Marianne Alleyne
@cotesia.bsky.social
Entomologist. Assistant Prof. University of Illinois C-U. Bioinspired Design is my jam, parasitoids my love. #Insect #SciPol #SciCom #Bioinspiration Dutch too.
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College towns. 🥰
From the UIUC community on Reddit: least insane urbana resident
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January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
College towns. 🥰
As the sun set on another day I wondered what advice Lincoln would have had for how to live through these times.
Urbana, IL
Urbana, IL
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
As the sun set on another day I wondered what advice Lincoln would have had for how to live through these times.
Urbana, IL
Urbana, IL
Owww.
💔 Op de #A2 bij Breukelen is een kraanvogel aangereden en zijn maatje blijft trouw in de buurt. Ondanks inzet van weginspecteur en dierenambulance kon hij niet worden gevangen. Er geldt momenteel een snelheidsmaatregel richting Utrecht.
January 24, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Owww.
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Current conditions in Minneapolis for those abroad that think Americans aren't pushing back.
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Current conditions in Minneapolis for those abroad that think Americans aren't pushing back.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Apropos of everything.
This picture of an aurora was taken almost 7 years ago. In TRØMSO, NORWAY. A town within the arctic circle, with an amazing tunnel system of roads, that includes many roundabouts. And amazing scenery like this. And an excellent university.
This picture of an aurora was taken almost 7 years ago. In TRØMSO, NORWAY. A town within the arctic circle, with an amazing tunnel system of roads, that includes many roundabouts. And amazing scenery like this. And an excellent university.
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Apropos of everything.
This picture of an aurora was taken almost 7 years ago. In TRØMSO, NORWAY. A town within the arctic circle, with an amazing tunnel system of roads, that includes many roundabouts. And amazing scenery like this. And an excellent university.
This picture of an aurora was taken almost 7 years ago. In TRØMSO, NORWAY. A town within the arctic circle, with an amazing tunnel system of roads, that includes many roundabouts. And amazing scenery like this. And an excellent university.
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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De feloranje larven van zwartkopvuurkevers (Pyrochroa coccinea) kunnen best groot worden en zijn roofdieren die achter schors op andere insecten jagen. Maar kijk dan naar dat snoetje. 😍 #ElkeDagEenInsect
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
De feloranje larven van zwartkopvuurkevers (Pyrochroa coccinea) kunnen best groot worden en zijn roofdieren die achter schors op andere insecten jagen. Maar kijk dan naar dat snoetje. 😍 #ElkeDagEenInsect
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if you need a moment's distraction from Events, pls consider @monotomidae.bsky.social's extremely good new paper on passandrid beetles stridulating with their armpits. THERE'S VIDEO, WITH SOUND link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Armpit squeaks: first recorded sounds, video, and images of the stridulatory apparatus in two parasitic flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Passandridae) - Zoomorphology
Zoomorphology - Stridulation is an important sound production mechanism in many groups of insects but is less well-known in beetles (Coleoptera). Recently a new sound production mechanism was...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
if you need a moment's distraction from Events, pls consider @monotomidae.bsky.social's extremely good new paper on passandrid beetles stridulating with their armpits. THERE'S VIDEO, WITH SOUND link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New work from Princeton’s BAM-lab and Illinois’s ABC-lab.
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
Grasshopper wing structure inspires design of gliding robot wings – News Bureau
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January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New work from Princeton’s BAM-lab and Illinois’s ABC-lab.
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity
The Department of Biology was established in 2010 through the merger of the Departments of Ecology, Cell and Organism Biology, Biological Undergraduate Education, and the Biological Museums. The depar
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December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
January 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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The countdown begins… ⏰
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
December 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The countdown begins… ⏰
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
See ya, same place, ~ 15 years from now.
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
See ya, same place, ~ 15 years from now.
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
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New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
Spring-Loaded Claws on a Wasp – Parasitoid Pincer Wasps
YouTube video by Ant Lab
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December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
Oh dear. There are so many ominous ones from that year. I’ll go with the #1 European movie. Not growing up is one way to cope.
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Oh dear. There are so many ominous ones from that year. I’ll go with the #1 European movie. Not growing up is one way to cope.
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
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🌺 Caribbean fam, we’re gathering!
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🌺 Caribbean fam, we’re gathering!
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
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What artist would you invite to a party? I bet Judith Leyster would be a blast & everybody would want to sit next to her www.nga.gov/artworks/370...
Self-Portrait by Judith Leyster
Here is Dutch artist Judith Leyster at her easel, taking a break from painting to engage with us. In what might be considered an early selfie, she leans her forearm on the chair and suspends her paint...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What artist would you invite to a party? I bet Judith Leyster would be a blast & everybody would want to sit next to her www.nga.gov/artworks/370...
Same-sies.
I only use Firefox because it has less AI and snooping. Will drop it if that changes
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Same-sies.
Who is using flow-through respirometry on small insects (in US/ pref Midwest)?
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
an elderly woman behind bars with the words mostly dead is slightly alive
Alt: GIF of Billy Crystal as Miracle Max in the Princess Bride Movie, where he is trying to bring Wesley back to life. Words he speaks appear on the GIF; Mostly Dad is Slightly Alive
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December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Who is using flow-through respirometry on small insects (in US/ pref Midwest)?
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
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Icicles have formed on the edge of my roof in Chicago. A combination of below-freezing temperature and strong sun radiation during the day created the perfect conditions for the large quantities of snow to drip non stop. December 2025.
#icicles #Chicago #winter #weather #photography #sky
#icicles #Chicago #winter #weather #photography #sky
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I want to see this question in every one of my students’ proposals or papers:
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I want to see this question in every one of my students’ proposals or papers:
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
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If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
My people have a weird fascination with witches sitting backwards on brooms and wreaking havoc. 🤷🏻♀️ #OostNederland
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November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My people have a weird fascination with witches sitting backwards on brooms and wreaking havoc. 🤷🏻♀️ #OostNederland
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