Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 25/04/2026This week some members of my lab got together to play pickleball as a fun lab activity! It was super fun! Let’s do it again! 000
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Had a really fun time last week blacklighting with the lab looking for a rare moth in Florida! Parents of lab members came too, all the way from Belgium! 020
Reposted by Akito KawaharaAndrew Mongue @ajmongue.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The Mongue lab and Kawahara lab @dr-akito.bsky.social are hiring postdocs!! If you're interested in the genomics of extreme sexual dimorphism and/or silk production, come work on bagworms with us! See below for details: sicb.org/jobs-and-fel... 065
Reposted by Akito KawaharaDigital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 09/11/2025If you are curious about the Mothbox, I'm around #entsoc2025 talking about #openscience hardware! 1194
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Our lab is on our way to the @entsocamerica.bsky.social meeting in Portland! Very proud of all of the students in the lab who will be presenting amazing talks and posters! If you’re there, come check out their presentations! 020
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Really great to see Jay Cheon-Sohn, former lab mate during graduate school @umaryland.edu and Smithsonian. An amazing microlepidopterist and fossil insect expert, who is visiting the McGuire Center @floridamuseum.bsky.social this week! It’s been 13 years since we last saw each other 000
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 08/07/2025A few pics from our recent trip to #CostaRica to study…. #bagworms! Was super fun trip with my @floridamuseum.bsky.social students and postdoc, and @ajmongue.bsky.social and his lab. They are all so great! Would love to go again soon! 151
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Very cool article by Sarah Steele-Cabrera in Smithsonian Magazine on butterflies in South Florida. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... @floridamuseum.bsky.socialsmithsonianmag.comWhy Does This Endangered Butterfly Thrive After Hurricanes?For Schaus’ swallowtail butterflies, the powerful storms mean clear skies and bright futures 040
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Just listened to an amazing @radiolab.bsky.social episode on Jo Nagai, a 10-year-old from Japan who made a major discovery on how butterflies learn. Touching story- his work is at university level. He speaks to me in fluent english- truly impressive for a native Japanese kid npr.org/podcasts/452... 051
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Really nice to see this article written by @floridamuseum.bsky.social about the amazing volunteer, Bob Belmont, who donated his collection and continues to help the McGuire Center as an expert of geometrid moths! www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/support/insp...floridamuseum.ufl.eduMcGuire Volunteer Spotlight: Bob BelmontIf you need any confirmation that passion is priceless – look no further than volunteer research associate Bob Belmont. After retiring from a long career in pest control, he turned to the Florida Mus... 011
Reposted by Akito KawaharaDigital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Do you remember we found this humongous mystery caterpillar on our expedition in Cerro Hoya? Apparently, scientists don't totally know the larva or host plant of the White Witch, but Sol and Forrest just got it to pupate and proved it!! This is the WIDEST Moth on earth!!! 1017541
Reposted by Akito KawaharaFlorida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Jackie Miller’s career grew from urban warehouse to butterfly bank to jungle laboratory to largest U.S. Lepidoptera collection, but she is often appreciated for drawing people into her world of butterfly research. 🦋 More about Jackie and her husband Lee: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/reme... 0104
Reposted by Akito KawaharaStefan Pinkert @pro-pink.bsky.social · 25/03/2025A major milestone of our >4-year effort to bring #butterfly diversity and its threat to global attention. We show most species and hotspots cluster in mountains, with #climatechange projected to erode up to 67% of the thermal niche supporting this diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGlobal hotspots of butterfly diversity are threatened in a warming world - Nature Ecology & EvolutionButterflies are a large, functionally important and charismatic invertebrate group. Here, the authors characterize global macroecological patterns of butterflies and project shifts in their bioclimati... 2158
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 14/03/2025We're hiring an education/outreach assistant to promote butterflies/moths! No need to be a student, just someone who enjoys working with the public +likes insects. Position based on UF main campus. Please forward: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... @floridamuseum.bsky.social @ufatwork.bsky.socialexplore.jobs.ufl.eduUniversity of Florida - Details - FWS or Student Assistant - Outreach and Education Assistant 020
Reposted by Akito KawaharaItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Stop collaborate and listen! 😀Yesterday was a great day for science! Thank you @standupforscience.bsky.social !The real work begins now. People are listening! We need to challenge misunderstandings and show that investment in science is crucial for our health for our economy and for our future! 638739
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The Lepidopterists' Society annual meeting will be held this year in beautiful Arizona, July 30-Aug 3! Information below about how to register. Should be a great meeting with opportunities to see rare #moths and #butterflies only found in Arizona! www.lepsoc.org/2025-annual-...lepsoc.org2025 Annual Meeting | The Lepidopterists' Society 010
Akito Kawahara @dr-akito.bsky.social · 02/03/2025If you like butterflies and moths and want to learn more, check out the Lepidoptera Course in Portal, Arizona this summer! Information on applying can be found here - www.calacademy.org/lepidoptera-...calacademy.orgLepidoptera Course | California Academy of Sciences 010