Ainsley S

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Love an extravagant maxillary palpomere

One of the elder Bobs at work described a microscope knob as turning "widdershins" then tried to act like it was a normal thing and everyone from Vermont calls it that

For his crimes

back to the staphylinid literature

Cheerleader and goth bffs

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DO NOT SQUEEZE YOUR PALLID BAT. They emit a skunk-like odor when in distress. *Of course, as with any bat, do not attempt to handle them.* (📷: Connor Long)

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We've known for a while that new lanternfly infestations tend to follow train lines. New research shows they are capable of hanging on to cars in 100km/hr wind speeds too. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Are invasive spotted lanternflies hitching rides across state lines?www.science.org First-of-its-kind study shows these invasive pests can cling to cars even in high winds

Love a cat with an Observation Post

Meemao contemplates the back garden while I have a coffee in the kitchen.

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We are delighted to announce BEAST X v10.5.0 (beta 1) - the X is to differentiate it from the project 'BEAST2' & to denote these are orthogonal with a common origin. Website: beast.community Github: github.com/beast-dev/be... Many new models, performance enhancements and features (and a new logo)

Trying to find ONE normal professional entomologist headshot in the camera roll, failing

all-time great caterpillar, easily in the top 10 species of ambulatory toupee

The Asp caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis) also called the 'puss caterpillar' is the larva of the flannel moth. They look fuzzie-wuzzie, but the larva contains a secret: hidden in the soft hairs are dagger-sharp hollow spines containing a venom that causes intense pain. (📷: Judy Gallagher)

Featuring buprestid elytra, Sternocera IIRC? SOMEDAY I WILL GLIMPSE IT

_The_ famous beetle elytra dress (1888) designed by Alice Laura Comyns Carr for Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth; and of course, the Sargent painting (1889). From the exhibition, 'Sargent and Fashion,' Tate Britain.

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Obsessed with these illustrations from a 1940s book on spoonbills

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A new program from NSF is targeting graduate fellowship money to people who received Honorable Mention on a GRFP within the past three years, who are currently enrolled in grad school in EPSCoR states. here is the solicitation: new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... and a map of EPSCoR eligible states:

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Job alert!! Join Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of global change biology with emphasis on the Ecology and Evolution of Host-Microbe Interactions (pathogens, mutualists, microbiomes). aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04476

Assistant Professor - Global Change Biology- Department of Integrative Biologyaprecruit.berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Thinking of buying a horrible black velvet painting to demonstrate the effectiveness of light-absorbing structures in increasing contrast and detectability of visual signals this is a legitimate academic expense

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We’ve got a new phylogeny of the ants out as a preprint! It’s been an exciting collaboration with some awesome 🐜 people for the past few years, led by Marek Borowiec and @corriemoreau.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

It’s so true

Just enjoying a chill brunch in the park with some beetle-pollinated flora

damn, some harsh language in this UIUC extension post extension.illinois.edu/blogs/garden...

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I am co-author on a new paper about dinosaur headbutting! Did Pachycephalosaurus headbutt like bighorn sheep? What is headbutting? Why a dome? Read our paper to find out! doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...

Headbutting through time: A review of this hypothesized behavior in “dome‐headed” fossil taxadoi.org <em>The Anatomical Record</em> is an anatomy journal publishing new discoveries in the morphological aspects of molecular, cellular, developmental, evolutionary, and systems biology.

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Also: - Furious grass veneer moths - All of them - Absolutely livid - Imagine their tiny rawrs

but why are they wearing fancy little ribbons like pies in the county fair baking competition

There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.

Oh man, seconded! This show rules, the main character is: the concept of symbiosis

Consider this your reminder to watch Scavengers Reign on Netflix and juice the fuck outta its numbers and convince whoever needs convincing that there’s a place for amazing, adult-audience animation in the world. Thank u.

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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

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#InsertAnInvert2024 NEW VELVET WORM SPECIES!!! Oroperipatus tiputini is from Ecuador and has unique morphology! 😍🧪

Cute but deadly: a new velvet worm species from Ecuadorblog.pensoft.net The so-called "living fossil" shoots a sticky substance from a pair of glands to trap its prey.

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Excellent explanation of our hippo research in @guardianscience : www.theguardian.com/world/articl... Including the torment of frame by frame video analysis. If you know, you know.

Hippos might fly: UK research discovers animal can get airbornewww.theguardian.com Analysis shows hippos get all four feet off the ground at once up to 15% of the time when at full pelt

It’s called fashion, sweetie

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Things I've spontaneously said to animals. Mailing list: buttondown.email/rosemarymosco Patreon: www.patreon.com/birdandmoon

Found: a guy