George Binns
@amatageorgeii.bsky.social
PhDone on Aposematic Tiger Moths
Entomologist in Bee Probiotic Research at MQU
On unceded Wallumattagal Land, Sydney
Arty and Crafty!
(She/Her)
Entomologist in Bee Probiotic Research at MQU
On unceded Wallumattagal Land, Sydney
Arty and Crafty!
(She/Her)
Pinned
George Binns
@amatageorgeii.bsky.social
· Apr 23
New paper alert! 🎉
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
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Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
I'm watching Twilight for the first time.
Does Bella steal a cactus from the wild to take with her to her Dad's house?! That is pretty irresponsible.
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Does Bella steal a cactus from the wild to take with her to her Dad's house?! That is pretty irresponsible.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm watching Twilight for the first time.
Does Bella steal a cactus from the wild to take with her to her Dad's house?! That is pretty irresponsible.
🌵
Does Bella steal a cactus from the wild to take with her to her Dad's house?! That is pretty irresponsible.
🌵
I just found a small ichneumon wasp in my room and I'm like "hey little one, I'll help you out" and I gently cupped my hands around it to shift it 15cms to fly out the door, and she bloody stung me on the finger - a tiny zap, but excuse me, you are not the friendly little wasp I thought you were. 🦑
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I just found a small ichneumon wasp in my room and I'm like "hey little one, I'll help you out" and I gently cupped my hands around it to shift it 15cms to fly out the door, and she bloody stung me on the finger - a tiny zap, but excuse me, you are not the friendly little wasp I thought you were. 🦑
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A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ripped through its prey's flesh
Dinosaur found with a crocodile in its jaws named as new species
A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ripped through its prey's flesh
www.newscientist.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ripped through its prey's flesh
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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xkcd absolutely nailing what it's like to be an entomologist. xkcd.com/3140 Except for "horrifying", read "fascinating". Entomologists are hard to horrify. About bugs, anyway.
Biology Department
xkcd.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
xkcd absolutely nailing what it's like to be an entomologist. xkcd.com/3140 Except for "horrifying", read "fascinating". Entomologists are hard to horrify. About bugs, anyway.
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✨ It’s published! ✨
🕷️ Social spiders have bigger brains… but only in the right places! Our new study shows that in social huntsman spiders, regions for memory & vision processing are proportionally larger, supporting group living.
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🕷️ Social spiders have bigger brains… but only in the right places! Our new study shows that in social huntsman spiders, regions for memory & vision processing are proportionally larger, supporting group living.
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Volumetric Comparison of Overall Brain and Neuropil Size Between Social and Non‐social Spiders: Exploring the Social Brain Hypothesis
Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Soc...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
✨ It’s published! ✨
🕷️ Social spiders have bigger brains… but only in the right places! Our new study shows that in social huntsman spiders, regions for memory & vision processing are proportionally larger, supporting group living.
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🕷️ Social spiders have bigger brains… but only in the right places! Our new study shows that in social huntsman spiders, regions for memory & vision processing are proportionally larger, supporting group living.
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Trying to use #StrainSeeker and the website seems down - anyone have any news about this? 🧪
#Microbiology #bacteria #academicsky
#Microbiology #bacteria #academicsky
September 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Trying to use #StrainSeeker and the website seems down - anyone have any news about this? 🧪
#Microbiology #bacteria #academicsky
#Microbiology #bacteria #academicsky
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🎖️ Are you, or do you know, an exceptional entomologist? A student looking for support to attend the 5th Combined Australian & New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference? Then check out the awards & grants offered by the Australian Entomological Society buff.ly/eGXRjaC
Nominations closing soon!
Nominations closing soon!
AES | Call for Director Nominations
The Board of The Australian Entomological Society (AES) is calling for nominations from eligible Members of AES for the vacant positions of Member Elected Director.
buff.ly
June 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🎖️ Are you, or do you know, an exceptional entomologist? A student looking for support to attend the 5th Combined Australian & New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference? Then check out the awards & grants offered by the Australian Entomological Society buff.ly/eGXRjaC
Nominations closing soon!
Nominations closing soon!
I'm reviewing my fifth manuscript for the year, and I've decided that scientists overuse conjunctive verbs, and it annoys me SO much.
Additionally, stop it.
#AcademicSky
Additionally, stop it.
#AcademicSky
June 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I'm reviewing my fifth manuscript for the year, and I've decided that scientists overuse conjunctive verbs, and it annoys me SO much.
Additionally, stop it.
#AcademicSky
Additionally, stop it.
#AcademicSky
I feel like I should win an award for how many times I've attached the wrong file when I'm replying all.
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June 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I feel like I should win an award for how many times I've attached the wrong file when I'm replying all.
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You too should have to think of Big Dick Bigfoot whenever someone mentions ChatGPT
What the fuck kind of stupid arguement is this?
A typical Farm also uses up more power than a 20ft neon sign of Bigfoot with an erection; the difference is that one is necessary for food supply, and the other is a big stupid fucking waste of power and resources JUST LIKE CHAT GPT!
A typical Farm also uses up more power than a 20ft neon sign of Bigfoot with an erection; the difference is that one is necessary for food supply, and the other is a big stupid fucking waste of power and resources JUST LIKE CHAT GPT!
June 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
You too should have to think of Big Dick Bigfoot whenever someone mentions ChatGPT
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Shame on you, @albomp.bsky.social & Senator Watt, shame.
"If the old power plant damaged the art then contemporary industrial emissions will be damaging the rock art at least five times faster."
theconversation.com/how-the-nort...
"If the old power plant damaged the art then contemporary industrial emissions will be damaging the rock art at least five times faster."
theconversation.com/how-the-nort...
How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art
Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.
theconversation.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Shame on you, @albomp.bsky.social & Senator Watt, shame.
"If the old power plant damaged the art then contemporary industrial emissions will be damaging the rock art at least five times faster."
theconversation.com/how-the-nort...
"If the old power plant damaged the art then contemporary industrial emissions will be damaging the rock art at least five times faster."
theconversation.com/how-the-nort...
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NSW floods: death toll rises to four after man’s body found in car as intense rain moves south
NSW floods: death toll rises to four after man’s body found in car as intense rain moves south
Severe weather warning for areas further south as 48,000 stranded and water levels at their highest for 100 years
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The death toll in the New South Wales flood disaster has risen to four after a man’s body was found in a car in flood waters near Coffs Harbour on Friday morning.
Police said a passing driver saw a vehicle that had run off the Orara Way at Nana Glen about 30km from Coffs Harbour. Officers found the body of a man, believed to be in his 70s, inside. Police said he appeared to be the only occupant of the vehicle.
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May 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
NSW floods: death toll rises to four after man’s body found in car as intense rain moves south
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Trans men’s insight on this is so fucking valuable in understanding the nuances of what’s going on with men. We need to be amplifying them, and hopefully cis men can realize what is actually the source of their loneliness.
This and
May 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trans men’s insight on this is so fucking valuable in understanding the nuances of what’s going on with men. We need to be amplifying them, and hopefully cis men can realize what is actually the source of their loneliness.
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Good morning, Bluesky.
May 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Good morning, Bluesky.
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New #RSOS paper investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp #moth. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @hannahmrowland.bsky.social @amatageorgeii.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
New #RSOS paper investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp #moth. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @hannahmrowland.bsky.social @amatageorgeii.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social
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#LiteratureNotice Zhang et al. A #NewSpecies of the genus Anoplophora Hope, 1839 ( #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae, #Lamiinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #LonghornBeetles
April 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
#LiteratureNotice Zhang et al. A #NewSpecies of the genus Anoplophora Hope, 1839 ( #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae, #Lamiinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #LonghornBeetles
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Complex signals, complex defences: there’s more to defences than meets the eye. New from @amatageorgeii.bsky.social &
@liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social @mpic.de
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#aposematism #chemecol
@liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social @mpic.de
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#aposematism #chemecol
April 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Complex signals, complex defences: there’s more to defences than meets the eye. New from @amatageorgeii.bsky.social &
@liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social @mpic.de
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#aposematism #chemecol
@liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social @mpic.de
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#aposematism #chemecol
New paper alert! 🎉
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
New paper alert! 🎉
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
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A sign of how far right the Republican party has moved. The first Earth Day in 1970 was supported by then president Richard Nixon (a Republican) who also signed the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other key pieces of environmental legislation.
White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some enviro nonprofits of tax-exempt status for Earth Day, by @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁 Gift Link: Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 Gift Link: Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups
White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some environmental nonprofits of their tax-exempt status, setting up a possible Earth Day strike against organizations seen as sta...
www.bloomberg.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A sign of how far right the Republican party has moved. The first Earth Day in 1970 was supported by then president Richard Nixon (a Republican) who also signed the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other key pieces of environmental legislation.
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Crowded room.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
April 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Crowded room.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Scenes from John Heritage's The Mysterious World of Dinosaurs. Art by W Francis Phillipps and others. I find it baffling that people were still illustrating animals like this in 1980, but they were.
April 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Scenes from John Heritage's The Mysterious World of Dinosaurs. Art by W Francis Phillipps and others. I find it baffling that people were still illustrating animals like this in 1980, but they were.
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Paper alert! I'm happy to share that my first research paper has been published! 🐝🌸
Road verges can support #pollinators but their potential for preserving representatively diverse and even communities is limited, due in part to high densities of non-native plants.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Road verges can support #pollinators but their potential for preserving representatively diverse and even communities is limited, due in part to high densities of non-native plants.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
February 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Paper alert! I'm happy to share that my first research paper has been published! 🐝🌸
Road verges can support #pollinators but their potential for preserving representatively diverse and even communities is limited, due in part to high densities of non-native plants.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Road verges can support #pollinators but their potential for preserving representatively diverse and even communities is limited, due in part to high densities of non-native plants.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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Psst, mainstream media reporting on the upcoming federal election
👉 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/20...
The environment IS a key election issue. Australians care A LOT about the environment.
👉 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/20...
The environment IS a key election issue. Australians care A LOT about the environment.
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Psst, mainstream media reporting on the upcoming federal election
👉 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/20...
The environment IS a key election issue. Australians care A LOT about the environment.
👉 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/20...
The environment IS a key election issue. Australians care A LOT about the environment.