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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) is now accepting applications, with a deadline of 15 October. This includes the Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us.

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

So you think you know cute bugs? But have you ever seen the larva of a handsome fungus #beetle? 🥰 😍 A perfect little crawling dome baby. #Endomychidae: #Corynomalus Costa Rica

A dark round dome-top rough larva sits on a white background facing right. It's got orange margins and patches of small white dots and bluish plates on the body.

A dark round dome-top rough larva sits on a white background facing front right. It's got orange margins and patches of small white dots and bluish plates on the body, with short straight antennae.

A dark round dome-top rough larva sits on a white background facing left. It's got orange margins and patches of small white dots and bluish plates on the body.

The belly of the beetle larva as it tries to right itself. The legs and mouthparts can be seen.

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School of Integrative Biology at Illinois (SIB) @ibioillinois.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New study by EEB's Associate Professor Phil Anderson compares cactus thorns & dinosaur teeth to reveal insights into biological puncture tool performance and evolution. Fascinating biomechanics research! 🧪 🧪 🔗 buff.ly/8l0TESp

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From cactus thorns to dinosaur teeth: Study analyzes biological puncture tool performance | School of Integrative Biology | Illinois

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Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The world is a sh*tshow right now so I'm posting this #WaspWednesday image a day early. It's Conura sp., collected in central Texas, and I'll add the obligatory "never missed leg day at the gym" comment. #NaturalHistoryCollections #FocusStacking #Hymenoptera #Chalcididae

Left lateral view of a small point-mounted wasp, against a dark grey background. This parasitic wasp is predominantly yellow, with orangish tints on the legs and metasoma. There are also a few scattered dark brown markings. As a chalcidid wasp, it's characterized by ridiculously enlarged hind coxae and femorae.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

10 years is tin, 20 years is china, 50 years is gold and 100 years is wasps.

Parasitic wasp named after Sir David Attenborough for his 100th birthday

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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I should have learnt Japanese...

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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

*clack-clack of tiny teef* PERILAMPUS 😍 I hadn't seen one of these stunning blue nuggets in like 3+ years. Perfect, perfect creature. 💙 (they're hyperparasitoids of hyperparasitoids, and so damn cool enough on that merit, but also they can look like this)

Stubby nugget of a shiny blue metallic wasp, little flappy antennae. Looks like she could curl up into a perfect blue golf ball

Bright blue shiny face of the creature, with perfect tiny toothed mandibles

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Gil Wizen @wizentrop.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Beautiful drawing of Thyrsocera spectabilis

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

*hooded cultists slowly emerging from the shadows, chanting with increasing intensity* Baeus! Baeus! Baeus!

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

just a little baby child (from @mosquitolab.bsky.social's pitfall samples; I can see how this one got sorted into the beetle pile)

teeny tiny wingless parasitic wasp, probably genus Baeus. It is so round and fat and perfect. Its head is the size of the rest of its body.

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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

INSECT TAXONOMY IN THE 21ST CENTURY @entsocamerica.bsky.social Online, April 27-29! Featuring keynotes from Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.social, Erinn Fagan-Jeffries, and Dominic Evangelista. Now accepting contributed talks! Grant deadline Feb 4, abstracts due Mar 6. entsoc.org/membership/b...

"Dark Linnaeus" - a portrait of the famous biologist with scary glowing red eyes

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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The AMNH REU was a life-changing experience for me- definitely consider applying if you’re interested in biology, biodiversity science, or collections-based research!

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DB @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A faded Ooctonus hemipterus wasp of the Mymaridae found in Combe Valley 31.7.2024. Love those brachypterous wings! #UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae

Side view of a tiny brown wasp with disproportionately small wings. Its head is to the left of picture and has a large red eye and long pale antennae.

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

You absolutely need to look at this gallery of insects with weird pronotal "hats" worthy of a Royal Ascot visit

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In other Hymenoptera macro size comparison news: ~3/4" Sweat Bee so sweet and teeny... ...then there's the chalcid wasp following her... #inverts #becurious

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Nature Check @naturecheckgaming.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Our first livestream of 2026 will be starting in 1hr! Come see @lucaszellers.bsky.social and 4 amazing players in the first part of a 3-part journey in the wilderness 🐻🦉 Join us on twitch.tv/naturecheckdnd

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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

So happy to see this published! Led by the very talented @marinamoser.bsky.social who also did all the line drawings, a valuable and increasingly rare skill. Congrats team!

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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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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

One of Australia's most common and distinctive ants is the colorful Rhytidoponera metallica, seen here with silken cocoons in the brood nest. Diamond Creek, Victoria.

Macro photograph inside an underground ant nest chamber, where a robust, heavily pitted metallic purple and green ant in side view lifts a tan pillow-like cocoon.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Australian cockroaches are pretty. This is Balta spuria, which I've found in various indoor and outdoor settings in Victoria.

Macro photograph of a cute brown cockroach with pale yellow stripes along its margins, standing on a glossy green leaf.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

stupendous thread, not a bad jpg in the bunch

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

17. Contrasting wood cockroach There's so many species of blattodeans (cockroaches & termites,) with v few being considered pests by humans. Some are incredibly colourful, some are metallic & shiny like jewel-beetles, others have bold patterns. They're very underrated. #SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar

A colour pencil and watercolour drawing of a contrasting wood cockroach, Eushelfordia pica. It's got a teardrop shaped body, black with bold, blocky patches of white and orange. It has a small head with antennas that look like beads on wires. Delightful.

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Come learn with us! #REU!

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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#Newpaper on #Stem perception Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/aesa...

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Nature Check @naturecheckgaming.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

As promised, we're working on getting ourselves back on track! To celebrate, here's the podcast version of the amazing one-shot we did with @lucaszellers.bsky.social www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wqrhn... And new video and podcast backlog episodes will start posting every week starting Dec 31!

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The Frog of Holding | Book of Extinction One-Shot

Come along as Lucas leads 4 adventurers on a quest for the Frog of Holding, a mysterious and powerful creature from The Book of Extinction! Will our heroes be able to cross fields of wompers and deal ...

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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Was reminded of this awesome “essay” by T Josek from many moons ago - when us scientists still used the bird website. T’s use of hashtags here is pretty much perfect. Informative and funny. Some of the entries are - uhm - timely? (Note: October 1936) entomologytoday.org/2015/02/27/f...

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Famous Female Entomologists Part 5: Berta Scharrer's Twitter Feed

This is Part Five of a five-part series on Famous Female Entomologists, in honor of the 32nd Annual Insect Fear Film Festival (February 28, 2015), the theme of which is Female Entomologists. (Part One...

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Come for the last few T shirts at the #Entopoc booth (booth 712)! #Entsoc25! All proceeds go to supporting student memberships and our new travel and research grant!

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Amazing talk by Johanna from the roach brain lab about wings in #roaches! The audience gave an audible gasp when she showed a photo of beetle mimicking roaches! ! #SysEB #Entsoc25

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I’m here at EntSoc’s annual meeting in Portland!! Come say hi/grab some goodies if you’re here, we’re running low on a few items and sold out of some pins already!! 🪰🦋💕 #entsoc25

A photo of my set up at EntSoc’s annual meeting, a conference for entomologists. My art prints, stickers, pins, and more goods are arranged on a golden table cloth in various acrylic and wooden shelf displays.

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

I just want to point out the simple, charming illustrations in Rebecca Carranza’s talk on treehopper vibration signals and the ants who respond to them. You see this?? AI could NEVER

Adorable, simple MSpaint style graphic illustrating a hopper nymph transmitting information to its ant wrangler

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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Come say hi, grab a sticker, and learn about how you can help increase student membership in entomological societies! #entoPOC #EntSoc25 @entsocamerica.bsky.social

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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Come to visit us in the exhibit hall at #entsoc2025 @entsocamerica.bsky.social

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Entomological Collections Network @entcollnet.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

We’ve made a starter pack, to help you find people actively working with insect collections. Get in touch if you’d like to be added. 🦋 Entomological Collections Crew go.bsky.app/C5VpWiw

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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Come visit us in the Exhibit Hall at #EntSoc25! Help support our goal of increasing student membership in entomological societies! give.calacademy.org/give/308265/...

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

In which our intrepid photographer narrowly escaped being murdered by driver ants in Kibale Forest, Uganda.

Macro photo of a large, blind, eyeless ant rearing up with her sharp sickle-shaped mandibles open above a seething mass of smaller ants.

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Nancy 🪲SciBugs🪲 Miorelli @scibugs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

this emerald jewel wasp wearing its prey's dead husk of a body like a hat as it newly emerges is the most disparagingly cute thing I think I've ever seen Photo by Emanuele Biggi

Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa) adult female, emerging from dead body of American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) after it fed upon it as larva and pupated inside, South Asia, Africa and Pacific Islands (controlled conditions)

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