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Matthew Prebus

@mprebus.bsky.social
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Assistant Research Professor, ASU Curator, Social Insect Biodiversity Repository ant nerd | nature dork | art dweeb

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Veeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Listen up brine shrimps - have you considered hosting tapeworm larvae? Con: You turn bright red and is more likely to be eaten by a bird Pro: You become more resistant to arsenic #Invertebrate 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2016/03/conf...
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<i>Confluaria podicipina</i>
Most of the time, being infected with parasites is costly to the host in some way. But sometimes there might be circumstance when the presen...
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🐜🐜🐜Fans of Myrmicinae! New paper in Syst Biol in collaboration with C. Rabeling🐜🐜🐜 doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
A chronogram of the ant tribe Myrmicini, showing the disparity of divergence dates between alternate placements of the fossil species †Manica andrannae
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Wel, no surprise that Coyne used his blog (whyevolutionistrue) to argue with the SSE/SSB/ASN letter about definitions of sex. I'm not going to engage deeply with the letter here. Like any committee-drafted text it reflects compromises; I agree with some phrasing but some could have been clearer 1/N
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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 07/02/2025
One more shot of her before I have to let her go...
A worker ant in bronze on a pure white background under bright lighting.
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
One of my roles at Arizona State University is building the Social Insect Biodiversity Repository. My intention with this collection is to provide a taxonomic reference for the ants of southwestern U.S.A. and northwestern Mexico. ecdysis.org/collections/...
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Ecdysis Portal Arizona State University Social Insect Biodiversity Repository
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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Christina Kwapich @pogonokwap.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
My lab has a new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social. We found that alleculine beetle larvae consume most insect prey collected by Florida harvester ant workers, and occur in up to 63% of nests. 1/n
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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Our paper on the phylogeny of Nematoda 🪱came out on the last day of 2024 in @systbiol.bsky.social. Well at least the link is, the PDF will come later... What started off as a collaboration invitation to design UCE probes snowballed building a phylogeny of the whole phylum using BUSCOs...
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Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution and Origin of Nematoda
Abstract. The phylum Nematoda represents one of the most cosmopolitan and abundant metazoan groups on Earth. In this study, we reconstructed the phylogenom
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Isa Betancourt @isabetabug.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
*Be my new work supervisor!* Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. *I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!* apply.interfolio.com/159166
Photograph of an open cabinet with insect specimen drawers. One door is closed and has close up images of beetle specimens. There is a "NEON Biorepository" label on the door.
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Alessio Cardillo @acardillo.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Emergent collective behavior evolves more rapidly than individual behavior among acorn ant species #pnas www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Since you all seemed to enjoy the last video, here is more Ostracod-y goodness for #Crustmas :) #nverts #BugSky #PondLife #UKWildlife #Ostracod #Freshwater
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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Taking Bluesky for a spin. New phd and new platform! I recently completed my masters in Montana and moved to Czech Republic to join the Insect Symbiosis Lab! Check out some of the beetles I’m working with - they’re crazy looking. Beetle left, termite right. bucek-lab.org/projects/Ale...
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Myrmecofourmis.fr @myrmecofourmisfr.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
In Australia, some #ants are specialised #termite hunters. Their paralysing venom and extreme speed are essential to escape the sharp mandibles of soldier termites. This was really difficult to film, their sting is very painful ! #insects #nature #science #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology
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Termite Hunting Ants Raid Termite Nest
YouTube video by myrmecofourmis
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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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Scott Reid @scottinscilly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Still my favourite strand line discovery to date - a female Phronima sedentaria (‘monster in a barrel’) - Isles of Scilly, October 2023! An amphipod crustacean, she parasitises salps, devouring them from the inside, forming a vessel to raise her young 👽 #MarineLife 🦑 #ukwildlife
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Nick Volpe @nvolpe.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
A thread of Katydids from the Northern Territory! LETS DO IT!! 🥳💚 First off, is my absolute FAVOURITE! Built like a tank, Armadillagraecia mataranka is found during the wet seasons feeding on tall grass in savannas! 🌱
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I'm pleased to report that we now have a name for an eastern US ant species: introducing Temnothorax caryaluteus! These little creatures nest arboreally, and are apparently fairly common inhabitants of oak and hickory trees. doi.org/10.5852/ejt.... #taxonomy #ants #insects
Images of the worker, gyne, and male of Temnothorax caryaluteus, a newly named ant species from the eastern United States.
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
when the tide pool looks back at you
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Jill Oberski, PhD @jilloberski.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Exciting news to add to the feed—my second dissertation chapter was recently published in Systematic Entomology! doi.org/10.1111/syen... 🐜
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Ultraconserved element (UCE) phylogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history and biogeography of Dorymyrmex pyramid ants
A newly expanded UCE phylogeny of Dorymyrmex robustly confirms the major lineages and recommends a new scheme of four major species groups. The asymmetrical, amphitropical distribution of Dorymyrmex...
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Thomas Shahan @tshahan.bsky.social · 01/05/2024
🐜some recent ants 😎
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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 06/07/2024
We’ve got a new phylogeny of the ants out as a preprint! It’s been an exciting collaboration with some awesome 🐜 people for the past few years, led by Marek Borowiec and @corriemoreau.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Veeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Manica parasitica was thought to be a species of social parasite ant which lives by freeloading off its host ant species - Manica bradleyi. Turns out those "Manica parasitica" are just Manica bradleyi ants that have been infected with tapeworms #虫 #昆虫 🧪🐜 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Top left: Manica bradleyi ant, Bottom left: "Manica parasitica", Right: Tapeworm larva found in "Manica parasitica"
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Kendrick Nakamura @soulsynapse.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Temnothorax quercicola with featherweight forceps for scale
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The Daily Ant @dailyant.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We're back in business! For our post today, an 18th-century German philosopher would like a word about ants... 🐜🐜🐜 dailyant.com/2024/11/22/p...
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Philosophy Phriday: On Antarchy
Okay, this isn’t really a proper Philosophy Phriday contribution, but: Greetings, dear readers! Have you been well? We trust that you have found a way to remain relatively myrmecologically in…
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Jane Waters 🏳️‍⚧️🐜🇵🇸 @lovetheants.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Welcoming @joanieking.bsky.social @meganbarkdull.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social and @mischocarvalhus.bsky.social to our growing community of amazing ant scientists here on bsky! 🩵🐜🩷 go.bsky.app/zo95qR
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Good morning!
A pair of javelina on their morning rounds
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Flipping rocks, I've been finding these tiny blindsnakes in my neighborhood more and more. About 3 inches long, look like earthworms at first glance.
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Anna MacDonald @annamac.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Conservation management increasingly makes use of genetics and genomics, but access to data, technologies, resources, and training is biased. This paper highlights steps the #ConservationGenetics community can take to facilitate broad and pragmatic integration of molecular data into conservation 🧬🧪
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A pragmatic approach for integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation
Molecular tools are increasingly applied in conservation management; however, they are not equally available to all practitioners. We here provide key questions when establishing a conservation genet....
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Dr. Torrance Hanley @torrancehanley.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Please share this Summer 2025 PAID INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY w/ undergraduate students! Bee-HERO gives students the chance to study bee parasites/viruses at the Centre for Honey Bee Research in Uppsala, Sweden. See 🧵 and Bee-HERO website for details - www.sacredheart.edu/academics/co... 🧪🐝
Interested in joining a cohort of undergraduatestudents for a PAID international research experience in Sweden this summer? The Bee Health and Ecology Research Objective (Bee-HERO) is a unique opportunity to gain valuable research experience in ecology, evolution, genetics, and more. Bee-HERO students will participate in a five-part program that includes an eight-week international research experience in Sweden, personalized mentorship, and a series of hands-on, experiential activities. This program is hosted by Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT and funded by the NSF-IRES program. Please contact Dr. Torrance Hanley or Dr. Alyssa Woronik with any questions. Application Deadline - Thursday, January 2, 2025
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Claudia Bank @cbank.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT): APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩‍💻 APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾‍🔬 More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs Application deadline: 1 March 2025
Panorama view onto the old town of Bern and the alps behind it on a sunny day.
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I am accepting graduate students this year. Please contact me if you are interested in joining our PhD and Masters program fantastic program in beautiful #Tucson
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Joanie King, PhD @joanieking.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We’re looking for an assistant professor in urban entomology at New Mexico State University: careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assista... Please apply if interested and do share! 🐜🪰🪳🦟🦗🦂
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Assistant Professor/Urban Entomology - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
Position Title: Assistant Professor/Urban Entomology Employee Classification: LC Faculty TT/TN 9m College/Division: Agricultural,Consumer &amp; Env Sci Col Department: 303000-ENTOMOLOGY PLANT PATH AND...
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Luiz Rocha @coralreeffish.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The California Academy of Sciences @calacademy.bsky.social is looking for a new curator of botany! This is an endowed position (McAllister Chair) and our herbarium and botany department are world class. Check it out and feel free to send questions my way! us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
The California Academy of Sciences in beautiful Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Not sure what is happening here, but it looks like Pogonomyrmex rugosus workers have been stunned by Liometopum apiculatum. Both species had dense populations at this site. I saw this interaction several times over the course of an evening. Three Rivers Campground, NM.
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LIB @leibnizlib.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
🦗We are #hiring 🦗 Open position Curator #Entomology with focus on #Hemimetabola at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social, #MuseumofNatureHamburg. Make a difference in the #biodiversity world. 👉 Apply now 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-... #Insects #Collection #Jobs #MuseumofNatureHamburg
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A memory from summer 2020
Reflections in the sand
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Temnothorax stenotyle is a rarely seen creature. What we know: it nests under stones in pine forest in the Chiricahuas… and that’s about it. I found this lil nest under a stone in the Sierra San Diego of northern Sonora.
Workers of the rarely seen ant species Temnothorax stenotyle tending brood.
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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
Searching for ants along the Three Rivers trail in the White Mountain wilderness of New Mexico. We had four rattlesnake encounters in a single day!
Two myrmecologists on a grueling and scenic hike
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