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Spencer T Behmer @stbehmer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

A good morning out with @theswordlab.bsky.social exploring the Skunk Trail at the Soltis Center 🇨🇷. Always something that catches the eye.

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Greg Sword @theswordlab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Having a wonderful time in Costa Rica helping to teach ENTO455 Field Entomology in the Tropics at the Texas A&M Soltis Center! @stbehmer.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social

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Greg Sword @theswordlab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Here' a really nice story about locusts that mentions our ongoing monitoring for the potential arrival of the Central American locust along the US-Mexico border. ambrook.com/research/cro...

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Are You Ready for the Locusts? - Ambrook Research

As swarming grasshoppers move north from Mexico, researchers are scrambling to minimize crop damage.

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Greg Sword @theswordlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Greetings from the US-Mexico border with the legendary Dr. Koutaro Maeno looking for potentially invasive Central American locusts.

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Greg Sword @theswordlab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Thrilled to be part of this new study that links the origin of the boll weevil as one of the most notorious agricultural pests to the domestication of Upland cotton by the Mayans thousands of years ago! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Pangenomics Links Boll Weevil Divergence With Ancient Mesoamerican Cotton Cultivation

The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, and thurberia weevil, Anthonomus grandis thurberiae Pierce, together comprise a species complex that ranges throughout Mexico, the southwestern re...

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Chris Jiggins @chrisjiggins.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

As I have a few followers now I figure I could post about some recent papers: @henrylnorth.bsky.social analysed sequence data from @theswordlab.bsky.social for North American Helicoverpa zea - we found just two individuals from 400 with introgressed armigera allele for insecticide resistance

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Rapid Adaptation and Interspecific Introgression in the North American Crop Pest Helicoverpa zea

Abstract. Insect crop pests threaten global food security. This threat is amplified through the spread of nonnative species and through adaptation of nativ

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Greg Sword @theswordlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🦗 The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) launches its docuseries on locusts! 🌍✨ Discover how science reveals the transformation of solitary locusts into swarming pests. Join the journey! 📺▶️ #nsfbpri #NSF www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOy...

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NSF BPRI Video Docuseries Part 1: "Why locusts require interdisciplinary research"

YouTube video by Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute

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Greg Sword @theswordlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Kicking off the bluesky party with some tasty treats cooked up for the final lecture in my Insects in Human Society class. Ento-fortified street tacos and cookies! #entomphagy

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