Jess Awad from Naturalis (massive Dutch biodiversity institute, formerly known as RMNH)— massive collection in a gorgeous new building (2019)

It’s real!! I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Hey come see my talk at #Entsoc25!

🧡 @americanbeetles.bsky.social has really delivered again, with stickers for our meeting. Behold… the most adorable Rain beetle you have ever seen! 😍 #ECN2025

Chris Marshall on the history and metamorphosis of OSAC, including a beautiful combination of Delta cabinets and compactors (and homegrown dahlias)

This was very impressive! 📸

Our first AI talk comes from Nick Dowdy, discussing the performance of his workflow for capturing label data from audio transcripts!

Jack Whisenant on pattern recognition approaches for capturing handwritten data from labels and logbooks

For the #fossilfriday here is one of my favorite #fossil species I ever described - a 38 MYA mantid fly from Baltic amber. Enjoy my CT reconstruction of the specimen! fr.pensoft.net/article/8013... 🦖⚒️

Volume 41 – Ciarán Byrne reports on Microterys seyon, a parasitoid wasp new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, and comments on the genus . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps

Steeloogvlieg (Diopsidae) uit Gambia: bizarre beesten met hun ogen en antennen op steeltjes. Gedetermineerd tot Diasemopsis fasciata door de geweldige Hans Feijen, een groot steeloogvliegkenner en ontzettend vriendelijk mens die, zo begrijp ik net, vorige maand is overleden. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Come visit us in the Exhibit Hall at #EntSoc25! Help support our goal of increasing student membership in entomological societies! give.calacademy.org/give/308265/...

Here is some of the insect flash on offer from @ladylucktattoopdx in Portland, OR by @summerhatfieldart! If you’re going to ESA 2025 book an appointment now to get some ink! See more at tinyurl.com/bugluck @entsocamerica.bsky.social #insect #insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #esa #portland #teamdiptera

Stay hydrated, eat snacks, fan girl your science heroes, say yes to hanging out, introduce yourself to strangers, go to cool talks as well as ones in your field, and have fun!!!!

I will have an opening for a Ph.D. student (M.S. required) to begin Summer 2026, studying impacts to high Appalachian arthropod communities following Hurricane Helene. I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way. More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...

My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com

🦤 Dodo-studiën Amsterdam, J. Müller, 1917. [Source]

New @nhm-london.bsky.social 5-day course on integrative biodiversity discovery! Learn how to collect specimens, obtain genomic data, and interpret biodiversity using cutting edge phylogenomic analysis. It's free, and aimed at early career researchers: www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

My first wasp publication is out! @waspwoman.bsky.social and I have written a piece highlighting why wasps are so cool in Frontiers for Young Minds... perfect for children but equally as fascinating for all ages!

Please join us for our 34th General Meeting on November 11th [7:00-9:00pm PST (UTC-08:00)] at the Annual Meeting of @entsocamerica.bsky.social. If you won't be at the meeting in person, please see the flyer below for info regarding the Zoom link. The meeting is open to all - hope to see you there! 🦟

‼️‼️Triassic Life just opened @smnstuttgart.bsky.social‼️‼️ For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST! It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!

Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15 Please share far and wide 🚀 (See thread)

(1/2) Mobility boosts research careers - grow, network & unlock new opportunities! If interested, consider: 🧪 Applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grant: europa.eu/!J9H8Xq 🧪 Joining diverse teams of researchers to apply for EU funding and other grants: europa.eu/!hG7pcy #SciComm

The University of Hamburg has opened 14 PhD positions focused on ecological and evolutionary research, including climate change impacts on aquatic populations. Details here: https://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung/grk2530/openpositions.html #phd

#ScienceNews An international team of researchers, including our colleague @niloofaralaei.bsky.social, has published a new study showing the importance of genetic exchange between species: www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/research/... @vogelwarte.bsky.social

New #PhD ad alert! Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England? Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Entomology 2025 presenters and organizers: Share your session(s) on social media and invite colleagues to join. Download the #EntSoc25 Speaker Toolkit to find customizable images and templates, and to spread the word! www.entsoc.org/events/annua...

Cover alert! 🎉 We made the cover of @entsocamerica.bsky.social Environmental Entomology! The first leafhopper ever, and it had to be the beautiful potato leafhopper 🪲 Bravo Abraao and co-authors, and to Nicolas & Florent for the patience behind this shot 👏 Issue 👉 academic.oup.com/ee/issue/54/5

"The decline in success rates is absolutely not satisfactory, because it sometimes borders on a lottery” Nature 17 October 2025 Well, an honest lottery would IMHO be far better. For the reasons outlined here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

We are looking for curious undergrads to join our research team next summer! If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬 Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR Come do science in Bonn next summer! @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

Some really tiny (~1 mm) Platygastrid wasps associated with whiteflies.

Interested in island life and arthropods? There's a new PhD project advertised at the University of Birmingham to study the evolution of 'island syndromes' in a chosen group of island arthropods, with both museum and fieldwork-based research are expected. More details at: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

📢HYMATHON TALK REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS TODAY! 🔗Follow this link to register your talk: www.hymenopterists.org/hymathon-202...

Applications for the MEME programme (www.evobio.eu ) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!

Of course, an exhibition on the recovery of life after the Permotriassic extinction would not be complete without plants and insects. For the first time we show over 70 pieces of the incredible collection of Louis Grauvogel and Léa Grauvogel-Stamm from Middle Triassic Grès à Voltzia of Alsace (4/7).

After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).

Materials from my presentation "Implementing FAIR Digital Objects for Molecular and Traditional Taxonomy Integration" part of "Integrating DNA Reference Databases and Molecular Taxon Concepts in Biodiversity Databases" #LivingData2025 🧪🌏🧬 @biogeneurope.bsky.social github.com/bge-barcodin...

As soybean gall midge (Resseliella maxima) grows as a pest of concern, researchers are searching for ways to keep it in check. Recently, the discovery of the wasp Synopeas ruficoxum parasitizing soybean gall midge in Nebraska offers hope that it could be deployed in biological control efforts.

Our new paper from #EntoPOC led by Dr. Evangelista! Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...

I'm back in WA at the moment. Unlike their Tasmanian counterparts, these beautiful native cockroaches come out and sunbake on leaves during the day. Invasive cockroaches give them all such a bad name. The native Australian varieties are like little works of art. Ellipsidion australe

Next level ant mimicry: a moth walking backwards reveals how its colour pattern and movements combine to produce a fairly good ant impression #Borneo #insects #rainforest

📢 HYMENOPTERA SHOWDOWN will take place during#hymathon2025 📆Showdown Registration Deadline: 24 OCTOBER 2025 (next Friday)! 🪄Credit for this animation goes to Natalie Dale-Skey, Hymenoptera Curator at Natural History Museum, London and ISH Events Coordinator!

When you see this on oak, what would you think it was? These tiny round growths are galls, the homes of wasps in the genus (likely) Neuroterus. I love finding these on my hikes, those small signs of the hidden world around us. #bugsky #entomology #ukwildlife🌿

Quite pleased with this shot of an Urosigalphus braconid wasp I got in central Austin today. I suspect the wasps are emerging from live oak acorns, having parasitized the grubs acorn weevils. Not many live photos exist of this genus, it seems.

Please reshare! I donate a lot of my time to the Biodiversity Heritage Library as I really believe its mission.

A beautiful 0.3mm long female Alaptus minimus wasp of the Mymaridae found in the garden birch tree this afternoon. #UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae

🧪My scope camera bit the dust after 15 years of service. Would like to replace and am looking for any recommendations you all may have. This would be for capturing insect images and need measurement software for interface. Interface with Zeiss scope. Would love to hear you recommendations! 🦟🔬📷

Dear colleagues, I'd like to share a short new contribution on the application of highly complex site-heterogeneous models, in particular CAT-GTR, to phylogenomic inference. While this paper arises from a recent publication on the early-branching topology of ants...

The beast herself, Cryptolithus bellulus, reconstructed using information from extremely rare fossils with soft-tissue preservation. Solid bronze. #sciart