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Jess Awad
@parasitoidrex.bsky.social
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Entomologist specializing in parasitoid wasps and dark taxa. Leiden, Netherlands.
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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · Feb 12
Gall midges and their parasitoids are abundant, megadiverse, and very hard to identify! Such "double dark taxa" systems present special challenges for ecology and agriculture. 🧵🧪🐙 @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
Untangling host specialization in a “double dark taxa” system
Abstract. Platygastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are parasitoids of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). They and their hosts are exceptionally
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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 4h
A handsome male Trybliographa gracilicornis wasp of the Eucoilidae, Figitidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Figitidae #Eucoilidae #HighWeald
side view of a shiny black wasp with orange legs
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 6h
My first pseudoscorpion observation was pure luck. Happen to see this wasp and took a shot. It was only later did I see what was hanging on the antenna.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]
A brown pseudoscopion hanging on to the antenna of a wasp. The wasp is yellow with black stripes and transparent wings.
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Jane Waters 🏳️‍⚧️🐜🇵🇸 @lovetheants.bsky.social · 7h
Tenure track assistant professor of biology position in my department just posted!

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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 6h
A beautiful female Encarsia citrina wasp of the Aphelinidae found under pines in Brede High Woods this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Aphelinidae #HighWeald
a tiny wasp with a yellow head that has a red spot at the top, a yellow-buff thorax, and banded brown and yellow abdomen. Its fringed wings are outstretched either side of the body, and they are partially shaded toward their middles.
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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · 1d
PLEASE SHARE. PhD advert: Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance. tinyurl.com/559hjsm4 Rare opportunity at the intersection of molecular ecology, disease surveillance, modelling and precision apiculture. DEADLINE 24th OCTOBER!
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PhD Project - Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 2d
We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the @valor-project.eu Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators bartomeuslab.com/joining-the-...
Joining the lab
2-year Postdoctoral position on VALOR EU-project: We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators (VALOR; The candidat…
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 2d
Apply by 24 October. Our Travelling Fellowships offer PhD students and postdocs up to £3,000 for undertaking collaborative visits to other laboratories. Find out more and apply at biologists.com/grants/trave...
A social media card with the Company of Biologists logo in the top left and a photo of a woman standing in shallow water placing a small bucket inside of a larger bucket in the top right who is a previous recipient of a Travelling Fellowship. Underneath these it says 'Are you an early career researcher planning to do a collaborative visit to another lab? You could be eligible for funding from us.' In the bottom right is a button stating 'Find out more.'
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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 2d
Our DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners.

Today’s featured specimen is a parasitic wasp from the Nixoniidae family, collected in Limpopo, South Africa. This record was made possible through funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund.
High-resolution arthropod specimen with inset map of collection site in the bottom left corner, scale bar in the bottom right corner, and funder logo in the top right corner.
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 5d
🍄🧪🚨GLOW-IN-THE-DARK TREE SCIENCE🚨🧪🍄

Scientists have identified 125 species of bioluminescent fungi, and there are likely many more. One of the latest discoveries is a species that doesn't just glow on its own -- trees interlaced with its filaments also emit an ethereal greenish light (!!)
Glowing from Within - bioGraphic
With more scientists and artists turning their attention to bioluminescence, new information about glowing fungi is coming to light.
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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 4d
Millipede fans rejoice: we published our revision of Apheloria! This is the most common cherry millipede genus, but its taxonomy has been riddled with nebulous subspecies names. No longer! We clarify species limits and provide a distribution map. mapress.com/zt/article/v... @apheloria.bsky.social
Revision of the millipede genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini) | Zootaxa
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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 5d
Phylloteras sigma (Cynipidae). Currently my favorite local gall because it's so darn cute. You can find them on the undersides of white oak leaves in the eastern United States, and apparently also in Chicago. Likely elsewhere but they are tiny and easy to miss. #galls #wasps #cynipidae #insects
Flat, red, oblong growth that has a central yellow nipple. Growing on the underside of a green leaf.
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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · 7d
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions
Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...
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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 5d
Fly Agaric aplenty at Castor Hanglands this week, drifts of them in birch woodland along with more Red-cracking Bolete than I've ever seen, and a single young Bay Bolete with a velvety cap and swollen, fibril-covered stipe

#fungusfriday #fungifriends
Red-cracking Bolete (no blue at base of stem) Bay Bolete
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Francesco Martoni @cescomartons.bsky.social · 5d
Please share with anyone interested in a PhD project! Come work with us!
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Claudia Lange @claudiala777.bsky.social · 5d
✨ ✨ ✨ #PhD POSITION ✨ ✨ ✨
Insect microbiomes and their role in biocontrol: a journey from field collection to invasive weed management. @aimeeemac.bsky.social @cescomartons.bsky.social
Scholarship: $37,000 (tax free) (2025/26 rate) up to three and a half years. Based at AgriBio, the Centre for AgriBiosciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Successful applicants must meet the La Trobe University entry requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Check your eligibility here: https://www]atrobe.edu.au/study/apply/research/doctor For enquiries and to apply, please forward a covering letter, your curriculum vitae (please include evidence of research writing) and academic transcripts to: Kendra Whiteman Higher Education Manager Agriculture Victoria Research kendra.whiteman@agriculture.vic.gov.au Closing date for applications: until filled Title: Insect microbiomes and their role in biocontrol: a journey from field collection to invasive weed management PhD Project Aims • Explore the microbiome composition of biocontrol insect/s and host plants collected from the field in their native range • Understand the impact of lab quarantine protocols, mass rearing, and release under conditions on insect microbiome and fecundity • Develop methods to preserve or supplement beneficial microbes to cultured insects The successful candidate will be supervised by A/Prof Paul Cunningham, Dr Aimee McKinnon and Dr Francesco Martoni and Dr Raelene Kwong. With potential opportunities to travel internationally and collaborate with experts at the Bioeconomy Science Institute, New Zealand, this PhD will shape the future of biocontrol programs in Australia and internationally.
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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 6d
Got my walnuts on a bed of vermiculate and sand. In case anyone cares, it's so that I can collect several hundred pupae of the walnut husk maggot fly, which I'll then use as bait in the spring to attract the tiny wasp that parasitizes them. The wasp digs down into the soil to oviposit. 🌿 #wasps
Two rectangular plastic trays filled with walnuts that have green husks in various stages of decay.
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 6d
#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...
Infotafel mit Schriftzug "Walter Benjamin Programme" und Datumsangaben: 14 October Tuesday 1:30 - 15p.m. CET in English
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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 6d
Are you a POC student, early career researcher, or professional entomologist from a country in the Global South?

We are now funding memberships!
Apply from October 1st to December 15th.

More info:
www.entopoc.org/apply.html
Apply:
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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 6d
I will forever remember Jane, her inspiring stories and her powerful message of hope, but also her humour, smile and the fun that we had.

With a twinkle in her eyes, she once said to me: ‘The chimps would have the time of their lives grooming you’. Best compliment I ever had. 🐵
Jane Goodall and me, together with our stuffed animals 🐵 Jane impersonating how a chimp would be grooming me 🥰
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 6d
RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d
BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
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🌻OK MR. SUNSHINE!🌻 @entobiologist.bsky.social · 7d
hello fellow ecologists has anyone successfully applied to the grfp (in its current format) and would be willing to send me their application materials for my own reference? many thanks!! 🧪
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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 7d
WOAH just seeing this #SciArt summit- looks amazing!

cc #SciComm
A flyer for the event that says: "The second online SCIENCE ART SUMMIT". Oct 2 2025: 16:00 - 18:00 (CET). Science, Art & How to Build a Career Around them. Free registration." The poster has 6 faces on it, presumably for 6 featured guests: Saki the Artist, Gil Costa, Stuart Favilla, Janet Iwasa, Erica Tandori, and Julian Voss-Andreae
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Davide Dal Pos @ddpichenumonidae.bsky.social · 8d
New paper out! ✨

With my friend Alvaro Doria Dos Santos, we describe a new Masona from Brazil! 🇧🇷

Now we have Masona wow (2024) & Masona uau (2025)!
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Michael Caterino @mcaterino.bsky.social · 8d
This will appeal to like 4 of my friends out there. But this is a live Nosodendron (beetle) larva. Nosodendron means 'sick tree', and true to its name these were found in a black, moldy wet area around an injured beech root. Enjoy!
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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · 11d
Yeah mine is completely unhinged with the autocorrect and has been for a while, but it does seem to be getting worse.
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 12d
A new wasp species, Heinrichiellus natgeo, was discovered in a remote village in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh during a expedition supported by the National Geographic Society. We recently published its discovery in our journal.

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A wasp for the wild: New parasitoid species named in honor of the National Geographic Society
The name "natgeo" was chosen in honor of the Society's legacy of exploration, conservation, and storytelling.
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