Hannah H. Chu
@hannahhchu.bsky.social
Lecturer @ John Jay College | Entomology PhD (Murillo Lab @ UCR) | ecology/entomology • art • community
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Still feeling down that I have to miss #EntSoc25 due to repeated flight cancellations...sharing my poster on maggot art and outreach here since I won't be there to present today!
#FITatEntSoc25 #entomology #sciart @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
#FITatEntSoc25 #entomology #sciart @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
Still feeling down that I have to miss #EntSoc25 due to repeated flight cancellations...sharing my poster on maggot art and outreach here since I won't be there to present today!
#FITatEntSoc25 #entomology #sciart @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
#FITatEntSoc25 #entomology #sciart @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Still feeling down that I have to miss #EntSoc25 due to repeated flight cancellations...sharing my poster on maggot art and outreach here since I won't be there to present today!
#FITatEntSoc25 #entomology #sciart @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
#FITatEntSoc25 #entomology #sciart @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social
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Calling all Eastern Branch entomologists 📢 Do you have a great teaching idea or a cool research method story? 🎤
We’re recruiting speakers for TWO ✌️ FIT symposia at the Eastern Branch meeting!
Interested?
Contact organizers by Oct 21 to join the lineup. (1/3)
#ESA #Entomology #Teaching #FIT
We’re recruiting speakers for TWO ✌️ FIT symposia at the Eastern Branch meeting!
Interested?
Contact organizers by Oct 21 to join the lineup. (1/3)
#ESA #Entomology #Teaching #FIT
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Calling all Eastern Branch entomologists 📢 Do you have a great teaching idea or a cool research method story? 🎤
We’re recruiting speakers for TWO ✌️ FIT symposia at the Eastern Branch meeting!
Interested?
Contact organizers by Oct 21 to join the lineup. (1/3)
#ESA #Entomology #Teaching #FIT
We’re recruiting speakers for TWO ✌️ FIT symposia at the Eastern Branch meeting!
Interested?
Contact organizers by Oct 21 to join the lineup. (1/3)
#ESA #Entomology #Teaching #FIT
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Breaking!
In a new paper published in @plos.org, former @ipbes.net Executive Secretary @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and #TransformativeChange Assessment co-chairs explore how stopping biodiversity loss is contingent on transformative change.🌍🏡
🧪 https://plos.io/4oZQEUI @lucasgaribaldi.bsky.social
In a new paper published in @plos.org, former @ipbes.net Executive Secretary @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and #TransformativeChange Assessment co-chairs explore how stopping biodiversity loss is contingent on transformative change.🌍🏡
🧪 https://plos.io/4oZQEUI @lucasgaribaldi.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Breaking!
In a new paper published in @plos.org, former @ipbes.net Executive Secretary @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and #TransformativeChange Assessment co-chairs explore how stopping biodiversity loss is contingent on transformative change.🌍🏡
🧪 https://plos.io/4oZQEUI @lucasgaribaldi.bsky.social
In a new paper published in @plos.org, former @ipbes.net Executive Secretary @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and #TransformativeChange Assessment co-chairs explore how stopping biodiversity loss is contingent on transformative change.🌍🏡
🧪 https://plos.io/4oZQEUI @lucasgaribaldi.bsky.social
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With the deadline just hours away, NPCA is urging the National Park Service to close parks if the federal government shuts down. A shutdown would leave parks understaffed and vulnerable, putting our most cherished places and millions of visitors at risk. www.npca.org/articles/109...
Parks Group Calls for National Parks to Close if Government Shuts Down, Warns Additional Mass Terminations Will Devastate Parks
“NPCA will not stand by and watch history repeat itself... We know what happened last time park staff were forced to leave parks open and unprotected, and the impacts were disastrous... If the federal...
www.npca.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
With the deadline just hours away, NPCA is urging the National Park Service to close parks if the federal government shuts down. A shutdown would leave parks understaffed and vulnerable, putting our most cherished places and millions of visitors at risk. www.npca.org/articles/109...
So honored to have the opportunity to share some of my blow fly research in Joshua Tree with @protectparks.bsky.social! Read more about blow flies in National Parks here:
www.npca.org/articles/103... 🪰🌵
#forensicentomology #ecology #entomology
www.npca.org/articles/103... 🪰🌵
#forensicentomology #ecology #entomology
Insect Informants
Studies in Joshua Tree, Yellowstone and Great Smoky Mountains suggest that flies could help solve murders and identify new species.
www.npca.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
So honored to have the opportunity to share some of my blow fly research in Joshua Tree with @protectparks.bsky.social! Read more about blow flies in National Parks here:
www.npca.org/articles/103... 🪰🌵
#forensicentomology #ecology #entomology
www.npca.org/articles/103... 🪰🌵
#forensicentomology #ecology #entomology
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woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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EXCITING NEWS - BEEFLIES are getting LOVE
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meet the twerking pollinator with a bum-bag: the dark-edged bee-fly
Bombylius major, the thieving, deceiving, fluffy flying narwhal-like insect, that is a harbinger of spring
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
EXCITING NEWS - BEEFLIES are getting LOVE
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Posted today: AMNH Invertebrate zoology is hiring a new collectuons manager (curatorial associate).
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...
careers.amnh.org
September 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Posted today: AMNH Invertebrate zoology is hiring a new collectuons manager (curatorial associate).
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Using near-infrared images of mummies’ tattoos, researchers could analyze the skills and techniques of artists who lived thousands of years ago.
An Archaeologist And A Tattoo Artist Decipher Ancient Ink
Archaeologists are taking another look at tattoos on preserved corpses and verifying ancient techniques with modern tattoo artists.
buff.ly
August 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Using near-infrared images of mummies’ tattoos, researchers could analyze the skills and techniques of artists who lived thousands of years ago.
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In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists released this week, 83% said federal government policies since January 20, 2025, had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
Entomologists, Fellow Scientists Report Negative Impacts of Government Actions
In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists, 83% said government policies in 2025 had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
entomologytoday.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists released this week, 83% said federal government policies since January 20, 2025, had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
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It's the last day of Entomology Advocacy Week!
Today entomologists are telling Congress why we must prepare now for New World screwworm. Help us share the importance of interventions to protect people, livestock & wildlife. Send your message: entsoc.quorum.us/campaign/New... #EntVocate
Today entomologists are telling Congress why we must prepare now for New World screwworm. Help us share the importance of interventions to protect people, livestock & wildlife. Send your message: entsoc.quorum.us/campaign/New... #EntVocate
August 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's the last day of Entomology Advocacy Week!
Today entomologists are telling Congress why we must prepare now for New World screwworm. Help us share the importance of interventions to protect people, livestock & wildlife. Send your message: entsoc.quorum.us/campaign/New... #EntVocate
Today entomologists are telling Congress why we must prepare now for New World screwworm. Help us share the importance of interventions to protect people, livestock & wildlife. Send your message: entsoc.quorum.us/campaign/New... #EntVocate
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Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!
June 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!
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The L.A. protest began peacefully and it wasn't until the troops violently showed up that chaos ensued.
June 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The L.A. protest began peacefully and it wasn't until the troops violently showed up that chaos ensued.
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As ICE increases raids and arrests in our neighborhoods, let’s defend our families and neighbors. Everyone has rights, including the right to remain silent, regardless of immigration status.
Contact your local rapid response network if you see federal agents arrest or detain anyone in the community
Contact your local rapid response network if you see federal agents arrest or detain anyone in the community
June 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
As ICE increases raids and arrests in our neighborhoods, let’s defend our families and neighbors. Everyone has rights, including the right to remain silent, regardless of immigration status.
Contact your local rapid response network if you see federal agents arrest or detain anyone in the community
Contact your local rapid response network if you see federal agents arrest or detain anyone in the community
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Mientras ICE incrementa sus redadas y arrestos en nuestras vecindades, tenemos que defender a nuestras familias y vecinos. Todos tienen derechos, incluyendo el derecho a permanecer en silencio, sin importar estátus migratorio.
June 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Mientras ICE incrementa sus redadas y arrestos en nuestras vecindades, tenemos que defender a nuestras familias y vecinos. Todos tienen derechos, incluyendo el derecho a permanecer en silencio, sin importar estátus migratorio.
Officially a doctor of bugs! 🪰
June 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Officially a doctor of bugs! 🪰
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🧪 attn: researchers - consider participating in the McClintock Letters Initiative and write letters to your hometown newspaper editors about how the loss of science funding impacts you & your community. Webinar on Friday!
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
The McClintock Letters – Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club
blogs.cornell.edu
June 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🧪 attn: researchers - consider participating in the McClintock Letters Initiative and write letters to your hometown newspaper editors about how the loss of science funding impacts you & your community. Webinar on Friday!
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
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🐝 Nature belongs in NYC’s future. A new report from the NYC Biodiversity Task Force urges bold action to protect the city’s forests, wetlands, and wild species and the vital connection New Yorkers have to them. ➤ Read: bit.ly/NYCbiodivers... #NYCBiodiversity #WorldEnvironmentDay
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June 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🐝 Nature belongs in NYC’s future. A new report from the NYC Biodiversity Task Force urges bold action to protect the city’s forests, wetlands, and wild species and the vital connection New Yorkers have to them. ➤ Read: bit.ly/NYCbiodivers... #NYCBiodiversity #WorldEnvironmentDay
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FIT needs YOU!
Know someone who teaches, does outreach, works in museums, or creates insect-inspired art? Invite them to join ESA and make FIT their home! 🪲🎨
Check out these template emails you can send!: bit.ly/43mtNtR
Let’s grow our community!
#EntSocFIT #SciComm #InsectEducation #FITinEntsoc
Know someone who teaches, does outreach, works in museums, or creates insect-inspired art? Invite them to join ESA and make FIT their home! 🪲🎨
Check out these template emails you can send!: bit.ly/43mtNtR
Let’s grow our community!
#EntSocFIT #SciComm #InsectEducation #FITinEntsoc
FIT Recruitment Emails
FIT Recruitment Template Emails The FIT leadership team is providing these template emails to help our current members reach out to potential new members of the Society! We hope this encourages you t...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
FIT needs YOU!
Know someone who teaches, does outreach, works in museums, or creates insect-inspired art? Invite them to join ESA and make FIT their home! 🪲🎨
Check out these template emails you can send!: bit.ly/43mtNtR
Let’s grow our community!
#EntSocFIT #SciComm #InsectEducation #FITinEntsoc
Know someone who teaches, does outreach, works in museums, or creates insect-inspired art? Invite them to join ESA and make FIT their home! 🪲🎨
Check out these template emails you can send!: bit.ly/43mtNtR
Let’s grow our community!
#EntSocFIT #SciComm #InsectEducation #FITinEntsoc
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Deadline EXTENDED!
Mentors and scholars can apply for #CLGSMI until FRIDAY, JUNE 6th!
➡️ cientificolatino.com/gsmi
Don't miss out! The GSMI program supports applicants through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, professional development, and community building. 🩷
Mentors and scholars can apply for #CLGSMI until FRIDAY, JUNE 6th!
➡️ cientificolatino.com/gsmi
Don't miss out! The GSMI program supports applicants through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, professional development, and community building. 🩷
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Deadline EXTENDED!
Mentors and scholars can apply for #CLGSMI until FRIDAY, JUNE 6th!
➡️ cientificolatino.com/gsmi
Don't miss out! The GSMI program supports applicants through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, professional development, and community building. 🩷
Mentors and scholars can apply for #CLGSMI until FRIDAY, JUNE 6th!
➡️ cientificolatino.com/gsmi
Don't miss out! The GSMI program supports applicants through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, professional development, and community building. 🩷
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I'm proud of our li'l Schoolhouse Rock for Insect Taxonomists cartoon, but if you're not in Bug World here are some annotations for you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI... cc @danlwarren.bsky.social
The Pest Is Still To Come
YouTube video by Dan Warren
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June 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm proud of our li'l Schoolhouse Rock for Insect Taxonomists cartoon, but if you're not in Bug World here are some annotations for you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI... cc @danlwarren.bsky.social
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Are you a student FIT member? 🪲
Have you taught, mentored, or done outreach this year?
We want to see your work at #EntSoc2025!
Submit a poster or talk by May 30 here: bit.ly/4kBK5op
#EntSocFIT #EntoEdu #ESA
Have you taught, mentored, or done outreach this year?
We want to see your work at #EntSoc2025!
Submit a poster or talk by May 30 here: bit.ly/4kBK5op
#EntSocFIT #EntoEdu #ESA
Submitter Login Page - Call for Papers & Posters - Entomology 2025 - Papers & Posters
www.abstractscorecard.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Are you a student FIT member? 🪲
Have you taught, mentored, or done outreach this year?
We want to see your work at #EntSoc2025!
Submit a poster or talk by May 30 here: bit.ly/4kBK5op
#EntSocFIT #EntoEdu #ESA
Have you taught, mentored, or done outreach this year?
We want to see your work at #EntSoc2025!
Submit a poster or talk by May 30 here: bit.ly/4kBK5op
#EntSocFIT #EntoEdu #ESA
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