How Do Group Size and Social Context Affect Per‐Capita Behavioral Responses in a Nasute Termite? Group living is often assumed to increase individual behavioral activity in eusocial insects through social facilitation. Using controlled bioassays with the termite Nasutitermes corniger, we show th...

How Do Group Size and Social Context Affect Per-Capita Behavioral Responses in a Nasute Termite?
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I get up early and kind of love it—-especially in the summer!

The article, by @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social, @kkbugtime.bsky.social @annaeichert.bsky.social, @katieschmalz.bsky.social & @judemirghani.bsky.social, modelled habitat suitability and population structure to identify risk of localised extinction.

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New work in #RESInsectConsDiv used #SpeciesDistributionModelling and population genetics to predict northern stonefly responses to climate change.
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70080

#Plecoptera #Nemouridae #Conservation #InsectDeclines

Photo credits: Anna Eichert

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WANTED: Lead Collections Manager. Smithsonian NMNH Botany is looking for a Supervisory Museum Specialist to manage the United States National Herbarium and a top-notch collections team. For more information, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications due in two weeks (1 May 2026).

This was such a rewarding experience & fun project!

Predicting northern stonefly responses to climate change using species distribution modelling and population genetics (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) Investigating the population structure of stonefly species is integral to their conservation as it can identify populations at risk of localized extinction. Haplotype networks suggest that N. arctic...

So fun to work w/ #rggs students & #Amnh #NSf #REU students! Predicting northern stonefly responses to climate change using species distribution modelling and population genetics (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) - Insect Conservation & Diversity resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Systematic Biology’s March 2026 issue (75.2) is published! It features Laura Kubatko's 75th anniversary piece on species trees, along with a nice mix of empirical and methodological studies. Check it out: academic.oup.com/sysbio/issue...

@systbiol.bsky.social

Are you applying for the Mayr Award? Do you want to be considered for inclusion in a symposium?

You must register by April 15.

Looking for information on the Society’s sponsored events? They’re listed here: www.systbio.org/meetings.html

🎶It’s the final countdown! Abstracts due tomorrow!🎶

Our premier graduate student award symposium takes place during the virtual meeting. If you are doubtful about your ability to physically attend #evol2026, you can still put in an application. There are no geographic restrictions on this award!

Assessing morphological, developmental, and genetic responses of Hydropsychid caddisflies to Cry1Ab exposure Abstract. Transgenic crops expressing Cry proteins are widely cultivated to reduce crop damage from insect pests. However, Cry proteins can leach from tran

Transgenic crops release Cry proteins into streams.

But what does that mean for aquatic insects?🌱💧🐛

We measured and barcoded 1,800+ caddisflies across 25 streams.

Environmental factors like temperature, land use explained most patterns. Cry1Ab had limited impact.
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OMG. The LTER program is one of the best, most ambitious programs in ecology. It's 26 sites supporting science about the long-term and large-scale phenomena. Like: how does farming change soil over time? How do sites recover from disturbance? What makes a healthy river? etc. 💔💔

NSF LTER program “archived”.

LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”.

This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings.

My heart is breaking.

Conflict in ant phylogeny results from complex interaction between multiple evolutionary signals and tree reconstruction artifacts Abstract. Ants, Formicidae, are a group of small social insects that inhabit nearly all terrestrial environments. Three competing hypotheses of ant relatio

Our latest: Conflict in ant phylogeny results from complex interaction between multiple evolutionary signals and tree reconstruction artifacts.

New research in #RESEcolEnt

Beneath the sand: #Microbiota composition across instars of two co-occurring #antlion species
doi.org/10.1111/een.70084

#Myrmeleontidae
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

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#TransDayOfVisibility

Mymeleon timidos (credit Mónica Hernández‑López)

New work in #RESEcolEnt

Intraspecific competition in #antlion larvae: Effects on substrate choice, movement & trap size
doi.org/10.1111/een.70083

@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Photo: #Mymeleon timidos (credit M. Hernández‑López)

Meeting Organizer Opportunity! Apply by May 1.

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RES launches new journal: Approaches in Entomology Call for papers coming soon - Watch this space!

🚨 New journal launch!

We're ecstatic to announce #ApproachesInEntomology - a new #OpenAccess journal focused on methods, tools and innovation across #InsectScience, designed to support transparency, reproducibility, and practical advances in the field.

Read more 🔽

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution Call for Proposals Time-dependency in Micro- and Macroevolutionary Rates <em>Methods in Ecology and Evolution</em> is an open access journal publishing papers across a wide range of subdisciplines, disseminating new methods in ecology and evolution.

Call for Proposals: Time-dependency in Micro- and Macroevolutionary Rates besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/... 🧪

Curatorial Associate in NEW YORK, NY for American Museum of Natural History Exciting opportunity in NEW YORK, NY for American Museum of Natural History as a Curatorial Assoc...

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I have a forest entomology joke, but if I told it in the woods would any of you hear it?

Global Biodiversity Framework Targets Can Drive Action on Insect Declines, but Lack Robust Indicators to Prove Their Effectiveness Insects are the most diverse and functionally important animals on Earth. In at least some regions, terrestrial populations are declining. Despite this, insects are often overlooked in conservation p...

Great to see insect conservation getting the attention it needs

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Ento26 Call for Abstracts and Earlybird Registration Now Open

Registration and abstract submission are open for our annual conference, #Ento26 🦋

Join the entomological community this September, with opportunities to present your work, meet new contacts and build collaborations.

✨ Find out #WhatsOn at #Ento26 🔽

I have a museum joke, but it’s accessioned and I need to complete this loan form first.

Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tra...

Nice summary of long distance insect migration in the Guardian today with fancy graphics www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A map of anatolia, indicating the spatial distribution of yellow and white bees.

Figure 1 from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13596-2

I've just had a jaw-to-the-floor moment with this new paper from the Hines lab. They describe a yellow-white switch in bees, which maps to the same TF as the yellow-white switch in Colias butterflies, previously described by the @chriswheat.bsky.social lab. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...