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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone know what this little carrier-crab-like thing is? Asking for a friend, found during a survey in Southern New England. cc @jopabinia.bsky.social

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 6h

That is really annoying, I hope they can fix it in a way that is cohesive. Are you comfortable naming the journal just so we know who to watch out for? If not perhaps consider DMing it to me, because I'd like to avoid this from ever happening to anyone else...

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 7h

Ugh that sucks I'm sorry, out of curiosity did they not give you a final proof, or were changes not implemented before publication? Either seems rather concerning...

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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 9h

Calling #ICZN people: we had a #taxonomy paper come out w/ literally dozens of publisher errors. Told it can’t be fixed online as that’s against the Code & needs a lengthy correction notice. 😤 imo that would make it even less accessible - is it really our only option?

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International Society of Hymenopterists @hymenopterists.bsky.social · 2d

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📢 THE 11TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYMENOPTERISTS WILL BE IN MEXICO CITY IN 2026!

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📢 EL XI CONGRESO DE LA SOCIEDAD INTERNACIONAL DE HIMENOPTERISTAS SE CELEBRARÁ EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO EN 2026!

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Mark Wong @markklwong.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to share a PhD opportunity in my upcoming lab at The University of Sydney!
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏

Join — Sydney Functional Ecology

markwongecology.com

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Peter Moonlight @petermoonlight.bsky.social · 7d

Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation.

I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!

my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 6d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 9d

Some of you reached out after seeing this post and it has led to some promising leads! A re-up for this week in case someone with louse samples hasn't seen it yet! Many thanks and I'm happy to answer questions!
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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 15d

Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans!
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...

Mammals & Lice

We are interested in understanding what drives host-parasite relationships. We are using the Anoplura (sucking lice) parasite and mammalian host system to generate a comprehensive sucking louse phylog...

sites.google.com

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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · 13d

#PhyKIT update! v2.1.2

9 functions have been #optimized 🏃💨

Speed ups range from 1.34 - 17.9x faster!💥

Many thanks to #Codex for the helping hand👋😄

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 14d

One of the few small projects I did as a visiting scientist at Sichuan University last year: A new species of bramble gall wasp, first record of the genus for China. The real diversity is likely much higher given the richness of Rubus in the area.

www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China | Zootaxa

www.mapress.com

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 14d

Sorry I was on vacation, yes I have been there, happy to answer questions if I can :)

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Brandon Samuel Whitley @brandonswhitley.bsky.social · 23d

Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research

Natural History Museum Denmark Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen   Natural History Museum Denmark invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in coll

candidate.hr-manager.net

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 26d

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 28d

'Tis the season to search for lumps on plants, aka galls! These growths are created in response to other organisms — often insects, fungi, or bacteria — injecting their chemicals into the plant. 🧵⤵️

Join the gall celebrations: tr.ee/ziMCEH

This gall looks like something you'd imagine a mythical fairy-like creature living in. It's shaped like a mushroom and has a small hole in the front.

The stem of a plant has a couple round growths with small holes in them.

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 28d

**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 29d

Ohio State is searching for an entomologist at the Associate/Full level!

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Martha N. and John C. Moser Chair in Arthropod Biosystematics and Biological Diversity

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected]. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yay Alana 👏

Invertebrate Systematics and Biodiversity Lab @invertebratelab.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're over the moon to announce our newest PhD completion: soon-to-be Dr Alana McClelland! Alana was awarded a Dean’s Commendation in recognition of the novelty and exceptionally high quality of her research. 🎉 invertebratelab.com/2025/09/05/a...

A new doctor and a Dean’s commendation

The ISB lab is over the moon to announce our newest PhD completion: soon-to-be Dr Alana McClelland. In June of 2025, Alana submitted her PhD thesis titled: “Phylogenetics and species delimitation o…

invertebratelab.com

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's gall week on iNat, go out and look for weird plant tumors! #September2025GallWeek

www.inaturalist.org/pages/galls

All about galls · iNaturalist

www.inaturalist.org

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 6

AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

careers.amnh.org

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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...

careers.amnh.org

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Nature @nature.com · Sep 3

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species

go.nature.com/4mOb5T9

‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother

Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

go.nature.com

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Smithsonian's NMNH is accepting applications for various fellowships for graduate students and postdocs. Projects using NMNH resources are encouraged. For details: https://fellowships.si.edu/SIFP #postdoc

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)

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fellowships.si.edu

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Ramsey Sullivan @ramzsullivan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Gall Week Sept 2025 is here! Join the event: www.inaturalist.org/projects/gal... and Gall Week Umbrella Project: www.inaturalist.org/projects/gal....

#GallWeek #iNaturalist #Gallsky #botany #entomology #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #plants #galls #BioBlitz #NatureID #PlantPathology #Ecology

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Kirsten M. Prior @kirstenmprior.bsky.social · Aug 28

This was a fun collaboration, led by Guerin Brown @guerin-brown.bsky.social in the Forbes Lab @lordforbington.bsky.social - our teams found European parasitoids emerged from North American oak gall wasp species in western and eastern North America, which were likely separate introductions.

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