Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
@caloptilia.bsky.social
Entomologist, Insect-Plant interactions, Leafminers, Microlepidoptera, Natural History Collections, Parasitoids, Phylogenies, Systematics, Tropical forests, Urban Ecology
Call for abstracts – XIII European Congress of Entomology (#ECE2026) 🐞
29 June–2 July 2026, Tours, France
I’m co-organizing the symposium “Insect Systematics in the Biodiversity Crisis: Bridging Tradition and Innovation”
🗓 Early-bird & abstract deadline: 15 Dec 2025
www.ece2026.org
29 June–2 July 2026, Tours, France
I’m co-organizing the symposium “Insect Systematics in the Biodiversity Crisis: Bridging Tradition and Innovation”
🗓 Early-bird & abstract deadline: 15 Dec 2025
www.ece2026.org
ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.
www.ece2026.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Call for abstracts – XIII European Congress of Entomology (#ECE2026) 🐞
29 June–2 July 2026, Tours, France
I’m co-organizing the symposium “Insect Systematics in the Biodiversity Crisis: Bridging Tradition and Innovation”
🗓 Early-bird & abstract deadline: 15 Dec 2025
www.ece2026.org
29 June–2 July 2026, Tours, France
I’m co-organizing the symposium “Insect Systematics in the Biodiversity Crisis: Bridging Tradition and Innovation”
🗓 Early-bird & abstract deadline: 15 Dec 2025
www.ece2026.org
New from the LIFEPLAN team in Methods in Ecology & Evolution: we present an active ensemble classifier to sift through millions of camera-trap images, finding animals while filtering out empty shots & people. 🌍📸
👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041...
👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041...
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New from the LIFEPLAN team in Methods in Ecology & Evolution: we present an active ensemble classifier to sift through millions of camera-trap images, finding animals while filtering out empty shots & people. 🌍📸
👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041...
👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Back from the 24th European Congress of Lepidopterology in the Czech Republic 🦋🇨🇿 What a week! 🎉
Had an absolute blast enjoying top-notch talks on Lepidoptera conservation, ecology & systematics 🦋🌿.
Huge shout-out to Zdeněk Faltynek Fric & team 🙌 for putting together such a fantastic conference.
Had an absolute blast enjoying top-notch talks on Lepidoptera conservation, ecology & systematics 🦋🌿.
Huge shout-out to Zdeněk Faltynek Fric & team 🙌 for putting together such a fantastic conference.
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Back from the 24th European Congress of Lepidopterology in the Czech Republic 🦋🇨🇿 What a week! 🎉
Had an absolute blast enjoying top-notch talks on Lepidoptera conservation, ecology & systematics 🦋🌿.
Huge shout-out to Zdeněk Faltynek Fric & team 🙌 for putting together such a fantastic conference.
Had an absolute blast enjoying top-notch talks on Lepidoptera conservation, ecology & systematics 🦋🌿.
Huge shout-out to Zdeněk Faltynek Fric & team 🙌 for putting together such a fantastic conference.
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🪶 Un estudo constata o influxo do eucalipto na diminución da avifauna forestal
🍃 Un equipo integrado por persoal investigador de USC e @mbgcsic.bsky.social comparou 240 parches de bosque autóctono e eucaliptal no Parque Natural das Fragas do Eume
🗞️ www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no...
🍃 Un equipo integrado por persoal investigador de USC e @mbgcsic.bsky.social comparou 240 parches de bosque autóctono e eucaliptal no Parque Natural das Fragas do Eume
🗞️ www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no...
April 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🪶 Un estudo constata o influxo do eucalipto na diminución da avifauna forestal
🍃 Un equipo integrado por persoal investigador de USC e @mbgcsic.bsky.social comparou 240 parches de bosque autóctono e eucaliptal no Parque Natural das Fragas do Eume
🗞️ www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no...
🍃 Un equipo integrado por persoal investigador de USC e @mbgcsic.bsky.social comparou 240 parches de bosque autóctono e eucaliptal no Parque Natural das Fragas do Eume
🗞️ www.usc.gal/gl/xornal/no...
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I’ve now personally heard of 22 colleagues taking DeRP in the USDA. These roles are irreplaceable. You can't train and hire expertise in these taxa overnight. We can't rehire what no longer exists in the US and undo this.
🧪 #Entomology
Recommended read from last year:
www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...
🧪 #Entomology
Recommended read from last year:
www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...
Are Entomologists as Endangered as the Insects They Study?
All life depends on insects. As many species decline and others—including disease carriers—relocate, the entomologists who study them are becoming endangered.
www.nwf.org
April 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’ve now personally heard of 22 colleagues taking DeRP in the USDA. These roles are irreplaceable. You can't train and hire expertise in these taxa overnight. We can't rehire what no longer exists in the US and undo this.
🧪 #Entomology
Recommended read from last year:
www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...
🧪 #Entomology
Recommended read from last year:
www.nwf.org/Magazines/Na...
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Is this the caterpillar of the white witch? If so we are hanging with it right now on cerro hoya. Entomology sky help us out! @wizentrop.bsky.social ?
January 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Is this the caterpillar of the white witch? If so we are hanging with it right now on cerro hoya. Entomology sky help us out! @wizentrop.bsky.social ?
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Discurso en directo de @cmhmaliani.bsky.social:
"Hemos llegado al triste punto en que se ha vuelto necesario reivindicar el papel crucial de la historia natural en la ciencia ecológica como fuente insustituible de preguntas nuevas".
www.youtube.com/live/S4lo8IH...
"Hemos llegado al triste punto en que se ha vuelto necesario reivindicar el papel crucial de la historia natural en la ciencia ecológica como fuente insustituible de preguntas nuevas".
www.youtube.com/live/S4lo8IH...
Acto de Investidura como Doctor Honoris Causa de Carlos Manuel Herrera Maliani
YouTube video by Universidad de Jaén
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March 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Discurso en directo de @cmhmaliani.bsky.social:
"Hemos llegado al triste punto en que se ha vuelto necesario reivindicar el papel crucial de la historia natural en la ciencia ecológica como fuente insustituible de preguntas nuevas".
www.youtube.com/live/S4lo8IH...
"Hemos llegado al triste punto en que se ha vuelto necesario reivindicar el papel crucial de la historia natural en la ciencia ecológica como fuente insustituible de preguntas nuevas".
www.youtube.com/live/S4lo8IH...
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Know a budding insect lover? Here's a new fund from @royentsoc.bsky.social and family of the great moth expert Douglas Boyes. For 14-18 year old persons who would benefit from funding to support their entomological interest? Please encourage them to apply www.royensoc.co.uk/douglas-boye...
Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society
The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access t...
www.royensoc.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Know a budding insect lover? Here's a new fund from @royentsoc.bsky.social and family of the great moth expert Douglas Boyes. For 14-18 year old persons who would benefit from funding to support their entomological interest? Please encourage them to apply www.royensoc.co.uk/douglas-boye...
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Never forget aphids, cicadas, planthoppers and leafhoppers!
New paper out ✍️ in @commsbio.bsky.social: Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time
with my friends Mathieu Boderau and André Nel
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@isyeb.mnhn.fr
@isyebsp.mnhn.fr
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
with my friends Mathieu Boderau and André Nel
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@isyeb.mnhn.fr
@isyebsp.mnhn.fr
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time - Communications Biology
Hemiptera, the fifth most diverse insect order, have often been overlooked in macroevolutionary studies. In this study, the authors analyse its fossil record and show that global flora changes through...
www.nature.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Never forget aphids, cicadas, planthoppers and leafhoppers!
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Applications open!
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Applications open!
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
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Delighted to see our new paper out, led by PhD student Asia Hoile. We explored new genes that emerged during the early evolution of Lepidoptera 🦋
Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore.
Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more!
🔗: tinyurl.com/48rx72es
Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore.
Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more!
🔗: tinyurl.com/48rx72es
Gene novelty and gene family expansion in the early evolution of Lepidoptera - BMC Genomics
Background Almost 10% of all known animal species belong to Lepidoptera: moths and butterflies. To understand how this incredible diversity evolved we assess the role of gene gain in driving early lep...
tinyurl.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Delighted to see our new paper out, led by PhD student Asia Hoile. We explored new genes that emerged during the early evolution of Lepidoptera 🦋
Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore.
Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more!
🔗: tinyurl.com/48rx72es
Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore.
Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more!
🔗: tinyurl.com/48rx72es
Reposted by Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
The 2025 LinneSys call is open!
Need funding for a systematics-based project?
Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/
You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply!
Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0
Need funding for a systematics-based project?
Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/
You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply!
Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
systass.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The 2025 LinneSys call is open!
Need funding for a systematics-based project?
Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/
You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply!
Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0
Need funding for a systematics-based project?
Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/
You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply!
Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0
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There’s another brand-new #referencegenome! 🧬
This time, it’s the genome of the Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae), a #butterfly native to the Eastern Iberian Peninsula and the French Alps. 🦋
Go to the genome report: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
ergabiodiv.bsky.social @cnag-eu.bsky.social
This time, it’s the genome of the Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae), a #butterfly native to the Eastern Iberian Peninsula and the French Alps. 🦋
Go to the genome report: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
ergabiodiv.bsky.social @cnag-eu.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
There’s another brand-new #referencegenome! 🧬
This time, it’s the genome of the Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae), a #butterfly native to the Eastern Iberian Peninsula and the French Alps. 🦋
Go to the genome report: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
ergabiodiv.bsky.social @cnag-eu.bsky.social
This time, it’s the genome of the Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae), a #butterfly native to the Eastern Iberian Peninsula and the French Alps. 🦋
Go to the genome report: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
ergabiodiv.bsky.social @cnag-eu.bsky.social
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Extremely worrying dynamics are unfolding in the US: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Extremely worrying dynamics are unfolding in the US: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
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A postdoc opportunity to work on Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) functional genomics with me, @jadrankarota.bsky.social and @chriswheat.bsky.social in Lund, Sweden. We aim to leverage the amazing amount of data being generated by @projectpsyche.bsky.social and DToL projects.
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral fellow in Noctuidae functional genomics
Subject description The project will use a comparative functional genomes approach to study a species-rich group of moths, Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Noctuidae have both a huge negative and positive imp
lu.varbi.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A postdoc opportunity to work on Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) functional genomics with me, @jadrankarota.bsky.social and @chriswheat.bsky.social in Lund, Sweden. We aim to leverage the amazing amount of data being generated by @projectpsyche.bsky.social and DToL projects.
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Quelle restauration des forêts de Mayotte, point chaud mondial de biodiversité, après le cyclone Chido ?
theconversation.com/quelle-resta...
theconversation.com/quelle-resta...
Quelle restauration des forêts de Mayotte, point chaud mondial de biodiversité, après le cyclone Chido ?
Restaurer ces forêts est essentiel pour conserver leur biodiversité sans pareil, pour que les Mahorais continuent de bénéficier de leur protection lors d’inondation ou glissements de terrains.
theconversation.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Quelle restauration des forêts de Mayotte, point chaud mondial de biodiversité, après le cyclone Chido ?
theconversation.com/quelle-resta...
theconversation.com/quelle-resta...
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Glad to see the study led by our grad student Benoit_Penel (@cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social) finally out in @ecography.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
#abundance_data #agroecosystems #beetles #biodiversity #metabarcoding #parataxonomy
doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
#abundance_data #agroecosystems #beetles #biodiversity #metabarcoding #parataxonomy
February 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Glad to see the study led by our grad student Benoit_Penel (@cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social) finally out in @ecography.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
#abundance_data #agroecosystems #beetles #biodiversity #metabarcoding #parataxonomy
doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
#abundance_data #agroecosystems #beetles #biodiversity #metabarcoding #parataxonomy
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The #Eurytomidae UCE phylogeny that I've been working on in the past few years is now out as a preprint. By using museum samples at NMNH and CIRAD, we generated the first global phylogeny of this diverse but poorly studied #Chalcidoidea family. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phasing in and out of phytophagy: phylogeny and evolution of the family Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) based on Ultraconserved Elements
We present the first global molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the family Eurytomidae, a group of chalcidoid wasps with diverse biology, with a representative sampling (197 ingroups and 11 outgroup...
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The #Eurytomidae UCE phylogeny that I've been working on in the past few years is now out as a preprint. By using museum samples at NMNH and CIRAD, we generated the first global phylogeny of this diverse but poorly studied #Chalcidoidea family. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1917
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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All welcome at Butterfly Conservation’s free online UK Moth Recorders' Meeting (Saturday 25 January 2025 on Zoom). Reserve your place now bit.ly/3Z2MOzc There’s a fab line-up of speakers: bit.ly/3Z2MxfE #TeamMoth please repost to spread the word!
December 5, 2024 at 5:47 PM
All welcome at Butterfly Conservation’s free online UK Moth Recorders' Meeting (Saturday 25 January 2025 on Zoom). Reserve your place now bit.ly/3Z2MOzc There’s a fab line-up of speakers: bit.ly/3Z2MxfE #TeamMoth please repost to spread the word!
What an incredible ten days in Guyane with an amazing team of passionate entomologists! Thanks to Rodolphe Rougerie and Jérôme Barbut from the Natural History Museum in Paris for organizing this unforgettable expedition filled with discovery and camaraderie! 🌿🦋
December 12, 2024 at 4:42 PM
What an incredible ten days in Guyane with an amazing team of passionate entomologists! Thanks to Rodolphe Rougerie and Jérôme Barbut from the Natural History Museum in Paris for organizing this unforgettable expedition filled with discovery and camaraderie! 🌿🦋
I’m thrilled to announce our latest publication in @neobiotajournal.bsky.social ! 🚀 🪲🔬 Our paper delves into biosurveillance of mass-trapped long-horned beetles using innovative metabarcoding techniques powered by @nanoporetech.com Check it out :
neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...
neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...
November 25, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I’m thrilled to announce our latest publication in @neobiotajournal.bsky.social ! 🚀 🪲🔬 Our paper delves into biosurveillance of mass-trapped long-horned beetles using innovative metabarcoding techniques powered by @nanoporetech.com Check it out :
neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...
neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...
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A little starter pack for fans of biological systematics. I’d love to gather more people and organisations- if that’s you please let me know :)
go.bsky.app/GCP9Um
November 20, 2024 at 11:40 PM
A little starter pack for fans of biological systematics. I’d love to gather more people and organisations- if that’s you please let me know :)
go.bsky.app/GCP9Um
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🦗We are #hiring 🦗 Open position Curator #Entomology with focus on #Hemimetabola at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social, #MuseumofNatureHamburg. Make a difference in the #biodiversity world. 👉 Apply now 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-...
#Insects #Collection #Jobs #MuseumofNatureHamburg
#Insects #Collection #Jobs #MuseumofNatureHamburg
November 14, 2024 at 1:52 PM
🦗We are #hiring 🦗 Open position Curator #Entomology with focus on #Hemimetabola at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social, #MuseumofNatureHamburg. Make a difference in the #biodiversity world. 👉 Apply now 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-...
#Insects #Collection #Jobs #MuseumofNatureHamburg
#Insects #Collection #Jobs #MuseumofNatureHamburg