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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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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 5d

Apply for RGGS Postdoctoral Fellowships at the American Museum of Natural History. Open to Ph.D. graduates in various research areas. Deadline: 11/15/2025. More info: https://www.amnh.org/research/richard-gilder-graduate-school/fellowships #postdoc

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 5h

The contest for ERC Public Engagement with Research Award 2026 is officially open! 🎉

This year we have up to 8 prizes of €10,000.

Interested? Submit your application by 15 January 2026.

More info 👉 link.europa.eu/jkX9f4

[Only current or recent ERC grantees can compete]

#ERCengage #SciComm

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Jay Keche G. @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social · 5h

If anyone is looking to do a postdoc on plant-insect interactions in the Sonoran Desert, I would love to sponsor one of these fellowship applications: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

I have a bunch of project ideas ready-to-go, but I'm also happy to support independent projects as well!

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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🌻OK MR. SUNSHINE!🌻 @entobiologist.bsky.social · 11h

please check out this cool game we made!! i hope my fellow entomologists and bug enthusiasts (and maybe even bug haters?) enjoy :>

Leo @peethief.bsky.social · 1d

I made a game with @entobiologist.bsky.social about paying your respect to dead bugs. Check it out here

nardo23.itch.io/buggame

Eulogy for bugs. by Nardo23

Visit the bug shrines

nardo23.itch.io

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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 1d

Slide mounted female Encarsia citrina parasitoid wasp of the Aphelinidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods on 8th October.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Aphelinidae #HighWeald

Picture of a slide mounted tiny wasp with wings outstretched. Its body is yellow-grey, head is at the top of picture with antennae projecting upwards, and wings to either side of body are part-shaded towards their middle and the wings have fringe hairs.

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 1d

Spookiest decoration at the "Zoo Goes Boo" event at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids? Giant model of parasitoid wasps hatching from cocoons affixed to their caterpillar host.

Large model of a green caterpillar, the back of which is covered by dozens of white cocoons. Wasps can be seen emerging from some of the cocoons.

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Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging @nev.nl · 2d

*Vandaag, 12 oktober 2025, bestaat de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 180 jaar!*
Dat vieren we op zaterdag 29 november in de Flora te Boskoop (pal tegenover het NS station).

Het wordt een leuke, boeiende en inspirerende dag met voor ieder wat wils.

#Entomologie #Entomology #ElkeDagEenInsect

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Team Diptera 🪰🔍🦟🌻 @teamdiptera.bsky.social · 2d

ALERT for #EntSoc2025: Bug tattoos are coming to ESA!! Team Diptera is partnering with Lady Luck tattoo in Portland to bring you some amazing insect flash that will be ready for your convention visit. Stay tuned for designs and check out @ladylucktattoopdx ! 🪰✨

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 3d

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 4d

Male and female chalcids that emerged from redbud seedpods. Both are in the genus Eurytoma and are possibly the same species but further identification is beyond my skill set. I can't find any mention of them being recorded as parasitoids of redbud bruchids. 🌿 #wasps #hymenoptera #insects #bruchidae

Two photographs of black wasps that look roughly the same except that top one has hairy antennae with large gaps in between the segments, while the bottom one has more beadlike antennae. The lower one also has an ovipositor. Their legs are partly orange and their head and thorax have pits and short white hairs.

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 4d

I collected some oak leaves with Coptotriche citrinipennella (Tischeriidae) several weeks ago and had grand plans to photograph the larvae inside, but got distracted. This morning I opened one and found a very lively pupa that used rapid body flexes to launch itself around. #moths #lepidoptera #oak

Oak leaf that has thin strip on the margin that is folded over an area that seems browned, with epidermis peeling away.

Elongated brown pupa inside an uncurled leaf fold.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 4d

From an alien-looking flat-faced longhorn beetle to an abandoned baby rhino, images at London’s Natural History Museum show what we stand to lose from the decimation of global biodiversity

Stunning images highlight fight to save Earth’s rich biodiversity

From an alien-looking flat-faced longhorn beetle to an abandoned baby rhino, images at London’s Natural History Museum show what we stand to lose from the decimation of global biodiversity

www.newscientist.com

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 4d

Devastating news: the Slender-billed Curlew has just been declared extinct. This Slender-billed Curlew is from "A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles" (1863). #SciArt by Benjamin Fawcett #ExtinctionIsForever www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42530095

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Karl Schmid @kjschmid.bsky.social · 7d

The Cluster of Excellence @greenrobust.de is hiring:

- Computer Scientist/Research data manager: shorturl.at/xSvvO
- Data steward: shorturl.at/l6NCv
- Scientific coordinator 'Plant Perturbation Atlas': shorturl.at/vBU6x

Deadline: Friday, 7 November 2025

RT are welcome

#plantjobs #plantscijobs

Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim

Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

www.uni-hohenheim.de

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

More wasps from Sichuan! This time we describe a new rose gall found on a protected endemic rose from China. We named the gall wasp Diplolepis nezha and its ichneumonid parasitoid Orthopelma aobing, after characters from the Chinese legend/popular animated film.

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

Movie poster of Nezha II featuring Ne Zha, with its head replaced by Diplolepis nezha

Movie poster of Nezha II featuring Ao Bing, with its head replaced by Orthopelma aobing

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 4d

Here's a little 🧵 of some of the specimens at @mfnberlin.bsky.social which would be superstars at any natural history #museum...
The finest specimen of Archaeopteryx - the first bird, from ~160 million years ago. The chap who found this #fossil traded it for a cow. 1/5

The Berlin Archaeopteryx, with incredible preservation showing the wings spread with the feathers preserved

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International Society of Hymenopterists @hymenopterists.bsky.social · 5d

🇬🇧The deadline to complete the survey is tomorrow (Friday, 10th Oct)!

🇪🇸¡La fecha límite para completar la encuesta es mañana (Viernes, 10 de Octubre)!

International Society of Hymenopterists @hymenopterists.bsky.social · 7d

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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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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 6d

Nominations are now open for the Dobzhansky Prize, which recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The award includes $5000 and an award talk at the in-person Evolution meeting. Deadline: December 1
shorturl.at/p70wY

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Nominations due December 1, 2025.

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 5d

A tiny moth, barely bigger than a rice grain, from the Mojave Desert. The curved "horns" are mouthparts, the labial palps. They help the moth both taste and smell - including being sensitive to changes in CO2 levels. I think they make the moth look like a mythological creature up close. 🐙🌿

A macro photo of a ghostly white moth on almost-white sand. The moth is seen from a front 3/4 angle; only the face and part of one antenna are in focus, and the back third of the body is out of frame. The moth has long, backward curving mouthparts called labial palps that look a bit like the curved horns of a mountain goat.

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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

Tenure track assistant professor of biology position in my department just posted!

www.schooljobs.com/careers/prov...

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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

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!

Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com

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 · 8d

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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