Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression Abstract. Overwintering bumble bee queens enter a state of diapause, remaining buried underground until spring. Remarkably, queens of the common eastern bu

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#diapause

It's a real thing! #diapause #comic #webcomic

New research in #RESPhysEnt

TGFβRI modulates metabolic reprogramming via the aPKC-PEPCK axis during pupal #diapause in the cotton bollworm, #Helicoverpa armigera
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70025

@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

A pink flower with two hibernating ladybirds tucked inside, surrounded by green leaves and stems

Unnoticed when taking this photo, but 2 ladybirds have decided to overwinter inside this hollyhock flower 🐞🐞
#InsectThursday #Hibernation #Diapause #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #Hollyhock

New research in #RESInsectMolecBio

Carbohydrate #biosynthesis pathway is associated with lineage-specific #diapause termination in the #silkworm, #Bombyx mori
doi.org/10.1111/imb.70015

#Ontology #DEGs #WGCNA #Sericulture
@sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

New #OpenAccess work in #RESPhysEnt

A conceptual model for the #diapause intensity curve & termination in #overwintering Japanese pine sawyer larvae, #Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: #Cerambycidae)
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70020

@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social

DIAPAUSE IS OUT GO PLAY IT

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#art #fanart #diapause #indiegames #indiehorror #horror

Hoverfly (Epistrophe eligans)

These are mainly eligans larvae in diapause. They will form puparia next spring becoming shorter, fatter and a tear drop shape. They were found under a discarded piece of plastic and relocated to a nice new home

#hoverfly #hoverflies #epistropheeligans #diapause

New #Review article from #OpenBiology: Using diapause as a platform to understand the biology of dormancy buff.ly/i89AsEt | #DevelopmentalBiology #Diapause

New work in #RESInsectMolecBio finds that #Histone #acetyltransferase p300/CBP regulates reproductive #diapause via the juvenile hormone pathway in the cabbage beetle, #Colaphellus bowringi
doi.org/10.1111/imb.70007

#JH #Photoperiods
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Wasps may hold the secret to slowing down the ageing process | News | University of Leicester

Wasps may hold the secret to aging [via Uni of Leicester] 🧪👩‍🔬👵🧬🕰️🐌

“In short, this tiny [jewel] wasp [Nasonia Vitripennis] may hold big answers to how we can press pause on ageing.”

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#wasps #diapause #aging #epigenetic #clock #slowdown #dna #methylation

DIAPAUSE - CHARACTER REVEAL #1

This is Verte.
The construct of bone.

He was seen in the initial story trailer of the game, and was designed early this year! - WISHLIST DIAPAUSE ON STEAM NOW!

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#gamedev #indiehorror #indiedev #indiegame #horrorgame #DIAPAUSE

The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays - the Node All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Karin van der Burg, faculty,

To know about how #metabolism & #hormones shape seasonal #adaptation in #insects - check out @karinburg.bsky.social talking about how #butterfly changes it's #wing color & the #budworms #diapause development to adapt to seasons👇🏽
#evodevo #evolution #devbio
@the-node.bsky.social #newpi #earlycareer

Larval diapause slows adult epigenetic ageing in an insect model, Nasonia vitripennis Epigenetic clocks based on DNA methylation provide robust biomarkers of biological age, yet the mechanistic basis and functional significance of slowing these clocks remain unclear. Progress has been ...

Our lab have extended our previous findings of an epigenetic clock in insect species by showing the epigenetjc clock is plastic. As diapause increases adult lifespan, we see a slowing of the epigenetic clock! Preprint:

#Diapause #Nasonia #Epigenetic #EpigeneticClock

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A big round of 👏👏👏 to our postdoc @idajentoft.bsky.social for being awarded a @hfspo.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship for her research on #killifish #diapause in our lab! Welcome to the fantastic #HFSP community, Ida!

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“Love Hormone” Can Pause Pregnancy, New Study Finds Scientists have discovered that oxytocin,...

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#Health #Science #cuddle #hormone #diapause #Love #hormone #Oxytocin #oxytocin #pause #pregnancy

Event Attributes

Graphical abstract of: Chilling induces prompt and synchronised hatching after obligatory diapause in the subtropical cricket Cardiodactylus guttulus

New research in #RESPhysEnt shows that chilling induces prompt and synchronised hatching after obligatory #diapause in the subtropical cricket Cardiodactylus guttulus

See the #OpenAccess article now🔽
buff.ly/7TOKAWm

#crickets @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @wiley.com

Insects are uniquely adapted to withstand harsh winter climates Insects survive winter by hibernating, a process called diapause. They prepare using day length cues, slow metabolism, or freeze tolerance.

Insects are uniquely adapted to withstand harsh winter climates: Insects survive winter by hibernating, a process called diapause. They prepare using day length cues, slow metabolism, or freeze tolerance.

#InsectAdaptation #WinterSurvival #Diapause #FreezeTolerance #Entomology #EarthDotCom #Earth

💡 Fun fact: The duration of #diapause can vary depending on the species and temperature—some ants can remain in this state for months!

Do you know any other fascinating ant adaptations? Share them with us! 🐜✨

📖 Chronicles of a Colony: Winter is coming! 🐜❄️

#Diapause is a state of physiological rest that many #ants undergo to survive unfavorable conditions, such as winter cold or drought. During this period, their metabolism slows down, they stop growing, and they barely move.

Queen Bees used to live up to 4+ years for me, now they rarely get a winter rest from laying #diapause and only live a year.
Monarch butterflies in S. California likewise, can go year round many years, so lack of “winter”-blooming flowers really starves all pollinators here. 🌱Some winter blooming…

FOXO1-mediated lipid metabolism maintains mammalian embryos in dormancy - Nature Cell Biology van der Weijden et al. perform genomic, proteomic and metabolic analyses and find that FOXO1-mediated fatty acid oxidation maintains mouse embryos in diapause.

#NCB2024
In January, @bulutkarslioglu.bsky.social & co performed genomic, proteomic and metabolic analyses and found that FOXO1-mediated #FattyAcidOxidation maintains mouse #embryos in #diapause.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you for caring @ pollinators! Our insects don’t get winter break #diapause & drought/climate change many starve July-January. We need to plant more strategically & natives sadly aren’t enough. Thankfully monarchs overwinter in non-native eucalyptus which bloom in Jan (we were 90F 2024)🌱

Genetic constraints in genes exhibiting splicing plasticity in facultative diapause - Heredity Heredity - Genetic constraints in genes exhibiting splicing plasticity in facultative diapause

#Genetic constraints in genes exhibiting splicing plasticity in facultative #diapause
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Protégeons-nous des piqûres de #moustique, et avec nos conseils, commençons dès maintenant la lutte contre les "moustiques du futur" ! 🦟
#Diapause #So2025

Quantifying temperature’s effect on #diapause #termination requires fitting #TPCs to binary biological data. In our new paper, out now in #PNAS, we show how to do this, revealing the sequential nature of diapause termination and post-diapause development.

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New NIOO publication: Temperature has an overriding role compared to photoperiod in regulating the seasonal timing of winter moth egg hatching, by @DisNatalie @m_e_visser #climatechange #phenology #phenologicalmismatch #insectdormancy #diapause...

The #Chalcedon #checkerspot #butterfly larvae will emerge from eggs and feed/live on host plants like #stickymonkeyflower (#Diplacus #aurantiacus). After moving to a more secluded site, #larvae enter #diapause, emerging between early spring with #pupation in April. #chrysalis

Dave Denlinger's had "enough of social insects" in this session so he's now on to #diapause in #Culex mosquitoes #EntSoc17