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Jill Oberski, PhD @jilloberski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hey bsky! I’d like to share some cool work I recently coauthored that integrates entomology, paleontology, and German cultural history. 🔶🐜⚡️ We discovered a fossil ant in the amber collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! Read on for a delightful story of #museomics and #collectomics. >> 1/

A 3D micro-CT scan of ant Ctenobethylus goepperti encased in amber

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Calling all PA (esp. PGH!!) artists! The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology & SaS are inviting 6 artists to join us for the annual SICB meeting Jan. 3-7 in Pittsburgh! We want to bridge a connection btw scientists & artists & have some of our science illustrated. Deets: bit.ly/sicb-art

A bright yellow, spiky as fuck assassin bug with the following words overlaid "Call for Artists! Learn about the latest animal research and create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Pittsburgh PA. Apply at bit.ly/sicb-art Deadline to apply Nov 20 Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000

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MOTH👑MONARCH 🔜 GATEway FATE! @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

THE SHOP IS BACK OPEN!! Check out my bugdanas, pins, stickers, prints, sketchbook downloads & more! October's around the corner & the perfect time for a spider bandana in black or vibrant purple!! 🕷� 🐛👉 shop.mothmonar.ch 🐝 #sciart #insectart #bugsky

Photo of a black bandana with an assorted spider design printed in white ink. It's folded in half diagonally and resting on a wood and metal bench as a backdrop.

Photo of an enamel pin of a celestial-themed bumblebee. The bee is facing right in a rounded pose with wings sticking out above it. It has a large round eye and sparkles on the body with constellation-like patterns as the wing veins. The antennae and some of the legs are mostly depicted by gold metal. The pin is resting on a blue cloth surface with some round gold accents. Mark at the bottom of the image reads "shop.mothmonar.ch"

Photo of two vinyl stickers of stylized millipedes posed to resemble infinity symbols. Both have metallic color areas for their legs and between their black body segments - the top is rainbow, the bottom is red. They are on a brown-grey background. Text reads "Shop.Mothmonar.ch"

Photo of a lavender sticker sheet with whimsical celestial-themed moths and related accent stickers. Nine moths have moons, stars, and small constellations on their wings with purple, blue, and pink palettes. Their shapes are inspired by real species like the luna moth, comet moth, cecropia moth, sphinx moth, etc. Accent stickers include four-pointed stars, five-pointed stars, a moon, a planet with a ring, and a four-pointed comet as well as a line of moon phases vertically in the middle of the sheet. Some of the stars, moons, and markings have metallic details catching the light here. The top of the sheet reads "Magic Moon Moths" and the bottom has the artist's name, "Moth Monarch".

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Every day, the dead are working to protect the living" Natural History collections are so important and worth saving

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

See this is why I'm on here. As much as I love all spiders, I only have experience rearing mygalomorphs across their lifespan so I kinda assumed females in the other groups molt forever too. Thanks for the learning opportunity Sean! P.s. if you or Cat are ever in Virginia hit me up, miss yall!

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are looking for an excellent evolutionary biologist doing cool stuff. No taxonomic focus or specific approaches needed. Reno is a GREAT place to live, and the Biology Department and EECB at UNR Program are fabulous! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...

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Assistant Professor, Evolutionary Biology

The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Umbrella crab! Cryptolithodes sitchensis.

A small flat, smooth, red, crab testing on a hand its eyes are visible but no legs.

The underside of the same crab, all legs and now you can see that the shell, which is white on this side, extends well beyond the legs.

The same crab in a tidepool, no real features are visible and it looks more orange underwater.

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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

Assistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They can be so uncooperative sometimes!!! I tried to save a cicada from the sidewalk this week and every single time I put it on a bush it would immediately fly back to laying on its back in the road or sidewalk 🤣🤦‍♀️

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How often do I ride the bus with a bug or plant? More often than an average human, of that I'm sure

Someone holding a giant green caterpillar on thebus

A large green caterpillar climbing up a striped shirt

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There is a clear reason* I fell in love with Sesiid moths during my PhD. They are spectacular. Is it a wasp? Is it a 80's gal with leg warmers gone wild? Why not both? (*Sesiidae, clear-wing moths)

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shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · 08/09/2026

hercules beetle and adventurer (2020)

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

TAKE ME TO BURCH* *bug church

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We're advertising for a field crops entomologist who will lead extension & research on soybean, sweetpotato, & peanut in North Carolina. I'm excited to have a new future colleague!!! 🥳 To see the description + apply, please use the link below. Please share! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234...

A red and metallic blue sweetpotato weevil sits on a sandy background. It is elongate and ant-like, with sausage-like antennae.

A black peanutworm moth with a pale orange saddle sits on a white background.

A velvety gray stem borer longhorn sits on a green leaf. Its antennae are striped black and gray.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just a few days left to preorder Celebrate Invert Biodiversity shirts & totes! 🪱🐜🪲🐌 get yours here: shop.fossilforager.art (a big thank you to those who preordered so far!)

A mockup of a natural-color Celebrate Invertebrate shirt design that is up for preorder and designed by me, with lupine flowers in the background of the image. The shirt design is brown and has arched text encircling a bunch of insects and invertebrates that reads “Celebrate Invertebrate Biodiversity”.

A mockup of a natural-color Celebrate Invertebrate tote bag design that is up for preorder and designed by me, with lupine flowers in the background of the image. The screen-printed design is brown and has arched text encircling a bunch of insects and invertebrates that reads “Celebrate Invertebrate Biodiversity”.

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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...

docs.google.com

ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Cicadas are easily one of my favorite parts of the east coast

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Watching the destruction of scientific research in my home country has been incredibly hard. I am thankful to be teaching faculty right now even if hanging up the lab coat was tough

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton did so much good in the world, which means we all have to do a little more to make up for her loss and honor her memory 🫡

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J💿rge Manchola @manyojo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#InverteFest Bee fly sketch

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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We currently have TWO collections-based vacancies at National Museums Scotland! As part of the upcoming DiSSCo UK program, we’re seeking a Digitiser and Senior digitiser to work with our insect collection: careers.nms.ac.uk/vacancies (Apply by 31st August) #Digitisation #Insects #MuseumJobs

Preserved bumblebee specimens with data labels below each individual

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Vap / Katie Emma @trulyavaporeon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

More monsters I designed and illustrated for Rainsporest Odyssey! 😄

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BOOTS 👢 👢 👢 👢 👢 👢 N' SNOOTS! Yeehaw, it's acorn weevil season partners! 🥹🥰🪲🌰🤠 #bugsky #entomology #weevil #acornweevil

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

How your email finds me.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Goooood morning! The 2026 Snail Facts Calendars are OUT! We've got 24 days of scratchable snail fact goodness, designed by Philly artist Kelly Nichols! Advent calendars are cute as hell, a delightful tradition, and keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social funded! Get one at SquidFacts.net Pls repost ❤️

An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Another neat #bug from Costa Rica, but this time it's very smooth and beautiful, like a little abstract painting. I love the iridescent green punctures! Hnnnggg 😋 #Scutelleridae: #Pachycoris torridus

A smooth shield shaped bug sits on a white background facing right. It has orange to reddish circular markings, ringed with dark color on a light olive colored background. The body is covered with fine metallic green punctures.

Close up of a smooth shield shaped bug showing orange to reddish circular markings, ringed with dark color on a light olive colored background, stippled with fine metallic green punctures.

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daltonthetart.bsky.social @daltonthetart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Made a bell! Did I post this here yet? Idk it was in my drafts so probably not. I made a couple bells after seeing the lovely ones @transfiguredearth.bsky.social makes. Pretty fun thing to mess with, will definitely make more

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Definitely mosquito bits/dunks in the water you use

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is my first time teaching a full lecture in 3 years, I feel so personally attacked by classes starting next week rn

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

She is gone and I'm so broken. Hug your pets yall

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Everyone send their best wishes to my girl Peaches, she's off to her oncology appt tomorrow with suspected lymphoma. We think we caught it pretty early and can use all the good vibes that oncology has a treatment plan for us to keep her happy and healthy. She's been with me through so much 🥰🥹

A beautiful black, brown and white cat stretched out on a blanket

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Wow I am so jealous! We saw some cool cats but none of those when I was there

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

if that stupid as fuck terf t-shirt was ACTUALLY* biologically accurate * don't get me started on XX/XY mosaicism, Swyer syndrome, de la Chapelle syndrome and more, we only get the one t-shirt

#SciArt silly doodle of a stickfigure in sunglasses on a white background wearing a really long black t-shirt basically a dress with a series of neon green text on it:
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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I actually have a buddy doing a PhD at UVA on isopod grouping behaviors! She is looking to see if its a mutual resource grouping or if they actually receive additional benefits (i.e. clumping = less surface area exposed = lower dessication risk). It sounds like you two should chat!

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I ended up taking a job in a lower cost of living state (VA), negotiating up to 85k for a teaching faculty position. I miss the west coast (specifically CA) SO much, but its almost impossible to make it work when the salaries just don't cut it, you have debt burden, and you don't come from wealth 😢

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I just finished 3 years on the faculty market and interviewed at multiple CSUs across the state. Can confirm all of the starting salaries under 90 (most under 85) regardless of location within the state, but at least some of them have housing assistance programs (i.e. mortgage assistance at SLO)

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026