Another Caddisfly larva feeding, this time on a more typical food, scraping algae/biofilm off a dead leaf
Pretty sure this is Limnephilidae

#Pondlife #BugSky #UKWildlife #inverts #Insect #Caddisflies

Congratulations to Pat Bouchard for this paper award from Zookeys!

Cool new paper by Joel Gibson et al., "Keys to the cabinets: unlocking biodiversity data in public entomology collections"

dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce....

I've updated this starter pack for all interested!

Now bursting with over 100 natural history museum related accounts 🎉🌱🦆🙌
go.bsky.app/NtdUnyF

More details here

Please share! An excellent opportunity at #ClemsonUniversity to study the hydraulics of insect antennae www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

Exploring the Biodiversity of Insects: So many insects, so little time. photo of Stephen Marshall, 2 images of insects

🧪🪰Looking forward to this lecture today! @romtoronto.bsky.social Dr. Stephen Marshall of @uofguelph.bsky.social will be giving the #Toronto #Entomologists' Association annual Hess lecture: Exploring the Biodiversity of Insects, So Many insects, so little time! #diptera, #insects, #biodiversity

Pls share!

We have started a Wasp Starter pack! Message below to be added!
And follow all these awesome waspy folk to chat about the wonderful world of wasps!

go.bsky.app/3u5XkrS

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,548,973!

The Xerces Society on Instagram: "Help us protect western monarchs and other invertebrates! 🦋 Job Title: Conservation Entomologist (NRCS Western Region Partner Biologist) Location: Portland, Oregon (... 394 likes, 0 comments - xercessociety on May 28, 2024: "Help us protect western monarchs and other invertebrates! 🦋 Job Title: Conservation Entomologist (NRCS Western Region Partner Biologi...".

Entomology job! 🐝🦋www.instagram.com/p/C7hwL0oRY-K/

How Mantises Became Nature’s Strangest Assassins Mantises may be some of the most out-of-this-world-looking critters on Earth, but they’re uniquely adapted to life on this planet. These incredible hunters have repeatedly evolved into “ecomorphs”—groups that aren’t closely related, but share amazing adaptations to similar habitats. Mantis expert and grad student Lohit Garikipati says this happens so consistently in their history that “it’s almost baffling.” These dazzling displays of convergence may have something to tell us about evolution… Our host, entomologist Jessica Ware, Ph.D., visits Lohit at the Towson University Mantis Lab to see how researchers are using high-speed infrared cameras to track the movements of mantis prey capture. The similarities (and differences) in hunting techniques can help reveal how environments shape the animals that live in them. #mantis #evolution #ecomorph #ethology #insectsukraine Image: Stagmomantis sp., © Lohit Garikipati ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra ***** Subscribe to PBS Terra so you never miss an episode! https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 And keep up with PBS Terra on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/pbsdigitalstudios Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsterra Instagram: https://instagram.com/pbsterra

The latest Insectarium episode is out : mantises!

youtu.be/YE3cuIEMccM?...

This 👇
theconversation.com/it-could-be-...

The Santa Barbara Natural History Museum is searching for a new entomology curator:

recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

Scientists depend on herbaria for research. Let’s preserve them. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Home Screen of Bugdex showing the contents of the App, including a Guide, a Bug Bestiary, a walk through of Bug Gear, and the Basics of Insect Biology

Menu screenshot showing a snippet of the insect orders included in the app, with high quality photos that cycle while you watch in app

A screenshot of the “how to identify a fly” section of Bugdex, showing how the app walks a user through the important physical characteristics to look for when identifying insect orders. A green blow fly is illustrated with its wings’ spread widely showing off

A screenshot of the guide to insect collecting gear that details what materials can be helpful for collecting and studying insects, and illustrated video guides to how you can use those tools to catch and observe insects

If you’re at all curious about insects and want to get ready for the coming bug season, a new and totally free app is available today for Apple users! Bugdex is an extraordinarily well-designed, illustrated & animated introduction to insect biology and diversity apps.apple.com/ca/app/bugde...

The Winter issue of the Biological Survey of Canada newsletter is now available

biologicalsurvey.ca/publications...

And finally the formatted pdf of our paper is available (for those who want to zoom in on the phylogeny). It is open access for anyone interested in reading!

🦀🧪🦑

This Body Butter at Sephora Doesn’t Really Attract Spiders, Right? A Sol de Janeiro moisturizer has garnered attention after reviews claimed it attracted Wolf spiders. Experts say it’s likelier that the season is leading to more human-spider interactions.

Nice coverage of this; winter is spider season, and that's likely why you see them more. Not your body butter 😃🧪🕷️ www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/u...

A description of invertefest

Happy #InverteFest!!

Tis the season for invertebrates! 🦀🪳🪰🐝🐌🐜🪲🪼🐙🪲🐞🦋🐛🪱

www.metrofieldguide.com/invertefest/

Wondering about presents for your hard to impress friends? Want to stimulate the nieces/nephews to explore the natural world? Or just want to check out the weirdest genitalia on the planet can I recommend these three gems

#TheSecretLifeofFlies
#TheInsideOutOfFlies
#ABugsWorld

#Science #Entomology

Thanks Donna, will do. It would be good to see more familiar faces on this platform. I'm not sure where many of my former Twitter colleagues have landed, but most seem to have 'disappeared' or have seriously curtailed their postings there. Sigh... 🙄

Since XKCD’s “Types of Scientific Paper” is making the rounds again, here’s the Entomology one I made a few years ago.

I'm so happy to have finally received my invite code! Looking forward to bluer skies on this platform.