Marianne Alleyne
@cotesia.bsky.social
Entomologist. Assistant Prof. University of Illinois C-U. Bioinspired Design is my jam, parasitoids my love. #Insect #SciPol #SciCom #Bioinspiration Dutch too.
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if you need a moment's distraction from Events, pls consider @monotomidae.bsky.social's extremely good new paper on passandrid beetles stridulating with their armpits. THERE'S VIDEO, WITH SOUND link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Armpit squeaks: first recorded sounds, video, and images of the stridulatory apparatus in two parasitic flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Passandridae) - Zoomorphology
Zoomorphology - Stridulation is an important sound production mechanism in many groups of insects but is less well-known in beetles (Coleoptera). Recently a new sound production mechanism was...
link.springer.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
if you need a moment's distraction from Events, pls consider @monotomidae.bsky.social's extremely good new paper on passandrid beetles stridulating with their armpits. THERE'S VIDEO, WITH SOUND link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New work from Princeton’s BAM-lab and Illinois’s ABC-lab.
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
Grasshopper wing structure inspires design of gliding robot wings – News Bureau
news.illinois.edu
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New work from Princeton’s BAM-lab and Illinois’s ABC-lab.
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
What can we learn from grasshoppers wings for gliding UAV design?
news.illinois.edu/grasshopper-...
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity
The Department of Biology was established in 2010 through the merger of the Departments of Ecology, Cell and Organism Biology, Biological Undergraduate Education, and the Biological Museums. The depar
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December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
January 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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The countdown begins… ⏰
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
December 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The countdown begins… ⏰
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED!
🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules.
👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters!
More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
See ya, same place, ~ 15 years from now.
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
See ya, same place, ~ 15 years from now.
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land.
#WelcomeToJamRock
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New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
Spring-Loaded Claws on a Wasp – Parasitoid Pincer Wasps
YouTube video by Ant Lab
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
Oh dear. There are so many ominous ones from that year. I’ll go with the #1 European movie. Not growing up is one way to cope.
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Oh dear. There are so many ominous ones from that year. I’ll go with the #1 European movie. Not growing up is one way to cope.
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
“The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”
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🌺 Caribbean fam, we’re gathering!
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🌺 Caribbean fam, we’re gathering!
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
Join Meghyn Fountain on Dec 21 for a virtual space to connect, collaborate, and build community across the islands. 💙
🔗 Register through the membership portal.
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What artist would you invite to a party? I bet Judith Leyster would be a blast & everybody would want to sit next to her www.nga.gov/artworks/370...
Self-Portrait by Judith Leyster
Here is Dutch artist Judith Leyster at her easel, taking a break from painting to engage with us. In what might be considered an early selfie, she leans her forearm on the chair and suspends her paint...
www.nga.gov
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What artist would you invite to a party? I bet Judith Leyster would be a blast & everybody would want to sit next to her www.nga.gov/artworks/370...
Same-sies.
I only use Firefox because it has less AI and snooping. Will drop it if that changes
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Same-sies.
Who is using flow-through respirometry on small insects (in US/ pref Midwest)?
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
an elderly woman behind bars with the words mostly dead is slightly alive
Alt: GIF of Billy Crystal as Miracle Max in the Princess Bride Movie, where he is trying to bring Wesley back to life. Words he speaks appear on the GIF; Mostly Dad is Slightly Alive
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Who is using flow-through respirometry on small insects (in US/ pref Midwest)?
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
Student wants to do a simple study on metabolic rate in bees (dead/not dead), but it's been 30yrs since I worked in this area & feel that my advice is inadequate.
(Also, RIP Rob and Michelle R, thanks for the laughs)
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Icicles have formed on the edge of my roof in Chicago. A combination of below-freezing temperature and strong sun radiation during the day created the perfect conditions for the large quantities of snow to drip non stop. December 2025.
#icicles #Chicago #winter #weather #photography #sky
#icicles #Chicago #winter #weather #photography #sky
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I want to see this question in every one of my students’ proposals or papers:
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I want to see this question in every one of my students’ proposals or papers:
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
“But will it work for cheese?”
After all, they joined a Dutch person’s lab.
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If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
My people have a weird fascination with witches sitting backwards on brooms and wreaking havoc. 🤷🏻♀️ #OostNederland
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November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My people have a weird fascination with witches sitting backwards on brooms and wreaking havoc. 🤷🏻♀️ #OostNederland
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There’ll be several opportunities to join the group, starting w/ a PhD studentship via the BBSRC-NRP Doctoral Training Partnership.
Team up w/ us, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social & @berasymbionts.bsky.social to answer how microbes shape insect behavior:
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mic...
Team up w/ us, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social & @berasymbionts.bsky.social to answer how microbes shape insect behavior:
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mic...
Microbial determinants of behaviour in herbivorous beetles (SALEM_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Many animals rely on beneficial microbes for nutrition, defence, or reproduction. In this project, the student will explore an exciting new dimension of these relationships:
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There’ll be several opportunities to join the group, starting w/ a PhD studentship via the BBSRC-NRP Doctoral Training Partnership.
Team up w/ us, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social & @berasymbionts.bsky.social to answer how microbes shape insect behavior:
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mic...
Team up w/ us, @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social & @berasymbionts.bsky.social to answer how microbes shape insect behavior:
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mic...
One of my favorite entomologists, @flygirlnhm.bsky.social, is featured on an episode of @perfect-specimen.bsky.social , and now I am smiling ear to ear. Such a fun watch/listen.
I tried to pick out my favorite quote to help "sell" this skeeet, but there are just too many. Typical. #MoreOfThisPlease
I tried to pick out my favorite quote to help "sell" this skeeet, but there are just too many. Typical. #MoreOfThisPlease
Our first guest brings a powderpuff with wings | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep14
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
One of my favorite entomologists, @flygirlnhm.bsky.social, is featured on an episode of @perfect-specimen.bsky.social , and now I am smiling ear to ear. Such a fun watch/listen.
I tried to pick out my favorite quote to help "sell" this skeeet, but there are just too many. Typical. #MoreOfThisPlease
I tried to pick out my favorite quote to help "sell" this skeeet, but there are just too many. Typical. #MoreOfThisPlease
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HUGE NEWS, SICB is *thee* biomechanics conference, the queen of sciences, the funniest and most confusing videos you will see in your life
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
HUGE NEWS, SICB is *thee* biomechanics conference, the queen of sciences, the funniest and most confusing videos you will see in your life
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Pay attention to these efforts. Don’t blink.
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.
By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.
By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Pay attention to these efforts. Don’t blink.
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I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
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The difference is clear. Listing decisions are to be made on the basis of scientific evidence of endangerment. Only critical habitat decisions can weigh economic impact.
www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/es...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/es...
Endangered Species Act - 16 U.S.C. Sections 1531-1544
www.biologicaldiversity.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The difference is clear. Listing decisions are to be made on the basis of scientific evidence of endangerment. Only critical habitat decisions can weigh economic impact.
www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/es...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/es...
Dublin - midday - after too many oysters and occasional Guinness all weekend - just before the pope mobile came by. Francis had a friendly smile and wave, but didn’t cure my nausea. Didn’t expect him to. Should have heeded that “no raw (shell)fish-type food while traveling” commandment.
Off the upper deck of two decks of a snorkel/whale watching boat in Hawaii.
My dad was directly below and it landed on him.
Then we saw dozens of dolphins and magically I didn't need to puke anymore
My dad was directly below and it landed on him.
Then we saw dozens of dolphins and magically I didn't need to puke anymore
what's the most exotic place you've ever puked? mine's not exactly exotic but i did once have a hangover at the nyc facebook office and barfed in their very nice bathroom
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Dublin - midday - after too many oysters and occasional Guinness all weekend - just before the pope mobile came by. Francis had a friendly smile and wave, but didn’t cure my nausea. Didn’t expect him to. Should have heeded that “no raw (shell)fish-type food while traveling” commandment.
Early Career Rescue Fellowships in Germany, open to early career researchers w/ 1-7 years of postdoctoral experience from all over the world, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA. (Work at Unis of Konstanz, Freiburg, or Tubingen) www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
a man is holding a microphone in his hand and saying `` danke schön '' in german .
Alt: Ferris Bueller is holding a microphone in his hand and singing `` danke schön '' during a parade through Chicago.
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Early Career Rescue Fellowships in Germany, open to early career researchers w/ 1-7 years of postdoctoral experience from all over the world, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA. (Work at Unis of Konstanz, Freiburg, or Tubingen) www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...