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Kristin Robinson
@bug-biologist.bsky.social
Biology PhD Candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi 🐝🐜🌻

Behavioral Ecology • Physiology • Social Insects
Hot off the press natural history note!
"Novel Description of Stingless Bee (Tetragonisca angustula) Mobbing Defense Against Newly Observed Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) Predation"
Read it here for free: rdcu.be/eC8es
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Reposted by Kristin Robinson
New short communication! 📄

Robinson et al. (@bug-biologist.bsky.social) found that this beetle reduce movement in response to disturbance stridulation, suggesting it functions as a social warning signal 🔊

🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Communication #SocialBehavior
March 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by Kristin Robinson
If you're perennially on here trying to figure out what's happening with the federal grant funding situation, this might not have much new in it, but here I'm trying to contextualize what we need do to immediately, and as this drags on.

scienceforeveryone.science/p/what-shoul... 🧪
What should we do about science funding and the other very bad government stuff?
If you’re paying attention to the news in the United States about the situation with funding for NSF, NIH, and other orgs, then I would imagine that like me, you’re furious, worried, feeling in the da...
scienceforeveryone.science
January 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Reposted by Kristin Robinson
We’re excited to open the first round of microgrants for the year! More info on requirements at
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January 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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You followed the office held, not the person. I unfollowed all of those before the inauguration and had no surprises like a lot of people are having.
January 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Never was super active on the app formerly known as Twitter, but I've finally jumped ship after tonight. No reason to even remotely support that fascist behavior. Maybe now I'll be more active on social media purely out of spite 🤭
January 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM