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Adam Blake

@ajblake05.bsky.social
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Postdoc at University of Washington focusing on insect vision. My current project is looking at olfaction and vision in mosquitos. Website: www.ajblake.info

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today doi.org/10.1038/s415... @grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social @scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Posting @mcgill.ca for an Assistant Professor in Regulated Plant Pests - Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. Focus on pests of agricultural systems Note under this program position only open to people resident OUTSIDE of Canada as of June 2026. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...
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Assistant Professor in Regulated Plant Pests - Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HAPPY 39TH BIRTHDAY, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION!!!
Promotional photo of season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation which premiered September 28, 1987
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!
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Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hello visual ecologists! Are you studying how human activities (urbanization, deforestation, climate change, pollution, etc) affect animal coloration? I want to talk to you! 🧪 I've found some interesting reviews & older papers, but I want to find out more about research currently in progress!
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Adam Blake @ajblake05.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Me with my bsky mutuals
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dance Party
Alt: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gif showing them exit a room via conga line in reverse
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Becky Johnson @entomososwin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be joining the Entomology Department at Penn State University and starting a lab in the summer of 2027!!! The lab will focus on mosquito biology/physiology and mosquito-host interactions and how these impact viral transmission dynamics. More to come soon! 🎉🦟🔬
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Lochlan W @lochlanw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
excited to share my first preLight summarizing such an exciting preprint! from Tjalda Falt et al. @fleyes.bsky.social Vectorial efference copy and visuomotor transformation through gap junctions prelights.biologists.com/highlights/v...
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Vectorial efference copy and visuomotor transformation through gap junctions - preLights
To see, or not to see: fruit flies selectively suppress visual input via electrical transmission of an efference copy
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
First detection of spotted lanternfly confirmed in Canada. inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-hea...
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Spotted lanternfly Spot it? Snap it, catch it and report it - inspection.canada.ca
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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Such a cool and much needed technology!! 🦟
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 15/09/2026
The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270
Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes

Description
The Department of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin seeks to fill two faculty positions in the areas of Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes, broadly defined. We are looking for candidates who are advancing (1) evolutionary biology or (2) the mechanistic understanding of organismal processes. These positions will be filled at the level of Assistant Professor.


Qualifications
Candidates should be using innovative approaches in evolutionary biology and/or the mechanistic understanding of whole-organism processes. Mechanistic processes include, but are not limited to, behavior, biomechanics, cognition, physiology, and development. The phylogenetic scope of the Evolutionary Biology position may include eukaryotes, prokaryotes, viruses, and the scale may include individual molecules to entire ecosystems and beyond. Candidates for either position may employ experimental, theoretical, or computational frameworks, or a combination thereof. Special consideration will be given to applicants with demonstrated potential for integrating across our target disciplines. 

We seek applicants with a strong record of high-quality research, publications, potential for extramural funding, and a commitment to excellence in teaching and mentorship. A PhD or equivalent is required at the time of appointment, and postdoctoral research experience is strongly recommended.
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Natasha Mhatre @natashamhatre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Read the whole 🧵 I might be less generous about how well universities manage their funding priorities though.
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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very excited to see this multi-faceted* study, led by Shane Wright and representing years of work on visual evolution and perception in Heliconius as part of our ERC Starting Grant, released into the world! 🦋*pun very much intended www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🎉 Congratulations to all winners of this year's #IgNobel Prize (www.nature.com/articles/d41...), and in particular Justin Puma et al., for pioneering the use of #mosquito (Aedes aegypti)🦟 proboscises as high-res 3D printing nozzles, a process called necroprinting: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BehaveAI can now measure orientation. So now you can work out the behaviour of your animal in each frame as well as its direction - e.g. tells you which way animals are pointing or whether they're turning. Video guide: youtu.be/FgmtHoardWg Install: github.com/troscianko/B...
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BehaveAI - orientation tracking - v1.4
YouTube video by Jolyon Troscianko
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wvcaver.bsky.social @wvcaver.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Chemists at Northeastern University in Boston are developing new colourants that are based on structural colour rather than pigments and are therefore longer lasting, more vibrant and safer.”
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Butterfly-inspired structural colours could replace synthetic pigments
Inspired by nature, chemists in the US are working to create vibrant, long-lasting and safer colours that could be used in food, cosmetics and paints
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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 04/09/2026
Night eyes 😎 Finally got proper pictures of this amazing phenomenon! Mantises change their eye color (and light sensitivity) at night by transporting pigments from the surface of each compound eye unit toward the deeper eye region. Same female Tenodera sinensis, two different times. #bugsky
A female Tenodera sinensis mantis with dark black eyes against a light background, seen from very close up.A female Tenodera sinensis mantis with green/brown eyes against a light background, seen from very close up to show the details of her face. The pseudopupil is clearly visible on her left eye, facing the camera.
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Jessica Abbott @jessicakabbott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Are you a mathematical modeller in ecology and evolution looking for a job? My department has an opening! Please spread the word! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology
Lund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit
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Patrick Meehan @patmeehan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's General Hammond!
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godspeed colonel
Alt: SG1's General Hammond saying "godspeed colonel" through the comms with an active wormhole reflecting on him
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
why would the heritage minutes company ban comments on this recent one they posted is there anything happening in the world that would make this hilariously over the top scene seem politically fraught
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
Bee trajectories in agricultural landscape and two photon microscope for in-vivo calcium activity imaging.
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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨 I AM HIRING a 3-year postdoc & 4-year PhD student 🚨 [PLEASE SHARE WIDELY] My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need? WELL... we need you! APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.
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News Medical @newsmedical.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Europe's mosquito challenge isn't what you'd expect: the cold-loving Aedes koreicus is spreading fast and could thrive where others can't. Why does it matter, and what's next for surveillance? 🦟❄️ www.news-medical.net/news/2026090... #Mosquitoes #AedesKoreicus #Entomology
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Europe has a new mosquito problem, but it may not be the one you think
A scoping review of 91 studies, combined with a workshop involving 41 experts from six European countries, mapped the spread, biology, surveillance challenges, and potential disease relevance of the i...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Fruit flies react instantaneously when blown about by gusts of wind to get back on course, but they also recall recent wind conditions when tracking an odour, which shapes their search as they pursue the source of an attractive scent @florisvanbreugel.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
A montage of flying fruit flies. Photo credit: Floris van Breugel.
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Cool new research from @msu-entomology.bsky.social! Apparently spotted lanternflies keel over when they try to feed on milkweed. 🌿
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Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Each spring, bogong moths migrate 100s of km to the Australian Alps, where their tiny, fat-rich bodies provide an enormous influx of energy to the ecosystem, 2nd only to the sun. Researchers are tracking these migrations to ID the moths' flyways&breeding grounds - and figure out how to protect them🧪
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Bogong moths support Australia’s alpine ecosystems, but face uncertain future
At first glance, Australia’s bogong moth is a decidedly unspectacular-looking creature. The moths are typically a dark, mottled brown and each weighs less than a Tic Tac mint or half a gram. But looks...
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Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Cool #postdoc opportunity to study sexual behaviour in widow #spiders! 🕷️🕷️🕷️ @arachnology.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @canentomologist.bsky.social
HOW MANY TIMES DID SEXUAL CANNIBALISM AND MALE SELF-SACRIFICE EVOLVE?

We are searching for an outstanding postdoc with a background in behavioural and evolutionary ecology to join an exciting project comparing sexual behaviour across all widow spider species at Ben-Gurion University.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES:
Literature survey of sexual behaviour and life history in widow spiders
Locating widow spider populations across the globe
Fieldwork in natural populations
Spider rearing and maintenance
Behavioural observations of mating interactions and outcomes
Integrating behavioural, morphological, ecological and phylogenetic data to reconstruct evolutionary trajectories and uncover coevolutionary relationships
JOIN OUR MISSION TO UNCOVER THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN WIDOW SPIDERS

INTERESTED? GET IN TOUCH!
Send your CV and a short statement of research interests to Michal Segoli, Ben-Gurion University, msegoli@bgu.ac.il
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Niche partitioning
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J💿rge Manchola @manyojo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#InverteFest Bee fly sketch
Sketch of a bee fly flying.
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Luke Remage-Healey @healeylab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Come be our colleague!!! TT position in Evolution careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A...
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Unrelatedly, 🚨🚨COOL BUG JOB ALERT🚨🚨 arthropod biodiversity at good ol’ Cal! I think lepidopterists are encouraged (in the Jerry Powell tradition) but for sheer “biodiversity” we can all admit beetles deserve this aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
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Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Mosquito ecologist: Aedes are going to start laying eggs in it soon so best to dump it or treat it with Bti.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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vermivorax @vermivorax.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Entomologist: the cup has a bee in it
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Women in Malaria @womeninmalaria.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
WiM invites you to celebrate World Mosquito Day🦟 Why is World Mosquito Day a day to celebrate? On August 20, 1897, Sir Ronald Ross discovered that Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria parasites to humans. This medical breakthrough led to new malaria prevention strategies.
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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Did you feel shaking in the Okanagan Valley region last night at 11:17 p.m.? That was a M2.9 earthquake located 29 km SE of #Penticton. Shaking was felt from Kamloops, through the Okanagan Valley to Osoyoos. For details and to report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/eqpages/en/2...
Map of southern British Columbia showing the location of last night's M2.9 earthquake (south of Penticton) and coloured symbols indicatethe strength of shaking. In all cases, weak shaking levels.
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Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost!
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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This week's Botany in Scotland blog post by John Grace. botsocscot.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/p...
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Plant of the Week – August 17th 2026 – Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
A plant that ‘packs a punch’
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New paper on seeing in air and water with compound eyes! The problem: physics The solution: physics Elegantly described with the dream team @tannermierow.bsky.social and @alexkingston.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
PREORDERS ARE OUT TODAY FOR MY NEWEST FIELD GUIDE, "WIDOW SPIDERS OF THE WORLD"!!!! www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
The front cover of my new field guide to widow spiders. The cover is artfully decorated with seven black, red, brown, and white spotted and striped spider illustrations showing some of the variability within the genus Latrodectus. A tiny male widow spider is positioned in the center on top of a spiky egg sac. From top to bottom, the text of the cover reads "Owlfly Publishing | Widow Spiders of the World | A Traveler's Guide to Dangerous Spiders | Written & Illustrated by Chris Alice Kratzer"
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callista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
hiiii everyone! my department @zoology.ubc.ca is hiring an assistant professor in cell and developmental biology! deadline is october 1! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32408 // please share!!!!!
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University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology
Job #AJO32408, Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Featuring @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social! www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/h...
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Mosquitoes are smarter than you think | CNN
CNN Medical Correspondent Meg Tirrell goes inside a Virginia Tech laboratory to find the new ways researchers are learning to fight back against mosquitoes.
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 31/07/2026
Last, but not least, James @jjfosterlab.bsky.social talks about "#Honeybees at high noon keep their #celestialcompass accurate" 🐝☀️ #ICN2026
James Foster on stage
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Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This makes me so happy! l1nq.com/igqphti Nice iNat highlight about how your 'boring' nature photos can contribute to science: www.inaturalist.org/pages/newsle... I saw @maria-duynisveld.bsky.social present these results at conference in NL and I was so impressed by their work! Congratulations!!!
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Does the munch affect the bunch? Using community science to explore insect herbivory and fruit production in an understory plant
We used iNaturalist records, a longitudinal field survey, and a simulated herbivory experiment to explore how insect herbivory factors are associated with Cornus canadensis fruit production. Natural.....
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 31/07/2026
Dear neuroethologists, please take Eric Warrant's plea seriously and become a member of our society @neuroethology.org. There are many advantages, e.g. 🧠 Eligibility for awards and prizes 🧠 Receive newsletter with news, fun facts and job ads 🧠 Right to vote and organise symposia #icn2026vancouver
Membership benetifsEric Warrant's plea: Please become a member and stay being a member
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Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here's the working prototype of my setup. It's a 3D-printed black block with a socket to hold a watch glass, and a 3D-printed diffuser that sits on top of the block. Recessing the glass greatly reduces stray light & glare. #NaturalHistoryCollections #Macrophotography #FocusStacking #DIYImagingStage
This is a close up of the imaging set up I made to image the water penny. There's a 3D printed  black block with a socket to hold a standard watch glass on the left, with an actual watch glass sitting atop the block on its right edge. On the right edge of the block is a off white 3D-printed diffuser, roughly shaped like a hollowed out hemisphere, with large circular openings on the top and bottom. The bottom rim of the diffuser fits into a recess on the top of the block holding the watch glass. The pieces are setting on a light grey bench top in front of a white wall.
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Sean McCann @ibycter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
So, @cataranea.bsky.social and I went to Guyana over the past week (ish) to attend #BugShot, in the Rupununi Savannah, at Karanambu Lodge. You wanna see some pictures of what we saw?
A short haired woman with salt and pepper hair and red glasses, knitting, with headphones on, she has a spider-web t-shirt on, and a blue glass pendant. She is lovely.
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Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy @avispatica.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How do parasites reprogram brains so your host becomes a zombie? If you are still at #ICN2026 tomorrow Friday, come to my talk at 3:30 pm (room 2306/2309) #strepsiptera #zombiewasp
Polistes fuscatus social wasp infected by twisted wing insects (Strepsiptera)
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 30/07/2026
@ajblake05.bsky.social from @riffelllab.bsky.social lab talked about spectral sensitivity in mosquito 👁 and how the olfactory context affects color learning.
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