Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDJen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Champion of the fruit fly lek. 🏆 Zygothrica sp. Intag Refugio, Ecuador 4927
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDJen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 16/04/2026We noticed these fruit flies are behaving like tiny big horn sheep of fly world so we went back today to see if I could get some photos of the action. Here you have it, a play in 4 acts! Make me wonder if they evolved the elongated eyes for this purpose. Zygothrica sp. Intag Refugio, Ecuador 935074
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDHannah A. Brazeau 🇨🇦 @habrazeau.bsky.social · 09/07/2025If you can, please donate to help with funeral costs and supporting her family. RIP Sheila Colla. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...gofundme.comDonate to Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment, organized by Anna PennerThere is a good chance that you already know Sheila Colla: she is a brillian… Anna Penner needs your support for Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment 43022
Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025For the first time in over 100 years we have an up-to-date checklist of Canadian Diptera. Really proud to have been a part of this effort! 611026
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDPensoft @pensoft.net · 07/03/2025New book: A checklist to identify all known species of flies in Canada! doi.org/10.3897/ab.e... "This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species." @bioinfocus.bsky.social 04319
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDNSERC ResNet @nserc-resnet.bsky.social · 04/03/2025A very warm welcome to ResNet's Interim Network Manager: Dr. Morgan Jackson (you can follow him @bioinfocus.bsky.social)! He will be responsible for overseeing ResNet’s daily operations while our permanent Network Manager Nicole Middlemiss is on leave. 4144
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDCraig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · 24/01/2025 Soldier on. #NaturalHistoryCollections #Macrophotography #FocusStacking #FlyDayFriday #FlyFriday #FlyDay 2594
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDDr. Andrea Wishart @wishartae.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Last year, my fantastic co-author @bioinfocus.bsky.social and I published this note observing squirrels foraging insect galls in the Yukon: www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cf... #SquirrelAppreciationDaycanadianfieldnaturalist.ca Red Squirrel (<i>Tamiasciurus hudsonicus</i>) feeding on Balsam Poplar (<i>Populus balsamifera</i>) galls induced by aphids | The Canadian Field-Naturalist 155
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDE. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Do you have any favourite evolutionary biology resources that are not textbooks? E.g. podcast/youtube series or episodes, blogs, websites, news articles.. I am trying to diversify the resources I recommend to the students in the courses I teach 🤓 102011
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDJane Waters 🏳️⚧️🐜🇵🇸 @lovetheants.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Coming out, transitioning, and being trans is HARD. Fortunately, there's a lot we can all do, whether cis or trans, to help our colleagues and strengthen our departments. In addition to all the actions we can take, we've also gathered a list of resources. 12711
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDJane Waters 🏳️⚧️🐜🇵🇸 @lovetheants.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Collaborating with @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and Kanako Shimizu, we put together what's basically a top-ten list of ways to help foster trans inclusivity and awareness within our scientific and academic communities and would love if you could help share the guide! 16751
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDJane Waters 🏳️⚧️🐜🇵🇸 @lovetheants.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Want to know how to support trans and gender nonconforming colleagues things you can literally do right now to help? Check out the first link here for a new two-page handout to share widely! linktr.ee/trans_inclus...linktr.eeTransgender Inclusion | LinktreeResources for transgender inclusion in STEM and beyond. 24936
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDGwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025What have I been working on for the last.... uh... 8 years? This 🧵 🐝🪲 entomologytoday.org/2025/01/15/l...entomologytoday.orgThe Lesson Hive: A Collaborative K-12 Teaching SpaceThe Lesson Hive is a database of standards-aligned and reviewed K-12 teaching resources about insects and other arthropods. 43910
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDGwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 12/01/2025A tricky #SpotTheInsect! 0131
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDLindsay Lindhult, PhD | Science Illustrator & Arthropod Artist @lindzeamays.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Little globular springtail doodle in colored pencil and ink. Inspired by @the_forest_tin on IG, one of my fav macro photographers. 💚 #SciArt 🎨🕷️🐡🐞🌱 1380065
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDEvelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Horsefly boy in flight, very buzzy 🤎 51120089
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDDr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Exciting #Arachnology news! It's been clear for some time that spiders have 'noses' on their legs but we didn't really understand how they smell airborne sex pheromones. Now we do! Gabriele Uhl & colleagues have identified the sensilla responsible: 🕷️🧪 www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...uni-greifswald.de“Olfaction with legs – spiders use wall-pore sensilla for pheromone detection"Spiders can smell: they use pore-covered sensilla that are similar to hairs to detect volatile substances. This is the key finding of a study that has been published in the January 2025 issue of the s... 515756
Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Canadian Member of Parliament Richard Cannings found an unusual antlion in his backyard, posted it to iNaturalist, and just published it as being a new genus record for Canada in a regional society journal journal.entsocbc.ca/index.php/jo... Can't ask for much more in an elected representative TBH!journal.entsocbc.ca Chaetoleon pusillus (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini), a new genus and species of antlion for Canada | Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 412819
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDChris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Do you teach field-based courses? Or hope to? Wrote a brief commentary for the new Plant Science Bulletin on why these course need to be offered/supported. TL;DR the kids need to get outside... where integrative biology lives. #SICB2025 #STEMeducation digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/fac_journ/21...digitalcommons.bucknell.eduField-Based Courses Still Matter, but not Like They Used ToIncreasingly, field-based courses are providing the first real opportunities for students to experience nature in meaningful ways. As a baseline, even before the content delivery and the graded assess... 35220
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDLars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 31/12/2024What do we have here? This is a scar from historical resin extraction in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) tree. It helps to explain an important era of American history...and also the decline of one of my top two favorite tree species. A thread. 1218657
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDMichael Matschiner @mmatschiner.bsky.social · 12/12/2024We’re now offering two permanent positions at the Bavarian State Collection for Zoology in Munich, those as curators for Diptera and Hymenoptera: snsb.de/kurator-ento... snsb.de/kurator-ento... Both announcements are in German, but German skills are not required at the time of application.snsb.deSNSB – Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns » Kurator für Entomologie – Diptera (w/m/d) – Zoologischen StaatssammlungEine weitere WordPress-Website 11329
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDAinsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Ronald McWeevil isn’t real, he can’t hurt y- 58113
Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Great story, great art, great resource at the end. Also reposting as part of Canadian Team P-AOWOO-P 020
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDPetra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024For this amazing December 2024 edition of #InverteFest I contributed a "checkerboard of flies" for your invertebrate viewing pleasure 🪰🦟 Because the variety of flies always blows my mind 411024
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDKaty Chalmers @katypillar.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Happy #Invertefest! I love to draw creatures with fantastical elements and one of my favorites to draw is beetles! #SciArt #Beetles #Art 522540
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDBiological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The latest BSC newsletter is now available at biologicalsurvey.ca/publications...biologicalsurvey.caNewsletters – Biological Survey of Canada 045
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDMargarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Fly pollinators are even more vulnerable to rising global temperatures than bees. 🌍🐝🐞 Protecting all pollinators is essential for our ecosystems and food security." www.psu.edu/news/researc...psu.eduPollinators most vulnerable to rising global temperatures are flies, study shows | Penn State UniversityDespite their reputation as buzzing nuisances, flies serve a critical role as some of the Earth’s most prolific pollinators — and new research led by Penn State scientists suggests they are increasing... 19848
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDColin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024It's my last day at Hakai. Does that mean it's time to run through my favourite news stories from the past decade? 1404
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDJosh Gibson, Ph.D. @drstrangeant.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Possibly my favorite #microCT scan I've done all year - A mosquito pupa (Culex pipiens)! 🥰 510728
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDAuriel Fournier @rallidaerule.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Illinois Natural History Survey is hiring a new Director (my boss!) illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Come lead an amazing organization that has a really powerful applied mission, and some excellent scientists :)illinois.csod.comDirector, Illinois Natural History SurveyDuties & ResponsibilitiesResearch ◦ Independently coordinate and develop a significant research/investigations program, secure associated fun... 03637
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 17/12/2024New comic: aurora part 1. Based on a comment by @nepeteaa.bsky.social a couple months back. 15859255
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDDerek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I finally found a Japanese house centipede (Thereuonema tuberculata)! I've been hoping to find one in my home for years, what a rush. A gorgeous little critter. This one is from Richmond, Virginia. 814618
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhD🦇 Murphy @mjosmurphy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Wolf + spider gives you a lycosid: 191
Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Well that’s disappointing, they haven’t enabled any of the insects except for the bee, plus the spider and the scorpion. The spider is really quite fun… 5284
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDPriyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · 08/12/20243/n qwheeler.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...qwheeler.substack.comMuch ado about very littleMolecular-based taxonomy is useful, but not very informative 025
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDPriyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024“… of systematic biology. Molecular data has great value when synthesized with evidence from morphology, fossils and ontogeny; but pursued alone, as exemplified by DNA barcodes and minimalist taxonomy, molecular systematics is much ado about very little.” - Quentin Wheeler 2/n 132
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDPriyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024“Molecular-based taxonomy is almost purely utilitarian, a non-taxonomist’s idea of taxonomy. But the ability to identify species about which almost nothing is known is a hollow, unambitious goal unworthy of the intellectual traditions, scientific accomplishments, and fantastic potential… 1/n 162
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDDerek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024You guys are gonna poop your pants with jealousy when you see the stickers I got this week of the Lee County Cave Isopod. A federally endangered species endemic to a few caves in southwest Virginia, this isopod makes for a real Fabergé egg of a sticker! 1726
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDChris Wirth @ageofarthropods.bsky.social · 06/12/2024This striking, fuzzy fly (Eudasys ophrys Whittington [Platystomatidae]) caught my attention when sorting a box of (largely unidentified) Diptera from Nigeria—never know what you'll in a collection! #PERCBugs #FlyFriday 1622440
Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Meet the Valley Grasshopper (Oedaleonotus enigma) a species restricted in Canada to the southern Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Last week it was listed as Endangered by COSEWIC due to significant habitat loss from human housing developments. Photo by James Miskelly (CC-BY-NC) via iNaturalist. 1253
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDNicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 03/12/2024restocked some tiny bug pins just in time for the holidays! 🔗 below ⬇️ 🐛 845380
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDAndreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Are you aware of our collection of #Drosophila #history articles? Feel free to suggest more!!!!!!!! droso4public.wordpress.com/history/ 010049
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I just love the ways bugs try not to be found. Here's a Phytocoris lichen-mimic plant bug from Texas, if you can see it. #Miridae 1426236
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDSiobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Lovely hubby has just arrived home. I've explained why I've yet to get up and get dressed. Yes dear reader, it's because I've been geeking out on African blood-sucking flies. I'm having a fabulous start to Sunday. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor... #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary #SDC 2142
Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The creep of New World Screwworm continues through Central America, now detected in cattle in southern Mexico. Massive containment problem that has been growing for months now; don’t be surprised if the flies start knocking on the US border before long! www.reuters.com/business/hea...reuters.comUS suspends Mexican cattle imports after New World screwworm caseThe United States has temporarily paused imports of Mexican cattle after a case of New World screwworm (NWS) was identified at the lakeside town of Catazaja in southern Chiapas state, the Mexican government said on Sunday. 1145
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDDerek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Check out this sick Tachinid fly I saw today. Provisionally, it looks like the genus Belvosia. A nice, stout fly! 915417
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 28/11/2024Chrysobothris monticola with a split male/female face. possibly a mosaic gynandromorph rather than bilateral since the rest of the body is female style 0577
Reposted by Morgan Jackson, PhDGlendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 27/11/2024A Trachys jewel beetle, part of a commissioned series a Government of Canada publication by @bioinfocus.bsky.social et al. Painted in ArtRage, with early Instagram filters. Very proud of this series. 🐡🧪🐞 #OldWorkWednesday 013415