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Johanna Schwartz
@johannaschwrtz.bsky.social
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Entomology PhD Student @ UIUC - Ohio State/UF Alumna (#ufbugs) - Micro-wasp fan and roach apologist.
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Johanna Schwartz @johannaschwrtz.bsky.social · Nov 15
Hi Bluesky! Apparently there's been a massive migration from the other site, so I want to take a second to reintroduce myself. #HiSciSky
I'm Johanna! I'm an entomology PhD student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, my research is on wing evolution in cockroaches!
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 1d
Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 15, 2025
Tangerine furry-legs moth
Acraga moorei
Lepidoptera: Dalceridae
By Tom Myers, Kentucky, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Close-up image of a bright orange, fuzzy moth with feathery antennae and black eyes perched on the edge of a green leaf. Black background.
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Milton Tan @mtanichthys.bsky.social · 18h
Since parasitoids and viruses rarely come up in the same conversation, I shared one of my favorite facts which is bracoviruses are viruses in the genomes of parasitoid wasps that they inject into prey along with their eggs.

Nature is amazing!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracovi...
Bracovirus - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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Derek Binns @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · Aug 28
A beautiful female Mymar pulchellum parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae standing over a tiny female Megaphragma noyesi parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae. They were both found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning. Wasps are wondrous!

#UKWildlife #wasps #HighWeald #Trichogrammatidae
A very small orange wasp with long spindly legs and antennae, and remarkable spoon-shaped half-shaded fringed wings on long stalks. Beneath the orange wasp is the tiniest wasp, yellow bodied and black eyed, it has blade-like fringed wings. Both wasps are facing to the right of picture.
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🌻OK MR. SUNSHINE!🌻 @entobiologist.bsky.social · 2d
please check out this cool game we made!! i hope my fellow entomologists and bug enthusiasts (and maybe even bug haters?) enjoy :>
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Leo @peethief.bsky.social · 4d
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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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 3d
When fly designers subcontract Jackson Pollock to do the eyes. (Eristalinus sp. hover fly, Victoria, Australia).
A close-in macro photograph of the face of a robust greenish-yellow hover fly standing on a green leaf. The fly's enormous compound eyes are speckled with hundreds of blood-red spots.
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Johanna Schwartz @johannaschwrtz.bsky.social · 3d
My first research experience in a natural history museum was because of Adaina's course! It's great to hear from her this morning! #BiNHMs
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 3d
Up first, Dr Adania Flemming! #BINHMS
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 3d
Up first, Dr Adania Flemming! #BINHMS
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SnowWolpard @snowwolpard.com · 5d
I work in an exhibit with live spiders, and I think I have lost count how often people misheard "green lynx spider" as "green link spider"...
Two illustrations of a green lynx spider (green spider with two bigger forward facing eyes and lighter colored legs) stacked on top of one another. The one on top is labeled "Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)", the actual name of the spider. The one below is wearing a green, pointy hat, carrying a blue shield and sword drawn to look like the Hylian shield and Master sword from the "Legend of Zelda", series and is labeled "Green Link Spider (Peucetia hylia)".
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Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 4d
Brilliant! Origami and evolution 😍
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds
Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones
knowablemagazine.org
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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 14d
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:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 23d
Dark taxa are extremely diverse organisms that remain largely undescribed due to small size, subtle differences, & few experts.

Take this quiz to find out what you are - I'm a gall midge! whatdarktaxonareyou.static.domains/insect-quiz....

by @vivianfeng.bsky.social & @flyliceresearch.bsky.social
A dark, hairy gall midge fly on a white sheet. It has long legs and antennae and a red neck. Quiz results showing I'm a gall midge or cecidomyiid
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Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social · 23d
We put out some social science research via preprint: "Natural history museums are missing an opportunity to present research and collections on YouTube" doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Natural history museums are missing an opportunity to present research and collections on YouTube
There have been repeated calls in the US for scientists to communicate the importance of biological collections to both a general public audience and to policy makers. Natural history museums that hou...
doi.org
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 23d
Black in Natural History Museums in now open! See it on Floor 3 in the Museum's Gilder Center. Details: bit.ly/3KfbzTS
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Ries van der Hout @warmoezer.bsky.social · Sep 16
phys.org/news/2025-09...
A wasp for the wild: Remote village discovery reveals new natural pest enemy
Meet Heinrichiellus natgeo, a newly discovered species of parasitoid wasp. The species was described by Dr. Ranjith and Dr. Gavin R. Broad (The Natural History Museum, London, UK). Genetic data helped...
phys.org
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Sep 9
OSU insect systematics chair!! This sounds like a DEEPLY cool job with a fantastic collection attached: 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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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · Aug 25
Just published! A new discovery in biological pest control: Synopeas ruficoxum, a natural enemy of the soybean gall midge in North America. 🧪🧵 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
A small black platygastrid wasp, around 1.5 mm long, with an elongate metasoma, veinless wings, and a small spine on the mesoscutellum. Lateral view.
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Jess Awad @parasitoidrex.bsky.social · Aug 25
A beautiful example of Inostemma, the tiny unicorn of the garden! The long horn on the female metasoma houses its unique ovipositor system. Males don't have horns.
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Aglaia Bouma @aglaia.bsky.social · Aug 25
Het is de moeite waard je camera te richten op een 1,5 mm bewegend vlekje op boerenwormkruid. Na vergroting blijkt dat een prachtig wespje (Platygastridae) met een structuur over het borststuk waarin ze de legboor bewaart. #ElkeDagEenInsect (Sorry @parasitoidrex.bsky.social failed to collect it!)
Platygastridae
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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 5
Our recently opened World of Wasps exhibition hopes to reveal the unseen lives of wasps. Speaking to @cnn.com, Professor Seirian Sumner (@waspwoman.bsky.social) gave her top five reasons why we should all love wasps as much as she does.
Everyone hates wasps. But this scientist wants us to love them. | CNN
If you think wasps only exist to spoil summer picnics, Professor Seirian Sumner is here to set you straight.
edition.cnn.com
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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · Jul 21
Article on #NewSpecies of parasitoid wasp we discovered last year on #RiceUniversity campus! Great work led by @brendanoloughlin.bsky.social in collaboration with Mike Gates, Pedro Brandão, & me.

www.sciencing.com/1905663/texa...
Scientists In Texas Found A New Species Hiding Under Their Noses - Sciencing
Scientists at Rice University in Texas discovered a new parasitic wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, parasitizing the galls of local gall wasps.
www.sciencing.com
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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · Jul 18
I was recently interviewed for @discovermag.bsky.social about the amazing world of parasitoid wasps!

www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth...
The Way Parasitoid Wasps Lay Their Eggs Has Inspired Horror Films
What are parasitoid wasps? Learn about these wasps that have a gruesome but fascinating way of surviving.
www.discovermagazine.com
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Chentomology @chentomology.bsky.social · Jul 17
I’m always thinking about a deluxe version of DND bugs with more classes, and after a long time of chaos and intense work among shows I’ve finally got some time to finish it! Which one would you choose? 💚🐛🐞🐝🪲
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Jul 17
#Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future url: academic.oup.com/isd/article/... congratulations on this group effort led by @annaeichert.bsky.social !
Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future
Abstract. Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) are a widespread group of freshwater insects known for their ecological significance and sensitivity to environm
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Just the Zoo of Us 🐾 @justthezooofus.bsky.social · Jul 18
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Anna Eichert (she/her) @annaeichert.bsky.social · Jul 17
New publication alert! 🎉 I am so proud of this review paper on the history of the systematics of stoneflies, and am so grateful to have collaborated with the best stonefly scientists on Earth! Check it out!! 🪰
academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future
Abstract. Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) are a widespread group of freshwater insects known for their ecological significance and sensitivity to environm
academic.oup.com
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