Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 03/06/2026🐜🦋 Passionnés de nature, curieux, familles et amis des insectes : rendez-vous à Tours ! 🐝🪲 Nous vous invitons à participer à une grande journée de médiation scientifique ouverte à tous. Au plaisir de vous y retrouver nombreux ! 000
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 22/02/2026New paper on Actias isabellae, focusing on its Alpine subspecies (galliaegloria). Using genomics (RADseq) and ecological niche modelling, we found: 🧬 Extremely low genetic diversity and signs of inbreeding 🌡️ A major projected loss of suitable habitat by 2050 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 020
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Deux nouvelles espèces de Caloptilia découvertes en Nouvelle‑Calédonie 🏝️ : leurs chenilles vivent dans des galles de feuilles 🌿 et utilisent un petit tunnel comme “toilette”, qu’elles rebouchent ensuite avec de la soie pour rester propres 🚽✨ www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...mnhn.frDes chenilles qui vont aux toilettes !La Nouvelle-Calédonie présente une biodiversité foisonnante. Un chercheur du Muséum, en collaboration avec des scientifiques de l'université de Tours, de l’INRAE Orléans, du Naturalis Biodiversity Cen... 000
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 04/02/2026New Caledonian Forests are full of hidden natural treasures! 🌿🦋 Our new ZooKeys paper (led by Antoine Guiguet) describes two spectacular new species of Caloptilia moths—C. augeas and C. ceryneia—discovered in the Parc des Grandes Fougères. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1738... 062
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 01/02/2026🥰 1,100+ abstracts submitted to #ECE2026Tours! 🌍 Scientists from 66 countries will bring a huge diversity of topics—#ECE2026Tours is set to be a global insect science hub 🐜 👉 Updates: ece2026.org 052
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Call for abstracts – XIII European Congress of Entomology (#ECE2026) 🐞 29 June–2 July 2026, Tours, France I’m co-organizing the symposium “Insect Systematics in the Biodiversity Crisis: Bridging Tradition and Innovation” 🗓 Early-bird & abstract deadline: 15 Dec 2025 www.ece2026.orgece2026.orgECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of EntomologyIt is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026. 042
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 01/09/2025New from the LIFEPLAN team in Methods in Ecology & Evolution: we present an active ensemble classifier to sift through millions of camera-trap images, finding animals while filtering out empty shots & people. 🌍📸 👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041... 000
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Back from the 24th European Congress of Lepidopterology in the Czech Republic 🦋🇨🇿 What a week! 🎉 Had an absolute blast enjoying top-notch talks on Lepidoptera conservation, ecology & systematics 🦋🌿. Huge shout-out to Zdeněk Faltynek Fric & team 🙌 for putting together such a fantastic conference. 010
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela @usc.gal · 15/04/2025🪶 Un estudo constata o influxo do eucalipto na diminución da avifauna forestal 🍃 Un equipo integrado por persoal investigador de USC e @mbgcsic.bsky.social comparou 240 parches de bosque autóctono e eucaliptal no Parque Natural das Fragas do Eume 🗞️ www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no... 0124
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeArmando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 13/04/2025I’ve now personally heard of 22 colleagues taking DeRP in the USDA. These roles are irreplaceable. You can't train and hire expertise in these taxa overnight. We can't rehire what no longer exists in the US and undo this. 🧪 #Entomology Recommended read from last year: www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...nwf.orgAre Entomologists as Endangered as the Insects They Study?All life depends on insects. As many species decline and others—including disease carriers—relocate, the entomologists who study them are becoming endangered. 34719
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeDigital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Is this the caterpillar of the white witch? If so we are hanging with it right now on cerro hoya. Entomology sky help us out! @wizentrop.bsky.social ? 34212
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeJavier Martín @txaverius.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Discurso en directo de @cmhmaliani.bsky.social: "Hemos llegado al triste punto en que se ha vuelto necesario reivindicar el papel crucial de la historia natural en la ciencia ecológica como fuente insustituible de preguntas nuevas". www.youtube.com/live/S4lo8IH...youtube.comActo de Investidura como Doctor Honoris Causa de Carlos Manuel Herrera MalianiYouTube video by Universidad de Jaén 23211
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeVicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Know a budding insect lover? Here's a new fund from @royentsoc.bsky.social and family of the great moth expert Douglas Boyes. For 14-18 year old persons who would benefit from funding to support their entomological interest? Please encourage them to apply www.royensoc.co.uk/douglas-boye...royensoc.co.ukDouglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological SocietyThe Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access t... 01310
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeEnric Frago @enricfrago.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Never forget aphids, cicadas, planthoppers and leafhoppers! 031
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeThe Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Applications open! The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below! www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social 04325
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondePeter Mulhair @petermulhair.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Delighted to see our new paper out, led by PhD student Asia Hoile. We explored new genes that emerged during the early evolution of Lepidoptera 🦋 Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore. Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more! 🔗: tinyurl.com/48rx72estinyurl.comGene novelty and gene family expansion in the early evolution of Lepidoptera - BMC GenomicsBackground Almost 10% of all known animal species belong to Lepidoptera: moths and butterflies. To understand how this incredible diversity evolved we assess the role of gene gain in driving early lep... 12717
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeSystematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025The 2025 LinneSys call is open! Need funding for a systematics-based project? Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/ You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply! Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0systass.orgLinneSys: Systematics Research FundLinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has … 01921
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeBiodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 06/02/2025There’s another brand-new #referencegenome! 🧬 This time, it’s the genome of the Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae), a #butterfly native to the Eastern Iberian Peninsula and the French Alps. 🦋 Go to the genome report: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... ergabiodiv.bsky.social @cnag-eu.bsky.social 183
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeJens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Extremely worrying dynamics are unfolding in the US: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...science.orgRevised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF 1206
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeNiklas Wahlberg @lepphylo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025A postdoc opportunity to work on Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) functional genomics with me, @jadrankarota.bsky.social and @chriswheat.bsky.social in Lund, Sweden. We aim to leverage the amazing amount of data being generated by @projectpsyche.bsky.social and DToL projects. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...lu.varbi.comPostdoctoral fellow in Noctuidae functional genomicsSubject description The project will use a comparative functional genomes approach to study a species-rich group of moths, Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Noctuidae have both a huge negative and positive imp 16441
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-Vaamondetlepechon.bsky.social @tlepechon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Quelle restauration des forêts de Mayotte, point chaud mondial de biodiversité, après le cyclone Chido ? theconversation.com/quelle-resta...theconversation.comQuelle restauration des forêts de Mayotte, point chaud mondial de biodiversité, après le cyclone Chido ?Restaurer ces forêts est essentiel pour conserver leur biodiversité sans pareil, pour que les Mahorais continuent de bénéficier de leur protection lors d’inondation ou glissements de terrains. 033
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeAnurag Agrawal @anurag-asclepias.bsky.social · 05/02/2025My take on listing #monarchs under the #ESA cornellsun.com/2025/02/04/a...cornellsun.comAGRAWAL | The Monarch’s EdictSince we're in the 90 day comment period before monarchs would officially be listed under the Endangered Species Act, I thought I would publicly offer my thoughts on the beautiful subjects of my life'... 02111
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeGael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Glad to see the study led by our grad student Benoit_Penel (@cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social) finally out in @ecography.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1111/ecog... #abundance_data #agroecosystems #beetles #biodiversity #metabarcoding #parataxonomy 0148
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeMiles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 03/02/2025The #Eurytomidae UCE phylogeny that I've been working on in the past few years is now out as a preprint. By using museum samples at NMNH and CIRAD, we generated the first global phylogeny of this diverse but poorly studied #Chalcidoidea family. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgPhasing in and out of phytophagy: phylogeny and evolution of the family Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) based on Ultraconserved ElementsWe present the first global molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the family Eurytomidae, a group of chalcidoid wasps with diverse biology, with a representative sampling (197 ingroups and 11 outgroup... 15116
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeAndy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · 09/01/2025‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...royalsocietypublishing.orgPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1917 14134
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeRichard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024All welcome at Butterfly Conservation’s free online UK Moth Recorders' Meeting (Saturday 25 January 2025 on Zoom). Reserve your place now bit.ly/3Z2MOzc There’s a fab line-up of speakers: bit.ly/3Z2MxfE #TeamMoth please repost to spread the word! 214269
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 12/12/2024What an incredible ten days in Guyane with an amazing team of passionate entomologists! Thanks to Rodolphe Rougerie and Jérôme Barbut from the Natural History Museum in Paris for organizing this unforgettable expedition filled with discovery and camaraderie! 🌿🦋 0122
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde @caloptilia.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I’m thrilled to announce our latest publication in @neobiotajournal.bsky.social ! 🚀 🪲🔬 Our paper delves into biosurveillance of mass-trapped long-horned beetles using innovative metabarcoding techniques powered by @nanoporetech.com Check it out : neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php... 021
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeDarren Crayn @dcrayn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024 A little starter pack for fans of biological systematics. I’d love to gather more people and organisations- if that’s you please let me know :) go.bsky.app/GCP9Um 418247
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeLIB @leibnizlib.bsky.social · 14/11/2024🦗We are #hiring 🦗 Open position Curator #Entomology with focus on #Hemimetabola at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social, #MuseumofNatureHamburg. Make a difference in the #biodiversity world. 👉 Apply now 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-... #Insects #Collection #Jobs #MuseumofNatureHamburg 02929
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeJoanie King, PhD @joanieking.bsky.social · 17/11/2024We’re looking for an assistant professor in urban entomology at New Mexico State University: careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assista... Please apply if interested and do share! 🐜🪰🪳🦟🦗🦂careers.nmsu.eduAssistant Professor/Urban Entomology - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United StatesPosition Title: Assistant Professor/Urban Entomology Employee Classification: LC Faculty TT/TN 9m College/Division: Agricultural,Consumer & Env Sci Col Department: 303000-ENTOMOLOGY PLANT PATH AND... 05664
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeAnne Kempel @annekempel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Starter pack about researchers interested in plant-herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions! This list is by far not complete - so please help me to get it extended. Leave suggestions or self-nominations in the comments and I'll add you. go.bsky.app/4JR67t6 316433
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-VaamondeJoe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Hey Lepidoptera folks, here’s a Starter Pack of Lepidopterologists! If you want to be added (or removed), just @ me with your favourite: #buttetflies? #moths? go.bsky.app/U3HPgpW 133222