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Benito Wainwright @benitoexplains.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Leaf-mimicking katydids don’t just use their funky camouflage to survive, they’re using it to find love too! 🥰🍃💘 New paper out now in #ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org (Photo cred: Christian Ziegler): doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 1/n

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨Job claxon🚨 4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies. Come join us, we are nice. 🧪 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

An immunostaining section through a Heliconius brain. Staining and imaging by Dr Max Farnworth.

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jim mallet @wtf-r-species.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

@heliconians It's nice to see a Heliconius butterfly on the cover of "Evolution" again! Elizabeth Hodge et al. 2026, on why Heliconius are smarter than other butterflies. doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Image of Heliconius butterfly pollen feeding; on front cover of the April Issue of "Evolution" journal

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 11/03/2026

Special issue editors @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social, Basil el Jundi & Kentaro Arikawa introduce their special issue on the neuroethology of lepidoptera 🦋. The issue covers a broad field of research spanning from neuroanatomy, sensory perception to behavior. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Neuroethology on the move with butterflies and moths - Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Journal of Comparative Physiology A - Lepidopteran insects, namely butterflies and moths, are visually striking and have fascinated scientists as well as the general public for decades, prompting...

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Benito Wainwright @benitoexplains.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Introducing the campest katydid of all time. 🦄💅🏽👸💞 Why would this animal (Arota festae) have evolved this way, other than to look utterly fabulous? We have unleashed some (slightly whacky) thoughts, now out in @esajournals.bsky.social. Photo credit: @zekerowe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1/n

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

New from Jessie Foley! #Heliconius have elongated lives and excellent memory, but do they have excellent memory across their elongated lives? Find out now!* Featuring learning and memory assays in 330 butterflies, and an absolute pig of an experiment to do. *the title is a spoiler 🧪

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eahodge.bsky.social @eahodge.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Excited that my 2nd MSc paper is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social 🦋🎉 doi.org/10.1093/evol... We find Heliconius’ impressive visual memory is not due to increased visual-structure investment over that of their outgroup relatives, but instead consistent with specialisation of the central circuitry.

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