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katsuraito.bsky.social

@katsuraito.bsky.social
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Entomologist (Acarologist) & Professor in Kochi University. Studying how spider mites adapt to seasonal environments and avoid predators. Enjoy drawing, sake, and hanging out. sites.google.com/site/fdasfdadsjal/…

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katsuraito.bsky.social @katsuraito.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A rough watercolor sketch of a spider mite female and her eggs. It was hard to capture the way she lifts her body to lay eggs. I also forgot to add the eyespots and dorsal setae in gouache.
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katsuraito.bsky.social @katsuraito.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I had a good time in The XVII International Congress of #Acarology - #ICA2026
Speech in the international congress of acarology
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katsuraito.bsky.social @katsuraito.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A few days ago, we visited Ehime Prefecture to attend a local entomological society meeting. While most presentations focused on insects, the talks on mites and pseudoscorpions by our lab's grad students drew a lot of attention too!
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katsuraito.bsky.social @katsuraito.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I am looking forward to see you all there. I also will make presentation about what I posted in previous tweets.
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katsuraito.bsky.social @katsuraito.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Male performance is much harder to estimate than that of females. This seems splendid work!
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
New #OpenAccess work by @katsuraito.bsky.social & M. Yamakawi in #RESPhysEnt finds that #Schizotetranychus mite winter eggs outperform summer eggs at low temperatures in a thermal response trade-off doi.org/10.1111/phen.70037 @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social
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katsuraito.bsky.social @katsuraito.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our paper is out! Trade‐offs in thermal response: Schizotetranychus brevisetosus winter eggs outperform summer eggs at low temperatures - Yamawaki - Physiological Entomology - Wiley Online Library resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Trade‐offs in thermal response: Schizotetranychus brevisetosus winter eggs outperform summer eggs at low temperatures
We investigated maternal effects in Schizotetranychus brevisetosus (Tetranychidae), where females oviposit summer and winter eggs in response to photoperiod on evergreen hosts. Developmental rates o...
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katsuraito.bsky.social @katsuraito.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Spider mites and psyllid larvae are parasitic or symbiotic via space in the gall. doi.org/10.1007/s104...
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