A closeup photo looking down at a tan and white moth clinging to a white-painted wall. The moth is extremely slender and holds its folded slim wings to the side, perpendicular to its body, making a perfect "T" shape.
Here is your Monday Morning Moth. It's a plume moth, I think Emmelina sp., perched on our ceiling. These are common little creatures, but such cool looking insects. #Bugsky 🐙🌿
A small wingless insect with a long beak, crawling on the snow
I went for a xc ski this morning and I was disappointed to not see any insects on the snow. But when I got home, this little snow scorpionfly was waiting at the foot of my stairs! #Boreus #Whitehorse #Yukon #Mecoptera
Man standing outdoors beside a large decorative egg sculpture mounted on a pedestal. The egg is covered in a geometric pattern of triangles and star shapes in black, white, and shades of yellow and gold. The man wears sunglasses and a grey T-shirt, looking up toward the sculpture. In the background are trees, parked vehicles, a small building, and a flagpole under a lightly clouded sky.
The Vegreville Pysanka, or Ukrainian Easter Egg, isn't just a very famous roadside attraction, it is a true marvel.
It influenced the design of the Space Shuttle.
It was a notable first in computer modelling.
Oh, and it is also a weather vane!
This is its story.
🧵 1/8
Honeybee swarms do not come together and fall apart in the same way 🐝
In this new preprint led by Danielle Chase, we report how to trick swarms to repeatedly assemble and disassemble in front of our cameras, while tracking individual bees in 3D!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Join us here at @laurentianu.bsky.social as we rebuild our ecology/evolution group.
We are hiring an assistant professor in animal ecology
Working with me is a treat, so that's a bonus not mentioned in the ad.
laurentian.ca/about/career...
🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Anna Stöckl @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social is out!
From vision to interdisciplinary science, navigating new fields, dealing with rejection, and finding your own path ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1DGh...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemB...
Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium 2026
Tue 23 Jun 2026 | Online | £30 or pay what you can
Explore the latest fly ecology, conservation science & practical case studies. Live Q&A, expert talks & all resources available after the event 🌍 🧪
Book here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540...
So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳
I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!
🧵 1/6 Our new paper is out in Journal of Experimental Biology! We've been studying the curious dancing flight of male mayflies and why they do it. Spoiler: it's not just to impress females. 🪲⬇️ journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
I am excited to share my new paper in @plosbiology.org . Here we show the role of chitin, a polysaccharide, in controlling the shape of the fly corneal lens.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
OK, take a moment away from whatever nonsense this world is throwing at you today, and have a look at this extreme insect 🪳🪲 wing macro photography by Chris Perani.
(The image in the thumbnail is Xylocopa latipes, a carpenter bee.)
www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/chri...
Mosquitoes don’t just stop biting when they’re full — their butts help flip the switch. New research reveals gut cells that signal “no more blood.”
www.sciencenews.org/article/mosquitoes-butts...
ICB
Have you met Candido Diaz?
(image from his site)
Circle back and read our blog by Jacob Cummings
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/g...
then visit his incredible site to
learn more about Diaz
candidodiazjr.wixsite.com/mysite/meet-...
There is hope for me! #birds
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
More auto feeder action!
What makes humans stand out to #mosquitoes?
by Jacob Goldman
"...why do mosquitoes lock onto certain people so easily? Are they responding to how we look, how we smell, or something more complicated than either one alone?"
read in full
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/w...
🚨JOB alert🚨
We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.
Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology
⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026
🙏Please circulate widely
😊Come join us!
Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc
Distribution and diversity of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Canada, including new records and a species checklist
doi.org/10.4039/tce....
#NewInCanEnt
This is my absolute #1 pet-peeve as a reviewer. I see it probably 6-8 times per year. And frequently from people who should absolutely know better...
And of course a huge thanks to support from UW and all my colleagues in the growing mosquito research hub in Seattle. Come for the science, stay for the scenery!
So happy to be presenting to one of my favorite community of scientists! (@neuroethology.org )
Come join us, to check out some of my “old” work with new insights about arthropod eyes and their molecular make-up!
#Neuroethology
This is a devastating blow to Canadian dipterology, entomology, ecology, and beyond. Please share.
#diptera
@dipterists.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @canentomologist.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocontario.bsky.social @entsocbc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
HEY THEY SAID CANADA THAT’S WHERE WE’RE FROM
(that was amazing)
UPDATE for WIDOW SPIDERS OF THE WORLD:
The book is essentially done but I'm waiting to launch preorders until the huge Latrodectus revision is published. That part is out of my hands, so I don't have a specific date for book launch just yet. Thank you all for your patience!
tl;dr book soon. 🕷️
looks like white stringy floss on a stick, greenery in the background.
looks like white stringy floss on a stick, greenery in the background.
looks like white stringy floss on a stick, greenery in the background.
looks like white stringy floss on a stick, greenery in the background.
If you were in North Burnaby this AM it was good conditions for hair ice.
We have a lot of old cottonwood trees; lots of them are dead and rotting. Rotting, water saturated broadleaf wood with Exidiopsis effusa, and cold overnight temperatures gives you hair ice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice
Over 1.4 million views (🤯) of this #ZeFrank video that features some of our lab’s work on gall wasps and parasitoid wasps! (And many others, too!)
youtu.be/ANyJVMhOpkk
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
As the Arctic warms, mosquitoes—and the diseases they carry—float north. A recent study finds Jamestown Canyon virus and snowshoe hare virus present in mosquitoes in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America.
Title Slide: Odors can shift mosquitocolor preference evenin stimuli of equal brightness Adam J. Blake1, Gregor Belušič2, Jeffrey A. Riffell1 1Department of Biology, University of Washington 2Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana Image: Side view of a female Aedes aegypti mosquito with a single hind leg raised.
#SICB2026 if you interested in mosquitoes, color vision or the combination of the two make sure to check out my talk on Wednesday at 11:15 AM in the Odor and Olfaction session. I'll be talking about my work trying to show true color discrimination in Aedes aegypti.
