#socialinsects #stinglessbees #bulletants #insectbehavior #naturalhistory #abejasangelitas #jataí

Hot off the press natural history note!
"Novel Description of Stingless Bee (Tetragonisca angustula) Mobbing Defense Against Newly Observed Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) Predation"
Read it here for free: rdcu.be/eC8es

New short communication! 📄

Robinson et al. (@bug-biologist.bsky.social) found that this beetle reduce movement in response to disturbance stridulation, suggesting it functions as a social warning signal 🔊

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#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Communication #SocialBehavior

If you're perennially on here trying to figure out what's happening with the federal grant funding situation, this might not have much new in it, but here I'm trying to contextualize what we need do to immediately, and as this drags on.

scienceforeveryone.science/p/what-shoul... 🧪

We’re excited to open the first round of microgrants for the year! More info on requirements at
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linktr.ee/animalbehavi...

You followed the office held, not the person. I unfollowed all of those before the inauguration and had no surprises like a lot of people are having.

Never was super active on the app formerly known as Twitter, but I've finally jumped ship after tonight. No reason to even remotely support that fascist behavior. Maybe now I'll be more active on social media purely out of spite 🤭