🐞 Ornaments Aren’t Just for Males 🏆 @hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social is studying female beetle ornaments, testing whether traits such as melanisation are used in mate choice, conflict, or resistance to harm — showcasing that ornaments may have functions beyond mate acquisition. 🐞👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨🥊 2/11

Presenting at the CEB ✅ Was awesome having a large and engaged crowd! More presentations and emotional-support beetles to come.

@brainiants.bsky.social discussed her PhD proposal this afternoon where she plans to study variation in intraspecific cognition & its relation to complex behaviors, specifically combat and group foraging in Western Australian ants. 🐜 @mandyridley.bsky.social @notthebestsam.bsky.social #LeighSimmons

Darwin came to town! @beetlebonking.bsky.social @brainiants.bsky.social @upama.bsky.social #UWAOpenDay #EvolBio #EnvironmentalScience