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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera

@melsanc.bsky.social
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=|= 🇨🇴 👩🏻‍🔬🕷️🐞🦂🦟🦗🦋🐛🐜 Entomologist, evolutionary biology, dragonflies & damselflies, daughter and cat mom. #FestivalArtropodo Bugs 4 All

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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🦋 Research Topic open: 'Tropical Insect Diversity, Ecology, and Behavior' Help bridge key gaps in tropical ecosystems. Submit by 15 Feb 2027 to Frontiers in Insect Science. ⬇️ 🔗 frontiersin.org/research-topics/82959 Coordinator @nicolr.bsky.social #Entomology #TropicalEcology #OpenScience
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Explore 10 leadership lessons for students and early career professionals in entomology, shared in a symposium hosted at Entomology 2025.
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Unlocking Leadership Potential to Stand Out in Entomology
Explore 10 leadership lessons for students and early career professionals in entomology, shared in a symposium hosted at Entomology 2025.
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Excited to have collaborated with this team on this 🇬🇭 #dragonfly project led by Dr. Kofi Adu! #Pantala #wings #Raman analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Raman Signature of the Wings of the Globe Skimmer Dragonfly: Pantala flavescens
Raman spectroscopy is used to confirm the presence of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and related derivatives including aldehydes, halides, alcohols, acids, esters, and phenols on the wings of Pa...
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
What are the most pressing questions about the status of #insects? Our survey is available here in multiple languages: bit.ly/insectquestions! #insect #entomology #biodiversity
A QR code for the survey
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Had a great and productive Status of #Insects #RCN working group meeting! Thank you @cbahlai.bsky.social and Eliza, Matt, Dave, Chris E and Chris H and everyone there! 🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🦟🪰🪲🪳
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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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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
#Entsoc25 #EntoPOC
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Innovation in insect collections starts here — meet our #EntSoc25 plenarists. #GlobalSouthScience @mmlopezu.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
@mmlopezu.bsky.social and I bring “Entomological Collections in Latin America and the Caribbean” to #EntSoc25 — voices from the Americas on access, sustainability, and equity. #GlobalSouthScience Check the Panelists! @entsocamerica.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Excited to have our new #dragonfly #wing paper out led by Rofela Combey, Kofi Adu and Lara LaDage, Secrets of the extreme durability of #odonata wings url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Very proud!
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
If you happen to be in Colombia! Come visit this awesome exhibit we just launch in #ICO2025! @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social thank to be part of these dream!
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
More #dragonfly knowledge from around the world at #ICO2025! @melsanc.bsky.social
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Day five of #ICO2025 is climate focused! @melsanc.bsky.social #damselfly #dragonfly #Odonata
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
More from the #ICO2025! So many cool #dragonfly talks! @melsanc.bsky.social
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Day four of the #ICO2025has featured cool talks on #conservation and #community science! @melsanc.bsky.social #dragonfly
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
So excited to be here at the International Congress of #Odonatology in Colombia 🇨🇴! Organized by the amazing @melsanc.bsky.social! #ICO2025! #WDA #Dragonfly #Odonata #Damselfly #Insect
A public square A person speaking in front of a crowdA mountain in the distance Six people stand in front of a fountain
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
🌟 Official Poster Launch! 🌟 We’re thrilled to unveil the official poster of the International Congress of Odonatology (ICO 2025)! 🐉✨
ICO2025, Villa de Leyva Colombia
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
🎤 Meet the #ICO2025 Plenary Speakers! 🌍 We’re excited to share a gender-balanced, globally diverse lineup for this year’s International Congress of Odonatology in 🇨🇴! 📝 Abstracts due: June 1 💸 Early bird: May 31 🔗 Full lineup: www.worlddragonfly.org/program Which speaker are you most excited about?
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Join Chibchagrion and dragonfly lovers from around the world in Villa de Leyva, Colombia, August 10–15, 2025! 💫 📝 Submit your abstract – Deadline: April 30 💸 Apply for a travel grant – Limited spots! 🎟️ Register early and save – Early bird closes May 31 👉 Be part of the future of odonatology
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
**New paper: Promoting Equity Between the Global North & South in Entomological Research 🌍🦋 Global biodiversity challenges demand equitable collaborations. Strengthening partnerships in the Global South enhances research, conservation, and local capacities. #Entomology #Conservation #GlobalEquity
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Dragonfly Society of the Americas @odonataamericas.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
In this #speciesofthemonth, we want to transport you to the subarctic forests, the taiga. In this particular ecosystem, Syd and Rob Canning search for #Somatochlora sahlbergi, a mythical dragonfly. 🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog 🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog
Dragonfly Stomathoclora perching on a plant. Stomatochola sahlbergi is the species started in the Species of the month, blog of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas. Photos of the habitats of Stomatochlora: ponds in taiga forest
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🌍✨ ICO 2025: Submit Your Abstract & Apply for Travel Grants! Join us in Villa de Leyva, Colombia (Aug 10-15, 2025)! 🔹 Abstracts & Travel Grants deadline: April 30 💰 Funding available! 🔗 More info: www.worlddragonfly.org/submit #ICO2025 #Odonata #DragonflyResearch
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Dragonfly Society of the Americas @odonataamericas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
#11f We want to recognize the work of all the women odonatologists who are doing science and inspiring girls. We would like to give a special thanks to those women researchers in leadership positions in the scientific societies of odonatology worldwide. #womeninscience
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
🌍✨ ICO2025 Registration is OPEN! ✨🌍 Join us in Villa de Leyva, Colombia, for the International Congress of Odonatology! 🏞️🐉 📅 Aug 10-15, 2025 | 🎟️ From £100 | 🚌 Includes transport & events 🔗 Register now: [Insert Link] #ICO2025 #Odonata #Dragonflies #ScienceConference #Colombia
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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 14/01/2025
📢 Initiated at the last @entcollnet.bsky.social annual meeting, this topical collection welcomes contributions about #specimens curated for #public #education & awareness. ⌛️ 31 March 2025 👌 No #APCs 🤗 Open to anyone, including non-members! #entomology #ento #scicomm #scholcomm #openaccess
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Call for papers: Entomological collections in public education & outreach activities
Initiated by the symposium “Collections Reaching Out”, held as part of the 2024 annual meeting of the Entomological Collections Network (ECN) in Phoenix, Arizona, a new topical collection ...
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Steve Valley @stevevalley.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
A male Pale Snaketail dragonfly, Ophiogomphus severus on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA. Nikon D700 w/200mm Micro-Nikkor. #Dragonfly #PaleSnaketail #Ophiogomphus-severus #Odonata #Insect #DragonflyPhotography #NikonD700 #MacroPhotography #SteveValleyPhotography #WesternOdonata
A male Pale Snaketail dragonfly, Ophiogomphus severus on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA. Nikon D700 w/200mm Micro-Nikkor
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