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Ryan St Laurent @ryanstlaurent.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Introducing the newest species of moth from the US, and likely one of the rarest. Cicinnus albarenicolus is known from just 19 specimens, all in white sand scrub in peninsular Florida. Only one verified extant population! zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1817...

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A new species of sack-bearer moth (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae) from Florida

A rarely reported new species of Mimallonidae from Florida, USA, is described. Remarkably, the distinctive new species has not been seen across much of its historical range since the 1960s, and all re...

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Ryan St Laurent @ryanstlaurent.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The CU Museum of Natural History is hiring a tenure-track Curator of Education! A great place to work! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

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Assistant Professor - Curator of Education (Tenure-Track)

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Ryan St Laurent @ryanstlaurent.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

FYI: Despite recent info suggesting otherwise, my lab at CU Boulder is in fact accepting grad students fall 2026! Reach out if interested in insect systematics, phylogenetics, life history, insect-plant interactions.

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Ryan St Laurent @ryanstlaurent.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Moths are on the decline (see The Guardian piece out today and reposted below), but miller moths (Euxoa auxiliaris) still get a lot of attention in Colorado theconversation.com/its-miller-m...

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It’s miller moth season in Colorado – an entomologist explains why they’re important and where they’re headed

Miller moths migrate through the state every summer and are sometimes considered to be a pest.

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

“There’s just no moths on that sheet.” @tessairini.bsky.social writes in the @theguardian.com about #InsectDecline with #DanJanzen, #WinnieHallwachs and the caterpillars of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste #ACG in #CostaRica @gdfcf.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Photo of Dan Janzen holding a caterpillar - image from Guardian article where the photo credit reads: Daniel Janzen has been monitoring insects since the 1970s in Costa Rica’s Guanacaste conservation area. He says he has seen biodiversity crash even in pristine environments.
Photograph: P Greenfield/Guardian

Photo of Winnie Hallwachs and Dan Janzen in ACG from Guardian article where the photo credit reads, Janzen and Hallwachs say that while the lack of insects in areas with heavy pesticide use is well documented, the collapse in protected areas is relatively new.
Photograph: P Greenfield/Guardian

Photo of light sheet collecting insects in 1984. Photo credit in Guardian article reads, A light trap set up by Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs two weeks after the beginning of the rainy season in 1984 and at the same period in 2019

Photo of light sheet collecting insects in 2019. Photo credit in Guardian article reads, A light trap set up by Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs two weeks after the beginning of the rainy season in 1984 and at the same period in 2019

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Becca Clement, PhD @drbeccasbugs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Eight months ago, I packed up my life and moved across the country for a job with USDA. After seven years of study and training, I was excited to use the skills I had developed—and excited to serve my country in a way that mattered—protecting our nation’s food crops from insect pests. (1)

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Erica Larson @ellarson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!

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