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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · 21h

Our new paper “On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)” @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social jhr.pensoft.net/article/1632...

On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)

The name Bombus flavifrons has been applied to two different bumble bee species in North America, one described by Ezra Cresson in 1863, the other by Frederick Smith in 1866. Bombus flavifrons Cresson...

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · 4d

It’s great to be in Calgary, Alberta for the Entomological Society of Canada’s Annual Meeting. I will be talking about my research on one of my favourite groups of #bees @canentomologist.bsky.social

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · 15d

🧪 This is pretty amazing!

Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 16d

I still think this #SciComm deserves a #Pulitzer.

#InsectApocalypse
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Insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate

The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble and the consequences could be dire.

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · 20d

🧪 Looking forward to going through this beautiful #book on #insect #architecture @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Sep 5

A male Colletes on Sphaeralcea coccinea at roadside #beesofcanada #scarletglobemallow #saskachewan

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

Curatorial Associate

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Sep 3

🧪 Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills

Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · Aug 30

So very pleased and proud to announce that our paper "Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills" has been published! #Wikidata #Bionomia #HiddenFigures acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills

Natural history collections document biodiversity and environmental change, supporting research, education, and conservation. Attribution in natural history collections is often inaccurate due to na...

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 30

What perfect album came out when you were 16?

Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 30

This cool new #graphicnovel is a great introduction to the importance of #insects. I am about 1/2 way through and am enjoying the #artwork, and the to the point way it is communicating important information about my favourite group of animals! #entomology #books #sciArt

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 9

The abundance of male Bombus bimaculatus is providing a lot of opportunities for crab spiders in our garden. It is only in the last decade we have found this #bumblebee species in SK and it is spreading quickly, now as far north as Nipawin, and now maybe our most common in the south. #beesofcanada

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 4

No, just using a macro lens with flash and a diffuser

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 4

🧪 This is Stenotritus taylor Houston, 2025, only the 12th species in the genus, and one of only 22 species in the bee family Stenotritidae. No new species of Stenotritus has been described since 1935! This photo by Gary Taylor, from Terry Houston’s recent paper: search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...

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Dave Coyle @drdavecoyle.bsky.social · Aug 2

I love this figure in our review of sawflies of eastern North America. Shout out to @flydrocarbon.bsky.social for leading the charge and the @catherinelinnen.bsky.social lab! Check out the paper in the @entsocamerica.bsky.social Journal of Integrated Pest Management: academic.oup.com/jipm/article...

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 4

Animals as beautiful as these greenbottle flies (Lucilia sp.) are likely in your back yard at this moment! #diptera #insects #macrophotography #backyardbugs

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 3

What a beautiful bee the female of Megachile pugnata Say is. #bees #leafcutterbees #Hymenoptera #beesofcanada

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera!

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Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Aug 1

A sleeping male Coelioxys bitting on a milkweed leave #beesofcanada #cuckoobees #sleepingbees

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Jul 30

This male Megachile inermis Provancher is staying put for the night, so it allowed me to get a few more photos #beesofcanada #bees #leafcutterbee #macrophotography

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Jul 30

This male Megachile inermis Provancher has been busy patrolling our raspberry flowers, and knocking other bees out of the way. #beesofcanada #leafcutterbee #macrophotograpy

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Jul 27

This beautiful chalcid wasp belongs to the genus Conura. The genus contains about 300 species, and are parasitoids/hyperparasitoids of a number of arthropod groups. This beautiful specimen was collected on gumweed flowers in Eastend, Saskatchewan. #wasps #hymenoptera #parasitoid #macrophotography

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · Jul 22

A rare job opportunity for Invertebrate Zoology: fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...

Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Careers At Field Museum

Position Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology FLSA Status Exempt Department Negaunee Integrative Research Center Our Mission Since the 1893 World Columbian Exposition our organization has aimed...

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Jul 19

Today while it was raining, I was sitting in our screen room and was looking at the #biodiversity on the underside of the leaves of Virginia Creeper, and noticed the #larva of a green lacewing, and lucky for you, I took photos of these formidable little predators! Enjoy! #macrophotography #insects

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Margarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu.bsky.social · Jul 11

🧬 Shift between specialized & generalized diets in #bees is associated with evolutionary changes in their sensory genes. Generalists lose odorant receptors (ORs) and gain gustatory receptors (GRs), while specialists diversify existing genes 🌸🐝 #genomics #pollinators
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Shifts in bee diet breadths are associated with gene gains and losses and positive selection across olfactory receptors

Abstract. Bees are palynivorous insects that vary widely in the number of plant families from which they collect pollen. Their evolutionary history has bee

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RJ Millena @entomolrj.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our big review paper on strepsipteran systematics for Insect Systematics and Diversity is out! Hoping it's a helpful resource for anyone who needs it.

Strepsiptera systematics: past, present, and future

Abstract. The twisted-wing parasites (Strepsiptera Kirby) are among the most obscure and enigmatic orders in the Insecta. Strepsipterans are endoparasites

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Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨 @corysheffield.bsky.social · Jul 3

Assistant Curator (Entomology) position at National Museums Scotland #jobs #entomology careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783?f...

Assistant Curator (Entomology)

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