Predators got you down? Want to hide from the world?
Just slough off your skin and flop it on your back! đź‘Ť #lifehack
tortoise #beetle #larva
#Chrysomelidae: #Cassidinae
Vieques, PR 🇵🇷
I thought our new “visible lab” space felt like a petting zoo but @mothpotato.bsky.social had a much better idea
Did yall know Moths were around 200 MILLION YEARS AGO!
This is apparently before FLOWERS even existed and the scientists think their long slurpy tongues were for drinking juice in dinosaur poop.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#teammoth #yearofthemoth #moth
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
Just a friendly reminder everyone, it is now “community science”, not “citizen science”, no matter what country you’re in.
#communityscience
Here’s an invite link: invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWK...
Introducing the newest species of moth from the US, and likely one of the rarest. Cicinnus albarenicolus is known from just 19 specimens, all in white sand scrub in peninsular Florida. Only one verified extant population! zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1817...
INSECT TAXONOMY IN THE 21ST CENTURY @entsocamerica.bsky.social
Online, April 27-29! Featuring keynotes from Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.social, Erinn Fagan-Jeffries, and Dominic Evangelista.
Now accepting contributed talks! Grant deadline Feb 4, abstracts due Mar 6. entsoc.org/membership/b...
The FSCA is opening an OPS position sorting Lepidoptera in the McGuire Center! Please apply here:
jobs.myflorida.com/job/GAINESVI...
This greenbriar leafminer, Marmara smilacisella, adorned its cocoon with clusters of pearlescent bubbles. I wish my holiday decorations were so neat!