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Anna Eichert (she/her)
@annaeichert.bsky.social
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PhD student at the American Museum of Natural History, lover of freshwater insects and conservation science, currently studying stonefly systematics! 🏳️‍🌈 Link to Fly Fishing Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89
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Our big review paper on strepsipteran systematics for Insect Systematics and Diversity is out! Hoping it's a helpful resource for anyone who needs it.
Strepsiptera systematics: past, present, and future
Abstract. The twisted-wing parasites (Strepsiptera Kirby) are among the most obscure and enigmatic orders in the Insecta. Strepsipterans are endoparasites
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July 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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jessicalwarelab.bsky.social
#Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future url: academic.oup.com/isd/article/... congratulations on this group effort led by @annaeichert.bsky.social !
Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future
Abstract. Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) are a widespread group of freshwater insects known for their ecological significance and sensitivity to environm
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July 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
annaeichert.bsky.social
New publication alert! 🎉 I am so proud of this review paper on the history of the systematics of stoneflies, and am so grateful to have collaborated with the best stonefly scientists on Earth! Check it out!! 🪰
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Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future
Abstract. Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) are a widespread group of freshwater insects known for their ecological significance and sensitivity to environm
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July 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
annaeichert.bsky.social
Some of my favorite macro shots from #Bugshot Arizona! I feel so lucky to have learned from @alexwild.bsky.social @dradriansmith.bsky.social and @abbottnature.bsky.social! Bombardier beetles ripping apart a scarab, Thermonectus nigrofasciatus, Ululodes owlfly, and Notonecta milky backswimmer
Bombardier beetles ripping apart a scarab Dytiscidae predaceous diving beetle (Thermonectus nigrofasciatus) Owlfly (Ululodes sp.) Milky backswimmer (Notonecta sp.)
July 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
annaeichert.bsky.social
Our Boise dragonfly research just got covered in the Idaho Statesman! @ethantolman.bsky.social is leading such a cool project and working to teach local high schoolers conservation genomics and entomology! ✨ Check it out! www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...
This insect is teaching Timberline High students about Boise ecosystems. Here’s how
Dragonflies are teaching researchers and students about Boise’s ecosystem and unlocking the larger mysteries of the insects’ behavior.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Attention all anglers! 🎣 We want to understand changes in aquatic insect hatches over time and need your help! 🐟 Please share widely and/or complete our survey to gather information on aquatic insect decline to advocate for their conservation! 🪰 Direct link here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89
Infographic with QR code that takes you to the angler survey to record your observations on aquatic insect hatches over time.
June 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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ethantolman.bsky.social
Excited to see @gracie-castillo.bsky.social @harrisonpardue.bsky.social @eredman3.bsky.social @isaaclevesque.bsky.social @jiaweiz.bsky.social @bengallafent.bsky.social and others present at the annual conference of @odonataamericas.bsky.social after a week of research!
June 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
annaeichert.bsky.social
Reaaaally fell in love with Idaho and its aquatic biodiversity at the 2025 Life Outdoors Biodiversity Workshop! Such an honor to help our students learn this week! 🪰💓
June 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
annaeichert.bsky.social
Attention all anglers! 🎣 We want to understand changes in aquatic insect hatches over time and need your help! 🐟 Please share widely and/or complete our survey to gather information on aquatic insect decline to advocate for their conservation! 🪰 Direct link here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89
Infographic with QR code that takes you to the angler survey to record your observations on aquatic insect hatches over time.
June 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
annaeichert.bsky.social
Saw my first brood emergence of Magicicada septendecim yesterday with the Ware Lab!! And @entobiologist.bsky.social found the first crayfish species that was described in North America, Cambarus bartonii! So cool and such a wholesome day - I love our lab!!:))
May 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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jessicalwarelab.bsky.social
#dragonflies #insects so excited to see this episode out about dragonflies and mantises! www.pbs.org/video/dragon...
Bugs That Rule the World | Dragonflies Are Masters of Flight That Start Life Underwater | Episode 3
Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware heads to Guyuna to sample dragonfly diversity.
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May 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
annaeichert.bsky.social
Such an honor to have our Arctic research featured in a PBS.org docu-series about insects with @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social, Manpreet Kohli, and Göran Sahlén! Check out Episode 3 of Bugs That Rule The World! 🦟❣️

Link to episode: www.pbs.org/video/eat-or...
Scientists figuring out how to break open the ice on a lake to collect dragonflies Looking for dragonflies and other aquatic insects in Sweden Scientists collecting aquatic insects in the Arctic
May 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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entobiologist.bsky.social
HEY. live in nyc and have roaches? unfortunate. well you can at least donate them to my friend kate montana who's a grad student at cuny-rggs because she wants to know what the deal is with their gut microbiomes. sign up and hand over your roaches!! #invertebrates docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
poster branded with the cuny graduate center and american museum of natural history logos. text reads "nyc cockroach microbiomes project. got roaches in your home, office, kitchen, or restaurant? we are studying the gut microbiomes of american cockroaches (periplaneta americana) from all five boroughs of nyc, and we need freshly collected specimens. we will come pick them up from you. any questions? contact kate montana kmontana@amnh.org" clipart of the empire state building is covered with roach emojis. there is a qr code.
May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Moved the insect and mollusk collection from Long Island University to the American Museum of Natural History yesterday with @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social @mantodeology.bsky.social @mollusksatamnh.bsky.social @rebeccalopez.bsky.social and others friends! The diversity of mollusks was awesome!!
May 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
annaeichert.bsky.social
Had so much fun surveying aquatic inverts, building a drift fence, setting out gills nets and minnow traps for fish demographics, and collecting eDNA with some dear friends this weekend in the Adirondacks! 💌
scientists collecting eDNA from water in a rowboat scientists hugging rowing around the lake
April 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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🌎Today is EarthFest at the Museum! All day, we’re celebrating planet Earth. Come join us!🌍

Visitors are enjoying family-friendly activities & opportunities to engage with Museum scientists & educators. Thank you to everyone who has joined us so far!

Details: amnh.link/3G2vaUY

Photos: D. Kim/©AMNH
Wide shot of the Museum's Hall of Ocean Life. A life-size Blue Whale model hangs from the ceiling while visitors are enjoying activities below. A Museum scientist is showing visitors a case of butterflies in the Hall of Ocean Life. Wide shot of the Museum's Gilder Center. A group of kids are looking into microscopes in the Gilder Center.
April 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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lovetheants.bsky.social
Collaborating with @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and Kanako Shimizu, we put together what's basically a top-ten list of ways to help foster trans inclusivity and awareness within our scientific and academic communities and would love if you could help share the guide!
How to Support Trans Colleagues Create a Gender-Inclusive Environment Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policies that recognize and support gender transition. Support training and advocacy for colleagues’ personal/professional safety (ex. in fieldwork, lab work, conferences, institution visits, affinity groups). Establish and/or identify gender-neutral bathrooms throughout your building. Implement trans-inclusive recruitment and hiring procedures. Acknowledge intersectionality and the unique needs and barriers that someone with multiple marginalized identities may face. Consider the importance of representation in your field. Advocate for Name Changes Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policy to recognize and support an individual’s name change. Identify journals in your field that allow authors to change their names post- publication. Improve Information Accessibility Publicly share information on inclusive practices throughout your departments and institution. (Ensure the content centers and is created by trans people.) Consider Daily Language & Use Decrease use of gendered terms to avoid exclusionary language. Ask for personal pronouns. List on all public-facing directories, and consider including them in email signatures and on professional websites. Practice discretion. Don’t out your colleagues without their consent.
January 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Please fill out and share the Trans in STEM climate survey. Results will contribute to a write-up on advocating for safer STEM environments. You can find the survey in the second link here: linktr.ee/trans_inclus.... More info below.
Transgender Inclusion | Linktree
Resources for transgender inclusion in STEM and beyond.
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February 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM