Nathan Havill
@nphavill.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist. Forest Entomologist
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@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @nphavill.bsky.social et al. present the genome of the hemlock woolly adelgid, one of eastern North America's most destructive and invasive forest pests. The 216 Mbp genome is highly complete (97.7% BUSCO).
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @nphavill.bsky.social et al. present the genome of the hemlock woolly adelgid, one of eastern North America's most destructive and invasive forest pests. The 216 Mbp genome is highly complete (97.7% BUSCO).
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170
#genome #evolution
Our hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) genome note is out! @bryanbrunet.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) genome note is out! @bryanbrunet.bsky.social
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The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world
Aedes aegypti further adapted to life around humans when it arrived in the Americas, study of hundreds of mosquito genomes reveals
www.science.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Interested in joining our lab (dunnlab.org) as a postdoc to work on siphonophores, processes that structure diversity in the open ocean, or natural history? If so, please reach out to discuss a nomination for the Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellowship - yibs.yale.edu/donnelley-fe...
The Dunn Lab
Casey Dunn's laboratory in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.
dunnlab.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Interested in joining our lab (dunnlab.org) as a postdoc to work on siphonophores, processes that structure diversity in the open ocean, or natural history? If so, please reach out to discuss a nomination for the Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellowship - yibs.yale.edu/donnelley-fe...
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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...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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
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I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
August 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Thank you, Entomology Today @entsocamerica.bsky.social, for covering our work on adelgids of Bhutan. If we want to prevent #bioinvasions, we need to know what’s out there. Also, adelgids are super cool insects 😁
entomologytoday.org/2025/08/13/u...
entomologytoday.org/2025/08/13/u...
Unusual Galls Trigger National Survey of Adelgids and Their Predators in Bhutan Forests
When aphid-like insects appeared in Bhutan forests, local researchers collaborated with USDA Forest Service experts to identify species, including four new to science.
entomologytoday.org
August 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thank you, Entomology Today @entsocamerica.bsky.social, for covering our work on adelgids of Bhutan. If we want to prevent #bioinvasions, we need to know what’s out there. Also, adelgids are super cool insects 😁
entomologytoday.org/2025/08/13/u...
entomologytoday.org/2025/08/13/u...
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Detecting chromosome inversions in @aegypti is a real art! I am honored to be part of this project. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Chromosomal Inversions and Their Potential Impact on the Evolution of Arboviral Vector Aedes aegypti
Abstract. Chromosomal inversions play a crucial role in evolution and have been found to regulate epidemiologically significant traits in malaria mosquitoe
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July 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Detecting chromosome inversions in @aegypti is a real art! I am honored to be part of this project. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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First chromosome-level reference assembly of field @aegypti formosus and sister species @aedes mascarensis is out. Work led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social if @jsoghigian.bsky.social group in collaboration with us at #CT_CAES, @yale.edu, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @pasteur.fr academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
From macro to micro: De novo genomes of Aedes mosquitoes enable comparative genomics among close and distant relatives
Abstract. The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is an organism of high medical importance because it is the primary vector for diseases such as yellow
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July 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
First chromosome-level reference assembly of field @aegypti formosus and sister species @aedes mascarensis is out. Work led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social if @jsoghigian.bsky.social group in collaboration with us at #CT_CAES, @yale.edu, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @pasteur.fr academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
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#threeMosquitoes. “The biology of deadly insects.” A book by my colleague and friend Jeff Powell is out! He just brought in my very own signed copy! Get yours @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
July 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#threeMosquitoes. “The biology of deadly insects.” A book by my colleague and friend Jeff Powell is out! He just brought in my very own signed copy! Get yours @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Our article got the cover (!) with this cool photo of the inside of an adelgid gall, taken by Dr. Kaka Tshering.
Lots of new information about adelgids (including on hemlock), their predators, and associated fungi in Bhutan
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@entsocamerica.bsky.social
Lots of new information about adelgids (including on hemlock), their predators, and associated fungi in Bhutan
academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our article got the cover (!) with this cool photo of the inside of an adelgid gall, taken by Dr. Kaka Tshering.
Lots of new information about adelgids (including on hemlock), their predators, and associated fungi in Bhutan
academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
Lots of new information about adelgids (including on hemlock), their predators, and associated fungi in Bhutan
academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
Leucotaraxis piniperda from WA, released in CT for biological control of hemlock woolly #adelgid. Some papers about the science behind the effort:
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Leucotaraxis piniperda from WA, released in CT for biological control of hemlock woolly #adelgid. Some papers about the science behind the effort:
research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6...
research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6...
research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6...
research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6...
research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hemlock woolly adelgid. Still killing trees in Connecticut.
April 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hemlock woolly adelgid. Still killing trees in Connecticut.
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I have created a feed "plant insect ecology" for posts on the biology, ecology, evolution, & natural history of plants & insects... to post, simply include #plant-insect. Please post images, opportunities, academic articles w/ links, etc.
DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize
DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize
April 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I have created a feed "plant insect ecology" for posts on the biology, ecology, evolution, & natural history of plants & insects... to post, simply include #plant-insect. Please post images, opportunities, academic articles w/ links, etc.
DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize
DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize
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We put together a fact sheet for #Aedes #aegypti. You can access the corrected proof from the link below.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We put together a fact sheet for #Aedes #aegypti. You can access the corrected proof from the link below.
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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A non-native invasive moth has been lurking in the Northeast for more than 120 years and has recently become a pest again – of trees and people – in parts of Maine. Learn more in my latest article.
#foresthealth #browntailmoth #forestpests #invasives
northernwoodlands.org/knots_and_bo...
#foresthealth #browntailmoth #forestpests #invasives
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The Ups and Downs of Browntail Moths | Spring 2025 | Knots and Bolts | Knots and Bolts
A non-native invasive moth has been lurking in the Northeast for more than 120 years and has recently become a pest again – of trees and… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscr...
northernwoodlands.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A non-native invasive moth has been lurking in the Northeast for more than 120 years and has recently become a pest again – of trees and people – in parts of Maine. Learn more in my latest article.
#foresthealth #browntailmoth #forestpests #invasives
northernwoodlands.org/knots_and_bo...
#foresthealth #browntailmoth #forestpests #invasives
northernwoodlands.org/knots_and_bo...
Fun article written with Ohio State University Buckeye Yard and Garden Online about hemlock woolly adelgid life cycle.
bygl.osu.edu/node/2454
bygl.osu.edu/node/2454
The fascinating complex life cycle of hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae Annand
The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae, is an invasive insect that has caused the decline and mortality of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana) in east...
bygl.osu.edu
March 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fun article written with Ohio State University Buckeye Yard and Garden Online about hemlock woolly adelgid life cycle.
bygl.osu.edu/node/2454
bygl.osu.edu/node/2454
Our new paper(!) developed a comprehensive model to predict which non-native insects will have high impact on trees after arrival… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What Is a Specialist? Quantifying Host Breadth Enables Impact Prediction for Invasive Herbivores
Herbivores are commonly classified as host specialists or generalists for various purposes, yet the definitions of these terms, and their intermediates, are often imprecise and ambiguous. We quantifi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our new paper(!) developed a comprehensive model to predict which non-native insects will have high impact on trees after arrival… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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US Undergraduates! You still have until next Friday to apply to the Plant Health Fellows internship program in New Haven, CT. Learn about plant health research and careers for 9 weeks, includes $5,000 stipend and apartment housing: www.southernct.edu/plant-health...
Plant Health Fellows | Southern Connecticut State University
www.southernct.edu
February 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
US Undergraduates! You still have until next Friday to apply to the Plant Health Fellows internship program in New Haven, CT. Learn about plant health research and careers for 9 weeks, includes $5,000 stipend and apartment housing: www.southernct.edu/plant-health...
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Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!!
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
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@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!!
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!!
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!!
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
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First genome assembly of wild #Aedes mosquitoes. Paper coming soon! Pre-print is out! Thanks to our collaboration with @jsoghigian.bsky.social, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @yale.edu and #CT_CAES.
Two de novo #chromosome-scale #genomes with sequences 🧬 sourced from single individuals: one of Aedes aegypti formosus from Burkina Faso and one of Ae. mascarensis from Mauritius 🦟 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
From macro to micro: De novo genomes of Aedes mosquitoes enable comparative genomics among close and distant relatives
The yellow fever mosquito ( Aedes aegypti ) is an organism of high medical importance because it is the primary vector for diseases such as yellow fever, Zika, dengue, and chikungunya. Its medical imp...
www.biorxiv.org
February 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
First genome assembly of wild #Aedes mosquitoes. Paper coming soon! Pre-print is out! Thanks to our collaboration with @jsoghigian.bsky.social, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @yale.edu and #CT_CAES.
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Hot of the press! #albopictus, an invasive mosquito in Connecticut has the highest #Heartworm infection rate of all 17 #mosquito species surveyed. Check it out!
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Filarial parasite infection prevalence in field-caught mosquitoes from Connecticut, United States
Abstract. Filarial nematodes are parasitic roundworms transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause morbidity and mortality for their human and animal hosts. Th
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January 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hot of the press! #albopictus, an invasive mosquito in Connecticut has the highest #Heartworm infection rate of all 17 #mosquito species surveyed. Check it out!
academic.oup.com/jme/advance-...
academic.oup.com/jme/advance-...