Matthew Prebus
@mprebus.bsky.social
Assistant Research Professor, ASU
Curator, Social Insect Biodiversity Repository
ant nerd | nature dork | art dweeb
Curator, Social Insect Biodiversity Repository
ant nerd | nature dork | art dweeb
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Matthew Prebus
@mprebus.bsky.social
· Apr 4
🐜🐜🐜Fans of Myrmicinae! New paper in Syst Biol in collaboration with C. Rabeling🐜🐜🐜
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
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Listen up brine shrimps - have you considered hosting tapeworm larvae?
Con: You turn bright red and is more likely to be eaten by a bird
Pro: You become more resistant to arsenic
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2016/03/conf...
Con: You turn bright red and is more likely to be eaten by a bird
Pro: You become more resistant to arsenic
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2016/03/conf...
<i>Confluaria podicipina</i>
Most of the time, being infected with parasites is costly to the host in some way. But sometimes there might be circumstance when the presen...
dailyparasite.blogspot.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Listen up brine shrimps - have you considered hosting tapeworm larvae?
Con: You turn bright red and is more likely to be eaten by a bird
Pro: You become more resistant to arsenic
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2016/03/conf...
Con: You turn bright red and is more likely to be eaten by a bird
Pro: You become more resistant to arsenic
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2016/03/conf...
🐜🐜🐜Fans of Myrmicinae! New paper in Syst Biol in collaboration with C. Rabeling🐜🐜🐜
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
April 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🐜🐜🐜Fans of Myrmicinae! New paper in Syst Biol in collaboration with C. Rabeling🐜🐜🐜
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
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Wel, no surprise that Coyne used his blog (whyevolutionistrue) to argue with the SSE/SSB/ASN letter about definitions of sex. I'm not going to engage deeply with the letter here. Like any committee-drafted text it reflects compromises; I agree with some phrasing but some could have been clearer 1/N
February 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wel, no surprise that Coyne used his blog (whyevolutionistrue) to argue with the SSE/SSB/ASN letter about definitions of sex. I'm not going to engage deeply with the letter here. Like any committee-drafted text it reflects compromises; I agree with some phrasing but some could have been clearer 1/N
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One more shot of her before I have to let her go...
February 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One more shot of her before I have to let her go...
One of my roles at Arizona State University is building the Social Insect Biodiversity Repository. My intention with this collection is to provide a taxonomic reference for the ants of southwestern U.S.A. and northwestern Mexico.
ecdysis.org/collections/...
ecdysis.org/collections/...
Ecdysis Portal Arizona State University Social Insect Biodiversity Repository
ecdysis.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One of my roles at Arizona State University is building the Social Insect Biodiversity Repository. My intention with this collection is to provide a taxonomic reference for the ants of southwestern U.S.A. and northwestern Mexico.
ecdysis.org/collections/...
ecdysis.org/collections/...
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My lab has a new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social. We found that alleculine beetle larvae consume most insect prey collected by Florida harvester ant workers, and occur in up to 63% of nests. 1/n
January 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
My lab has a new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social. We found that alleculine beetle larvae consume most insect prey collected by Florida harvester ant workers, and occur in up to 63% of nests. 1/n
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Our paper on the phylogeny of Nematoda 🪱came out on the last day of 2024 in @systbiol.bsky.social. Well at least the link is, the PDF will come later...
What started off as a collaboration invitation to design UCE probes snowballed building a phylogeny of the whole phylum using BUSCOs...
What started off as a collaboration invitation to design UCE probes snowballed building a phylogeny of the whole phylum using BUSCOs...
Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution and Origin of Nematoda
Abstract. The phylum Nematoda represents one of the most cosmopolitan and abundant metazoan groups on Earth. In this study, we reconstructed the phylogenom
doi.org
January 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our paper on the phylogeny of Nematoda 🪱came out on the last day of 2024 in @systbiol.bsky.social. Well at least the link is, the PDF will come later...
What started off as a collaboration invitation to design UCE probes snowballed building a phylogeny of the whole phylum using BUSCOs...
What started off as a collaboration invitation to design UCE probes snowballed building a phylogeny of the whole phylum using BUSCOs...
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*Be my new work supervisor!*
Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor.
*I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!*
apply.interfolio.com/159166
Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor.
*I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!*
apply.interfolio.com/159166
December 30, 2024 at 5:49 PM
*Be my new work supervisor!*
Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor.
*I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!*
apply.interfolio.com/159166
Arizona State University is hiring a new Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor.
*I'd really love for this person to be an entomologist so ento friends, please share!*
apply.interfolio.com/159166
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Emergent collective behavior evolves more rapidly than individual behavior among acorn ant species #pnas
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Emergent collective behavior evolves more rapidly than individual behavior among acorn ant species #pnas
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Since you all seemed to enjoy the last video, here is more Ostracod-y goodness for #Crustmas :)
#nverts #BugSky #PondLife #UKWildlife #Ostracod #Freshwater
#nverts #BugSky #PondLife #UKWildlife #Ostracod #Freshwater
December 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Since you all seemed to enjoy the last video, here is more Ostracod-y goodness for #Crustmas :)
#nverts #BugSky #PondLife #UKWildlife #Ostracod #Freshwater
#nverts #BugSky #PondLife #UKWildlife #Ostracod #Freshwater
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Taking Bluesky for a spin. New phd and new platform! I recently completed my masters in Montana and moved to Czech Republic to join the Insect Symbiosis Lab! Check out some of the beetles I’m working with - they’re crazy looking.
Beetle left, termite right.
bucek-lab.org/projects/Ale...
Beetle left, termite right.
bucek-lab.org/projects/Ale...
December 18, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Taking Bluesky for a spin. New phd and new platform! I recently completed my masters in Montana and moved to Czech Republic to join the Insect Symbiosis Lab! Check out some of the beetles I’m working with - they’re crazy looking.
Beetle left, termite right.
bucek-lab.org/projects/Ale...
Beetle left, termite right.
bucek-lab.org/projects/Ale...
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In Australia, some #ants are specialised #termite hunters. Their paralysing venom and extreme speed are essential to escape the sharp mandibles of soldier termites.
This was really difficult to film, their sting is very painful !
#insects #nature #science #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology
This was really difficult to film, their sting is very painful !
#insects #nature #science #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology
Termite Hunting Ants Raid Termite Nest
YouTube video by myrmecofourmis
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December 12, 2024 at 11:54 PM
In Australia, some #ants are specialised #termite hunters. Their paralysing venom and extreme speed are essential to escape the sharp mandibles of soldier termites.
This was really difficult to film, their sting is very painful !
#insects #nature #science #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology
This was really difficult to film, their sting is very painful !
#insects #nature #science #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology
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We’ve made a starter pack, to help you find people actively working with insect collections. Get in touch if you’d like to be added. 🦋
Entomological Collections Crew
go.bsky.app/C5VpWiw
Entomological Collections Crew
go.bsky.app/C5VpWiw
November 16, 2024 at 1:20 PM
We’ve made a starter pack, to help you find people actively working with insect collections. Get in touch if you’d like to be added. 🦋
Entomological Collections Crew
go.bsky.app/C5VpWiw
Entomological Collections Crew
go.bsky.app/C5VpWiw
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Still my favourite strand line discovery to date - a female Phronima sedentaria (‘monster in a barrel’) - Isles of Scilly, October 2023!
An amphipod crustacean, she parasitises salps, devouring them from the inside, forming a vessel to raise her young 👽
#MarineLife 🦑 #ukwildlife
An amphipod crustacean, she parasitises salps, devouring them from the inside, forming a vessel to raise her young 👽
#MarineLife 🦑 #ukwildlife
November 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Still my favourite strand line discovery to date - a female Phronima sedentaria (‘monster in a barrel’) - Isles of Scilly, October 2023!
An amphipod crustacean, she parasitises salps, devouring them from the inside, forming a vessel to raise her young 👽
#MarineLife 🦑 #ukwildlife
An amphipod crustacean, she parasitises salps, devouring them from the inside, forming a vessel to raise her young 👽
#MarineLife 🦑 #ukwildlife
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A thread of Katydids from the Northern Territory! LETS DO IT!! 🥳💚
First off, is my absolute FAVOURITE!
Built like a tank, Armadillagraecia mataranka is found during the wet seasons feeding on tall grass in savannas! 🌱
First off, is my absolute FAVOURITE!
Built like a tank, Armadillagraecia mataranka is found during the wet seasons feeding on tall grass in savannas! 🌱
December 1, 2024 at 11:58 PM
A thread of Katydids from the Northern Territory! LETS DO IT!! 🥳💚
First off, is my absolute FAVOURITE!
Built like a tank, Armadillagraecia mataranka is found during the wet seasons feeding on tall grass in savannas! 🌱
First off, is my absolute FAVOURITE!
Built like a tank, Armadillagraecia mataranka is found during the wet seasons feeding on tall grass in savannas! 🌱
I'm pleased to report that we now have a name for an eastern US ant species: introducing Temnothorax caryaluteus! These little creatures nest arboreally, and are apparently fairly common inhabitants of oak and hickory trees.
doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#taxonomy #ants #insects
doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#taxonomy #ants #insects
December 4, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I'm pleased to report that we now have a name for an eastern US ant species: introducing Temnothorax caryaluteus! These little creatures nest arboreally, and are apparently fairly common inhabitants of oak and hickory trees.
doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#taxonomy #ants #insects
doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#taxonomy #ants #insects
when the tide pool looks back at you
December 2, 2024 at 11:51 PM
when the tide pool looks back at you
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Exciting news to add to the feed—my second dissertation chapter was recently published in Systematic Entomology!
doi.org/10.1111/syen... 🐜
doi.org/10.1111/syen... 🐜
Ultraconserved element (UCE) phylogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history and biogeography of Dorymyrmex pyramid ants
A newly expanded UCE phylogeny of Dorymyrmex robustly confirms the major lineages and recommends a new scheme of four major species groups. The asymmetrical, amphitropical distribution of Dorymyrmex...
doi.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Exciting news to add to the feed—my second dissertation chapter was recently published in Systematic Entomology!
doi.org/10.1111/syen... 🐜
doi.org/10.1111/syen... 🐜
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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...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 6, 2024 at 6:08 AM
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...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Manica parasitica was thought to be a species of social parasite ant which lives by freeloading off its host ant species - Manica bradleyi.
Turns out those "Manica parasitica" are just Manica bradleyi ants that have been infected with tapeworms
#虫 #昆虫 🧪🐜
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Turns out those "Manica parasitica" are just Manica bradleyi ants that have been infected with tapeworms
#虫 #昆虫 🧪🐜
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
January 7, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Manica parasitica was thought to be a species of social parasite ant which lives by freeloading off its host ant species - Manica bradleyi.
Turns out those "Manica parasitica" are just Manica bradleyi ants that have been infected with tapeworms
#虫 #昆虫 🧪🐜
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Turns out those "Manica parasitica" are just Manica bradleyi ants that have been infected with tapeworms
#虫 #昆虫 🧪🐜
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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Temnothorax quercicola with featherweight forceps for scale
October 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Temnothorax quercicola with featherweight forceps for scale
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We're back in business! For our post today, an 18th-century German philosopher would like a word about ants... 🐜🐜🐜
dailyant.com/2024/11/22/p...
dailyant.com/2024/11/22/p...
Philosophy Phriday: On Antarchy
Okay, this isn’t really a proper Philosophy Phriday contribution, but: Greetings, dear readers! Have you been well? We trust that you have found a way to remain relatively myrmecologically in…
dailyant.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
We're back in business! For our post today, an 18th-century German philosopher would like a word about ants... 🐜🐜🐜
dailyant.com/2024/11/22/p...
dailyant.com/2024/11/22/p...