LightNews LightNews
aluckymyrmex.bsky.social
@aluckymyrmex.bsky.social
480 followers 71 following 8 posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
aluckymyrmex.bsky.social
aluckymyrmex.bsky.social @aluckymyrmex.bsky.social · Mar 4
🐜🐜🐜 Invasive Ant Boot Camp registration is now open! Join us in Gainesville, FL May 7-9, 2025, to learn to spot the most ants with the worst reputations. 🐜🐜🐜www.invasiveantbootcamp.org
Flyer advertising invasive ant boot camp in Gainesville, FL, on May 7-9, 2025. More information about the workshop at www.invasiveantbootcamp.org.
Reposted
thomnelson.bsky.social
If you like good people, want to live in excellent SE PA, and ❤️ PUIs…
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
manuramalho.bsky.social Dr. Manu Ramalho @manuramalho.bsky.social · Jul 25
Come to join us! 🎉🫶 The Department of Biology invites applicants for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Biology position!
Learn more about the Department of Biology here: www.wcupa.edu/sciences-mat..., and apply online at www.schooljobs.com/careers/wcup...
July 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted
haidomyrmex.bsky.social
Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!
Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds
news.njit.edu
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Reposted
parasitoidrex.bsky.social
The @entsocamerica.bsky.social International Symposium is now available to watch on demand! We've also got a fun trivia quiz about the program, with a special prize for the winner! entsoc.org/membership/b...
2025 International Branch Virtual Symposium
April 7-9, 2025 Thank you for joining us this year! All content is now available on-demand. View on-demand here
entsoc.org
April 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Reposted
danielkronauer.bsky.social
Today I found a few Haeterius clown beetles under a rock with a Formica ant colony. These beetles are “ant guests” / myrmecophiles, and the ants often feed them. The beetles are tiny though, even compared to the ants. Also check out the springtails. Thanks to Joe Parker for the 🪲 ID. Woodstock, NY.
April 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Reposted
rkellerp.bsky.social
Taxonomy fail: yes, Diacamma ants (pictured) occur in Asia's tropical regions, but they are not related to Colobopsis exploding ants, apart of also happening to be ants.

#taxonomyFail
Southeast Asia’s Exploding Ant Dies So Its Colony Can Live — A Biologist Explains
Meet the exploding ant, a tiny warrior hidden deep in the forests of Borneo. Their astonishing act of self-destruction unleashes a toxic blast, stopping predators in their tracks and redefining the tr...
www.forbes.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted
melvinopolka.bsky.social
Happy to see that a small article Elia Nalini (from @euracalpenv.bsky.social ) and I wrote for the myrmecological news blog is now finally published! 🐜 We present our @monitant.bsky.social project and also our Citizen Science approach. 🔎

blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...
MonitAnt: European-level monitoring strategy for mound-building Formica ants
Formica rufa workers engaged in food sharing (trophallaxis) (© Elia Nalini) In the popular imagination, when we think about environmentally impactful ants, the first images that come to mind are of...
blog.myrmecologicalnews.org
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reposted
leafhopper.bsky.social
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Antsy Hat Tester!
Hello potential testers! This is the newest and quickest addition to my antsy clothing collection- a worsted weight cap in 3 different adult sizes. It features a thick folded brim, and 6-7 ant repeats...
docs.google.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
aluckymyrmex.bsky.social
👀🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🪲🕷️Ento-Education Job alert!!👀
fitentsocamerica.bsky.social Formal & Informal Teaching | Entomological Society of America @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 4
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

UF Entomology & Nematology is hiring an Assistant Prof of Informal #Entomology #Education!

🔎 Interested in a faculty position leading innovative, evidence-based engagement outside the classroom?

🪲 Passionate about #insects & #outreach?

🧪 Learn more and apply! bit.ly/uflentojob
Graphic announcing a job opportunity for an Assistant Professor of Informal Entomology Education at the University of Florida Entomology & Nematology Department. The header reads “JOB OPPORTUNITY” with an icon of a megaphone. Below, a central illustration shows two hands shaking, forming an insect-like shape with antennae. Text highlights that the department seeks a passionate educator to lead and assess informal and non-formal educational programming. The position directs UF’s Outreach Program, including a bug zoo and hands-on training. A QR code and link (https://bit.ly/uflentojob) are provided for more information. At the bottom right is the logo for the Formal and Informal Teaching (FIT) section of the Entomological Society of America with a note: “Follow us for more!” Ant icons crawl across the top border.
April 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Reposted
mprebus.bsky.social
🐜🐜🐜Fans of Myrmicinae! New paper in Syst Biol in collaboration with C. Rabeling🐜🐜🐜

doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
A chronogram of the ant tribe Myrmicini, showing the disparity of divergence dates between alternate placements of the fossil species †Manica andrannae
April 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Reposted
americanbeetles.bsky.social
Also found this old half a hickory nut, inhabited by an entire colony of teeny tiny ants (Temnothorax?? your guesses welcome)
What it says in the post: old half a hickory nut, inhabited by a colony of teensy black ants and their larvae/pupae
April 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reposted
pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Re-upping if for whatever reason you want to find ways to fight for democracy and against tyrants and billionaires... 👇👇👇
pronounced-ing.bsky.social Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Apr 1
Not an April Fools' joke: I'm partnering w/ @legroff.bsky.social & her amazing bookstore The Lynx to give away free books on fighting fascism. FL folks, just stop in and ask for a free copy of the titles below! Not in FL? Order and get 10% off. Read, share, fight the fascist fools. ❤️👊
Fight the Fools on April Fools' Day In store book giveaway With Celeste Ng & Lauren Groff On Tyranny Blueprint for Revolution On Disinformation Big Dirty Money Can't make it in store? Receive 10% off these titles April 1-7 at Thelynxbooks.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Reposted
cmtribull.bsky.social
Hey friends! The Formal and Informal Teaching (FIT) pilot section of the Entomological Society of America is now live! Give them a follow before they start posting some neat stuff (like job opps...) @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted
theotimecolin.bsky.social
We don't know much about these odd-looking Zasphinctus ants, except they seem to raid other ant nests, steal their larvae and eat them... Their narrow elongated bodies probably help them enter small galleries.

#ants #myrmecology non #armyants #fourmis #science
March 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Reposted
bug-gwen.bsky.social
Not entirely sure what's going on here, but I APPROVE 🐜🐜
cschaboo.bsky.social Caroline S. Chaboo @cschaboo.bsky.social · Mar 13
Nice ant. SZA at Glastonbury 2024
March 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted
arthropodabbey.bsky.social
Calling disabled entomologists! Planning a symposium in November & we have room for more speakers if anyone would like to share their journey. Comment or DM me for more information!

#entosky #entomology @entsocamerica.bsky.social
a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
ALT: a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights
media.tenor.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted
skeetercierra.bsky.social
🚨 Calling Entomology Society of America Early Career Professionals🚨 If you have published a paper recently or have good news to share, please send it my way. We would love to feature it in our quarterly ECP newsletter! Submissions will be accepted until 3/17.
March 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
aluckymyrmex.bsky.social
Wow! Cool opportunity!
jacobsharrison.bsky.social Jacob S. Harrison @jacobsharrison.bsky.social · Jan 27
Applications for the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab 2025 are now open!

All expenses covered to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest!

Open for all early career researchers across any field in STEM! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
March 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted
danielkronauer.bsky.social
I recently posted a picture of a large Dorylus molestus army ant worker from Mount Kenya. Here is the same ant again, but this time in comparison to its smaller sisters. These ants are incredibly polymorphic, and the different worker types take on different tasks in the colony.
March 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reposted
danielkronauer.bsky.social
A bristletail, Trichatelura manni, against the backdrop of its Eciton burchellii army ant host workers during a colony emigration at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica.
March 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
aluckymyrmex.bsky.social
🐜🐜🐜 Myrmecologists! Do not be fooled by this sneaky title!
rosemarymosco.com Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Mar 6
I got some nice news about my picture book with illustrator Anna Pirolli, THERE ARE NO ANTS IN THIS BOOK. It's a Texas Library Association 2X2 List selection and a Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection. I'm really proud of this book and I hope you're enjoying it.
Dolly Parton reading a book, with text saying "Proud to be a part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2025". The cover of a picture book called THERE ARE NO ANTS IN THIS BOOK.
March 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reposted
tjalamont.bsky.social
An ant tends to a Lycaenid butterfly caterpillar as it nibbles a lupine. (The caterpillar's head is inside the flower.) This ant stayed with the caterpillar for at least fifteen minutes, tapping it with its antennae and hoping the caterpillar would secrete a sugary honeydew droplet. (Montana) 🐙🌿
A macro photo looking down on an ant next to a smaller caterpillar on a purple flower. The ant has a black head and abdomen and a red thorax, and the caterpillar is gray. The caterpillar's head is not visible, because it is inside the flower, having chewed a hole in it. These caterpillars can exude a sugary liquid, which this ant is hoping for.
March 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
aluckymyrmex.bsky.social
🐜🐜🐜 Invasive Ant Boot Camp registration is now open! Join us in Gainesville, FL May 7-9, 2025, to learn to spot the most ants with the worst reputations. 🐜🐜🐜www.invasiveantbootcamp.org
Flyer advertising invasive ant boot camp in Gainesville, FL, on May 7-9, 2025. More information about the workshop at www.invasiveantbootcamp.org.
March 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reposted
entsocamerica.bsky.social
Arthropod Photo of the Week: February 26, 2025
Spider ants attack pony ant
Leptomyrmex sp./Rhytidoponera sp.
Hymenoptera: Formicidae
By François Brassard, Madang, Papua New Guinea
#arthropodPOTW
A group of reddish ants are attacking a single black ant on a brown surface. The ants are gathered around the black ant, with some holding onto its legs. There are holes in the surface, suggesting it's organic material such as a dried leaf.
February 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Reposted
arthurmatte.bsky.social
🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨

🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers?

With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇

🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted
petermulhair.bsky.social
Funding for systematics/taxonomy is unfortunately not common - the LinneSys grant is a great opportunity to get support for field work/consumables/sequencing/monographs and more for projects in this area.

Joint funded by the @linneansociety.bsky.social and @systassn.bsky.social.

Deadline soon!!
February 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM