I had so many interviews but only ended up with one offer for this second postdoc I'm on now. I felt the same way. And now I'm in that same boat w faculty positions - lots of interviews but no offers. Hard not to internalize but it's the system that is broken and should be embarrassed, not us!

What a cool resource, very ingenious! I tell people you have to be relentless, shameless, and creative in your networking/marketing these days with the job market as it is. Just wanted to give you a kudos for making this resource, hang in there! Its a hard time but you're doing everything right 🥰

BONUS: mating video with added commentary about how good the female must smell bc I forgot videos included my audio and I was babbling to myself

I mean.. the livelihood of people in my community that operate vineyards seem worth the 2 seconds of effort? I'm familiar with the literature, 9 miles isnt that far compared to hitching a ride to a new state on a train or car.

I figure slowing the spread (even incrementally) can give scientists more time to come up with solutions like pheromone traps

I think it makes more difference near populated areas because they spread via hitchhiking on vehicles and trains! Thus I think smashing them in parking lots or at the amtrak station helps slow them from spreading a bit, but I don't think anything can stop the eventual total infestation

Yeah I guess my projects have always been small scale but we always just chuck the extras in ethanol and keep em on a shelf. Who knows when we will need that data for population / distribution type work?? To check your ID work? Kinda bonkers to me!

Omg WHAT. Thank you for publishing this so myself and the broader community can learn about what is happeneing in our own field, this is outrageous!

Wow I had no idea this was even a practice... why in the hell wouldn't you keep pinned specimen?? I get they take up space but they're pretty easy to keep other than that!