high-risk areas by 2100 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #climatechange #malaria #globalhealth #biodiversity #Africa #vectors

New #OpenAccess work in #RESPhysEnt A conceptual model for the #diapause intensity curve & termination in #overwintering Japanese pine sawyer larvae, #Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: #Cerambycidae) doi.org/10.1111/phen.70020 @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social