Jess Awad
@parasitoidrex.bsky.social
Entomologist specializing in parasitoid wasps and dark taxa. Leiden, Netherlands.
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Jess Awad
@parasitoidrex.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Untangling host specialization in a “double dark taxa” system
Abstract. Platygastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are parasitoids of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). They and their hosts are exceptionally
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Gall midges and their parasitoids are abundant, megadiverse, and very hard to identify! Such "double dark taxa" systems present special challenges for ecology and agriculture. 🧵🧪🐙 @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
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Our abstract for #LivingData about the use of #Symbiota portals in #LatinAmerica is out! At least 140 collections in 12 countries are actively using the portals 🥰. So far, less than 40% of collections in the region are available anywhere online. We'd love to help! 💚 biss.pensoft.net/article/1773...
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Our abstract for #LivingData about the use of #Symbiota portals in #LatinAmerica is out! At least 140 collections in 12 countries are actively using the portals 🥰. So far, less than 40% of collections in the region are available anywhere online. We'd love to help! 💚 biss.pensoft.net/article/1773...
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Interested in postgraduate study @nhm-london.bsky.social? There's a showcase coming up on 27 Nov 2pm to 5pm GMT. Find out about our programmes & meet current students. Sign up for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/nhm-postgraduate-showcase-tickets-1848134021609 I had an amazing MSc & PhD here - never left!
NHM Postgraduate Showcase
Come along to the NHM to learn more about postgraduate study at the museum!
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November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Interested in postgraduate study @nhm-london.bsky.social? There's a showcase coming up on 27 Nov 2pm to 5pm GMT. Find out about our programmes & meet current students. Sign up for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/nhm-postgraduate-showcase-tickets-1848134021609 I had an amazing MSc & PhD here - never left!
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Entomologists love insects. Do they also love llamas?
Yes, yes they do.
You never know what you might see at the ESA Annual Meeting. #EntSoc25
Yes, yes they do.
You never know what you might see at the ESA Annual Meeting. #EntSoc25
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Entomologists love insects. Do they also love llamas?
Yes, yes they do.
You never know what you might see at the ESA Annual Meeting. #EntSoc25
Yes, yes they do.
You never know what you might see at the ESA Annual Meeting. #EntSoc25
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
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Only section at #entsoc25 with a llama. #FitAtEntsoc25.
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Only section at #entsoc25 with a llama. #FitAtEntsoc25.
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Come say hi, grab a sticker, and learn about how you can help increase student membership in entomological societies! #entoPOC #EntSoc25
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Come say hi, grab a sticker, and learn about how you can help increase student membership in entomological societies! #entoPOC #EntSoc25
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
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Jess Awad from Naturalis (massive Dutch biodiversity institute, formerly known as RMNH)— massive collection in a gorgeous new building (2019)
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Jess Awad from Naturalis (massive Dutch biodiversity institute, formerly known as RMNH)— massive collection in a gorgeous new building (2019)
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It’s real!!
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It’s real!!
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Hey come see my talk at #Entsoc25!
Need/want to start a teaching collection? @cmtribull.bsky.social will share how she approached building one from scratch!
🗓️ Sun, Nov 9
🕜 2:52–3:10PM PT
📍 OCC C125–126
🧰 The General Entomology Toolbox: Activities and Practices for Improving a Foundational Course Symposium
#EntSoc25 #FITatEntSoc25
🗓️ Sun, Nov 9
🕜 2:52–3:10PM PT
📍 OCC C125–126
🧰 The General Entomology Toolbox: Activities and Practices for Improving a Foundational Course Symposium
#EntSoc25 #FITatEntSoc25
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Hey come see my talk at #Entsoc25!
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🧡 @americanbeetles.bsky.social has really delivered again, with stickers for our meeting.
Behold… the most adorable Rain beetle you have ever seen! 😍
#ECN2025
Behold… the most adorable Rain beetle you have ever seen! 😍
#ECN2025
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🧡 @americanbeetles.bsky.social has really delivered again, with stickers for our meeting.
Behold… the most adorable Rain beetle you have ever seen! 😍
#ECN2025
Behold… the most adorable Rain beetle you have ever seen! 😍
#ECN2025
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Chris Marshall on the history and metamorphosis of OSAC, including a beautiful combination of Delta cabinets and compactors (and homegrown dahlias)
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Chris Marshall on the history and metamorphosis of OSAC, including a beautiful combination of Delta cabinets and compactors (and homegrown dahlias)
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This was very impressive! 📸
And our final talk in the AI symposium, Chris Johnson of AMNH talks about her experience in automated imaging and data capture with the GIGAMACRO
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This was very impressive! 📸
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Our first AI talk comes from Nick Dowdy, discussing the performance of his workflow for capturing label data from audio transcripts!
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our first AI talk comes from Nick Dowdy, discussing the performance of his workflow for capturing label data from audio transcripts!
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Jack Whisenant on pattern recognition approaches for capturing handwritten data from labels and logbooks
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Jack Whisenant on pattern recognition approaches for capturing handwritten data from labels and logbooks
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For the #fossilfriday here is one of my favorite #fossil species I ever described - a 38 MYA mantid fly from Baltic amber. Enjoy my CT reconstruction of the specimen! fr.pensoft.net/article/8013... 🦖⚒️
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For the #fossilfriday here is one of my favorite #fossil species I ever described - a 38 MYA mantid fly from Baltic amber. Enjoy my CT reconstruction of the specimen! fr.pensoft.net/article/8013... 🦖⚒️
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Volume 41 – Ciarán Byrne reports on Microterys seyon, a parasitoid wasp new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, and comments on the genus . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Volume 41 – Ciarán Byrne reports on Microterys seyon, a parasitoid wasp new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, and comments on the genus . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
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Steeloogvlieg (Diopsidae) uit Gambia: bizarre beesten met hun ogen en antennen op steeltjes. Gedetermineerd tot Diasemopsis fasciata door de geweldige Hans Feijen, een groot steeloogvliegkenner en ontzettend vriendelijk mens die, zo begrijp ik net, vorige maand is overleden. #ElkeDagEenInsect
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Steeloogvlieg (Diopsidae) uit Gambia: bizarre beesten met hun ogen en antennen op steeltjes. Gedetermineerd tot Diasemopsis fasciata door de geweldige Hans Feijen, een groot steeloogvliegkenner en ontzettend vriendelijk mens die, zo begrijp ik net, vorige maand is overleden. #ElkeDagEenInsect
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Come visit us in the Exhibit Hall at #EntSoc25! Help support our goal of increasing student membership in entomological societies!
give.calacademy.org/give/308265/...
give.calacademy.org/give/308265/...
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Come visit us in the Exhibit Hall at #EntSoc25! Help support our goal of increasing student membership in entomological societies!
give.calacademy.org/give/308265/...
give.calacademy.org/give/308265/...
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Here is some of the insect flash on offer from @ladylucktattoopdx in Portland, OR by @summerhatfieldart! If you’re going to ESA 2025 book an appointment now to get some ink! See more at tinyurl.com/bugluck
@entsocamerica.bsky.social #insect #insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #esa #portland #teamdiptera
@entsocamerica.bsky.social #insect #insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #esa #portland #teamdiptera
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Here is some of the insect flash on offer from @ladylucktattoopdx in Portland, OR by @summerhatfieldart! If you’re going to ESA 2025 book an appointment now to get some ink! See more at tinyurl.com/bugluck
@entsocamerica.bsky.social #insect #insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #esa #portland #teamdiptera
@entsocamerica.bsky.social #insect #insecttattoo #entsoc2025 #esa #portland #teamdiptera
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Stay hydrated, eat snacks, fan girl your science heroes, say yes to hanging out, introduce yourself to strangers, go to cool talks as well as ones in your field, and have fun!!!!
Let's help out our first-timers who will join us in a few days at Entomology 2025! If you've attended a past ESA Annual Meeting, what's your advice for navigating the program, making connections, learning, etc.? 💡🧠 #EntSoc25 Reply or quote to share your thoughts!
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Stay hydrated, eat snacks, fan girl your science heroes, say yes to hanging out, introduce yourself to strangers, go to cool talks as well as ones in your field, and have fun!!!!
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I will have an opening for a Ph.D. student (M.S. required) to begin Summer 2026, studying impacts to high Appalachian arthropod communities following Hurricane Helene.
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
The Caterino Arthropod Biodiversity Lab - OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES
Ph.D. research assistantship
Start date: Summer (preferred) or Fall, 2026
Compensation:
· $35,000 per year (plus 2% annual cost of living increase) for up to 5 years
· Ful...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I will have an opening for a Ph.D. student (M.S. required) to begin Summer 2026, studying impacts to high Appalachian arthropod communities following Hurricane Helene.
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
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November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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New @nhm-london.bsky.social 5-day course on integrative biodiversity discovery! Learn how to collect specimens, obtain genomic data, and interpret biodiversity using cutting edge phylogenomic analysis. It's free, and aimed at early career researchers: www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
Integrative biodiversity discovery | Natural History Museum
An introduction to field collection, laboratory analysis and phylogenomics.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New @nhm-london.bsky.social 5-day course on integrative biodiversity discovery! Learn how to collect specimens, obtain genomic data, and interpret biodiversity using cutting edge phylogenomic analysis. It's free, and aimed at early career researchers: www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...