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thomnelson.bsky.social @thomnelson.bsky.social · Jul 25

If you like good people, want to live in excellent SE PA, and ❤️ PUIs…
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Dr. Manu Ramalho @manuramalho.bsky.social · Jul 25

Come to join us! 🎉🫶 The Department of Biology invites applicants for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Biology position!
Learn more about the Department of Biology here: www.wcupa.edu/sciences-mat..., and apply online at www.schooljobs.com/careers/wcup...

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Phil Barden @haidomyrmex.bsky.social · Jul 16

Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!

Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds

news.njit.edu

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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · Apr 13

The @entsocamerica.bsky.social International Symposium is now available to watch on demand! We've also got a fun trivia quiz about the program, with a special prize for the winner! entsoc.org/membership/b...

2025 International Branch Virtual Symposium

April 7-9, 2025 Thank you for joining us this year! All content is now available on-demand. View on-demand here

entsoc.org

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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · Apr 14

Today I found a few Haeterius clown beetles under a rock with a Formica ant colony. These beetles are “ant guests” / myrmecophiles, and the ants often feed them. The beetles are tiny though, even compared to the ants. Also check out the springtails. Thanks to Joe Parker for the 🪲 ID. Woodstock, NY.

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Roberto A. Keller @rkellerp.bsky.social · Apr 14

Taxonomy fail: yes, Diacamma ants (pictured) occur in Asia's tropical regions, but they are not related to Colobopsis exploding ants, apart of also happening to be ants.

#taxonomyFail

Southeast Asia’s Exploding Ant Dies So Its Colony Can Live — A Biologist Explains

Meet the exploding ant, a tiny warrior hidden deep in the forests of Borneo. Their astonishing act of self-destruction unleashes a toxic blast, stopping predators in their tracks and redefining the tr...

www.forbes.com

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Melvin Opolka @melvinopolka.bsky.social · Apr 9

Happy to see that a small article Elia Nalini (from @euracalpenv.bsky.social ) and I wrote for the myrmecological news blog is now finally published! 🐜 We present our @monitant.bsky.social project and also our Citizen Science approach. 🔎

blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...

MonitAnt: European-level monitoring strategy for mound-building Formica ants

Formica rufa workers engaged in food sharing (trophallaxis) (© Elia Nalini) In the popular imagination, when we think about environmentally impactful ants, the first images that come to mind are of...

blog.myrmecologicalnews.org

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Antsy Hat Tester!

Hello potential testers! This is the newest and quickest addition to my antsy clothing collection- a worsted weight cap in 3 different adult sizes. It features a thick folded brim, and 6-7 ant repeats...

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aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · Apr 6

👀🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🪲🕷️Ento-Education Job alert!!👀

Formal & Informal Teaching | Entomological Society of America @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 4

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

UF Entomology & Nematology is hiring an Assistant Prof of Informal #Entomology #Education!

🔎 Interested in a faculty position leading innovative, evidence-based engagement outside the classroom?

🪲 Passionate about #insects & #outreach?

🧪 Learn more and apply! bit.ly/uflentojob

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Matthew Prebus @mprebus.bsky.social · Apr 4

🐜🐜🐜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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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Apr 2

Also found this old half a hickory nut, inhabited by an entire colony of teeny tiny ants (Temnothorax?? your guesses welcome)

What it says in the post: old half a hickory nut, inhabited by a colony of teensy black ants and their larvae/pupae

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Apr 3

Re-upping if for whatever reason you want to find ways to fight for democracy and against tyrants and billionaires... 👇👇👇

Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Apr 1

Not an April Fools' joke: I'm partnering w/ @legroff.bsky.social & her amazing bookstore The Lynx to give away free books on fighting fascism. FL folks, just stop in and ask for a free copy of the titles below! Not in FL? Order and get 10% off. Read, share, fight the fascist fools. ❤️👊

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cmtribull.bsky.social @cmtribull.bsky.social · Mar 29

Hey friends! The Formal and Informal Teaching (FIT) pilot section of the Entomological Society of America is now live! Give them a follow before they start posting some neat stuff (like job opps...) @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social

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Théotime Colin @theotimecolin.bsky.social · Mar 29

We don't know much about these odd-looking Zasphinctus ants, except they seem to raid other ant nests, steal their larvae and eat them... Their narrow elongated bodies probably help them enter small galleries.

#ants #myrmecology non #armyants #fourmis #science

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · Mar 13

Not entirely sure what's going on here, but I APPROVE 🐜🐜

Caroline S. Chaboo @cschaboo.bsky.social · Mar 13

Nice ant. SZA at Glastonbury 2024

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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · Mar 11

Calling disabled entomologists! Planning a symposium in November & we have room for more speakers if anyone would like to share their journey. Comment or DM me for more information!

#entosky #entomology @entsocamerica.bsky.social

a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights

ALT: a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights

media.tenor.com

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Cierra @skeetercierra.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚨 Calling Entomology Society of America Early Career Professionals🚨 If you have published a paper recently or have good news to share, please send it my way. We would love to feature it in our quarterly ECP newsletter! Submissions will be accepted until 3/17.

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aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · Mar 12

Wow! Cool opportunity!

Jacob S. Harrison @jacobsharrison.bsky.social · Jan 27

Applications for the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab 2025 are now open!

All expenses covered to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest!

Open for all early career researchers across any field in STEM! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...

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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · Mar 8

I recently posted a picture of a large Dorylus molestus army ant worker from Mount Kenya. Here is the same ant again, but this time in comparison to its smaller sisters. These ants are incredibly polymorphic, and the different worker types take on different tasks in the colony.

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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · Mar 7

A bristletail, Trichatelura manni, against the backdrop of its Eciton burchellii army ant host workers during a colony emigration at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica.

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aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · Mar 6

🐜🐜🐜 Myrmecologists! Do not be fooled by this sneaky title!

Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Mar 6

I got some nice news about my picture book with illustrator Anna Pirolli, THERE ARE NO ANTS IN THIS BOOK. It's a Texas Library Association 2X2 List selection and a Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection. I'm really proud of this book and I hope you're enjoying it.

Dolly Parton reading a book, with text saying "Proud to be a part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2025".

The cover of a picture book called THERE ARE NO ANTS IN THIS BOOK.

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · Mar 5

An ant tends to a Lycaenid butterfly caterpillar as it nibbles a lupine. (The caterpillar's head is inside the flower.) This ant stayed with the caterpillar for at least fifteen minutes, tapping it with its antennae and hoping the caterpillar would secrete a sugary honeydew droplet. (Montana) 🐙🌿

A macro photo looking down on an ant next to a smaller caterpillar on a purple flower. The ant has a black head and abdomen and a red thorax, and the caterpillar is gray. The caterpillar's head is not visible, because it is inside the flower, having chewed a hole in it. These caterpillars can exude a sugary liquid, which this ant is hoping for.

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aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · Mar 4

💘Lasius niger!

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aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · Mar 4

...or the best, if you are really into ants. You know who you are, myrmecologists!

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aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · Mar 4

🐜🐜🐜 Invasive Ant Boot Camp registration is now open! Join us in Gainesville, FL May 7-9, 2025, to learn to spot the most ants with the worst reputations. 🐜🐜🐜www.invasiveantbootcamp.org

Flyer advertising invasive ant boot camp in Gainesville, FL, on May 7-9, 2025. More information about the workshop at www.invasiveantbootcamp.org.

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 27

Arthropod Photo of the Week: February 26, 2025
Spider ants attack pony ant
Leptomyrmex sp./Rhytidoponera sp.
Hymenoptera: Formicidae
By François Brassard, Madang, Papua New Guinea
#arthropodPOTW

A group of reddish ants are attacking a single black ant on a brown surface. The ants are gathered around the black ant, with some holding onto its legs. There are holes in the surface, suggesting it's organic material such as a dried leaf.

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