iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2026

a perfect biscuit

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

NEWS: Lauren A. Esposito, Ph.D. (@arachnologynerd.bsky.social), an entomologist specializing in arachnology and evolutionary biology, has been named the next editor-in-chief of American Entomologist, ESA's quarterly membership magazine. entsoc.org/news/press-r...

A person with short dark hair is sitting on a desk in front of bookshelves filled with books. They are wearing a patterned shirt and black jacket. A microscope and a framed specimen are visible nearby.

Cover of "American Entomologist" magazine, Spring 2026, featuring a pile of dry leaves with five insect photos inset. The headline reads, “Bagged and Tossed,” about insect loss during autumn cleanup.

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tine @tine5.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Day 5 of #InverteFest! 🪲 This is Haidomyrmex cerberus, a prehistoric ant with mandibles which moved upwards to grab prey, named the guardian of the underworld! #pixelart #invertebrates #SciArt #paleoart

Pixel art of Haidomyrmex cerberus, an ant with reddish colouration and mandibles which point upwards, looking at tree sap slowly moving towards it, while behind are trees and a dirt mound.

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leland c. graber @bug4bug.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Trans in Natural History Survey 2026

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Khadempour Lab @khadlab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A new paper, "Honeypots: a review of repletism across the ants" from our lab was published today, with grad student Bianca Nogueira as first author, and co-authors DiemQuynh Nguyen, @adriatica.bsky.social, and @haidomyrmex.bsky.social. It was a labor of love! doi.org/10.25849/myr... 🧵

Three ants with giant gasters are next to each other. The one on the left has a creamy and opaque gaster, the middle one has a dark amber and transluscent gaster, and the third is a lighter honey-colored transluscent gaster. All three ants are Mymecocystus mexicanus repletes from the same colony. The colors are due to the different fluids that they are storing in their crops. Because their crops and gasters are so distended, it's possible to see the crop contents.

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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

From the ENTOPOC team, we wish you an incredible 2026. This year, we reaffirm our commitment to support students of color. We would like to announce our research and travel grants. Two application deadlines: April 15 and September 15. Find more information at: www.entopoc.org/researchtrav...

Research and travel grant up to 500 USD for students around the world. Deadlines: april 15th and september 15th.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz... #Art #SciArt

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like an opabinia, a leaf insect, close up of a starfish, and so on. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including digital, pixel art, ceramic, fursuit, post it, and so on.

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Jack Tamisiea @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Thousands of years ago, giant owls chowed down (and threw up) in a Caribbean cave. The bones they left behind were a boon to bees. Scientists recently discovered that one species made nests in the empty tooth sockets of rodent skulls. 🦉🦴🐝 Latest for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/s...

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When the Bones Were Good, These Bees Buried Their Babies

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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Starting in 20 minutes! The Zoom room is open and the slides are rolling - time to grab some snacks and settle in for 24 hours of Hymenoptera! #Hymathon2025

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I'm not a beetle person but maybe (i) is the prosternum and (ii) the mesosternum? Could say that (ii) is dorsal to the prosternum in lateral view?

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Sun's up in Portland! Talks you might want to check out if you're into fossils, ants, extinction, eusociality, or comparative morphology. I'm giving a talk today as well called "The diversity and longevity of the earliest ants" at 1:40pm in B113. #Entsoc25

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Ugh this conference has barely started and the entomologists are already trashing the place

Graffiti in Portland reading “shrimps is bugs,” a bug-forward but cladistically inaccurate proposition

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Exactly. The only honorable mammal

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!

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Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

You'd think they'd be able to find some common ground

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Are they both missing their right forelegs??

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This is a nationwide layoff for a generation of young scientists: undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs funded on current awards will be unemployed with no explanation. Their future opportunities also erased.

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of ‘hell ants’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of ‘hell ants’

Unusual Brazilian specimen trapped in limestone is 113 million years old

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Chloe Jelley @chloejelley.bsky.social ! Beautiful Ph.D. thesis defense today! #MoreauLab #ProudPI

Dr. Chloe Jelley and Dr. Corrie Moreau celebrating her successful Ph.D. defense

Members of the Moreau Lab and Chloe's parents toasting Chloe

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aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

👀🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🪲🕷️Ento-Education Job alert!!👀

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 04/03/2025

We weren't sure it would be possible, but huge thanks to the Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America for supporting a last-minute symposium highlighting stories from terminated federal employees at the meeting on March 17th. #entomology 🧪 esa.confex.com/esa/2025eb/m...

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Impact of Federal Dismissals and Disruptions on Entomology and Entomologists

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Today in Newark, New Jersey. 60+ scientists out in 25 degree weather to collectively say: hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs. One of 16 nationwide events held today as part of Labor for Higher Education.

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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Gall midges and their parasitoids are abundant, megadiverse, and very hard to identify! Such "double dark taxa" systems present special challenges for ecology and agriculture. 🧵🧪🐙 @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/aesa...

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Untangling host specialization in a “double dark taxa” system

Abstract. Platygastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are parasitoids of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). They and their hosts are exceptionally

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My morning to-do list for the indefinite future: □ Call and send physical mail to a senator/congressperson □ Email a federal civil servant to thank them

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