Francesco Martoni
@cescomartons.bsky.social
🇮🇹🇳🇿🇦🇺 |Molecular Entomologist |
Biodiversity explorer | ❤️psyllids❤️ |
Metabarcoding & Biosecurity |
Biodiversity explorer | ❤️psyllids❤️ |
Metabarcoding & Biosecurity |
As an #entomologist, I am not gonna lie, the job comes with some risks and dangers.. #chomp 🧪🪲
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As an #entomologist, I am not gonna lie, the job comes with some risks and dangers.. #chomp 🧪🪲
Probably the best highlight of my #GSB2025.
A very busy #Echidna spotted in #Victoria
@gsbioblitz.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
A very busy #Echidna spotted in #Victoria
@gsbioblitz.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Probably the best highlight of my #GSB2025.
A very busy #Echidna spotted in #Victoria
@gsbioblitz.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
A very busy #Echidna spotted in #Victoria
@gsbioblitz.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social
Reposted by Francesco Martoni
🌿 Only 4 days to go until #GSB2025!
🤖 Use iNat’s AI suggestions wisely — double-check rare finds.
🧠 Be kind in IDs — everyone’s a volunteer!
📸 Even if not “Research Grade,” every observation counts.
Join in: greatsouthernbioblitz.org 🌍
🤖 Use iNat’s AI suggestions wisely — double-check rare finds.
🧠 Be kind in IDs — everyone’s a volunteer!
📸 Even if not “Research Grade,” every observation counts.
Join in: greatsouthernbioblitz.org 🌍
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
🌿 Only 4 days to go until #GSB2025!
🤖 Use iNat’s AI suggestions wisely — double-check rare finds.
🧠 Be kind in IDs — everyone’s a volunteer!
📸 Even if not “Research Grade,” every observation counts.
Join in: greatsouthernbioblitz.org 🌍
🤖 Use iNat’s AI suggestions wisely — double-check rare finds.
🧠 Be kind in IDs — everyone’s a volunteer!
📸 Even if not “Research Grade,” every observation counts.
Join in: greatsouthernbioblitz.org 🌍
Please share with anyone interested in a PhD project! Come work with us!
✨ ✨ ✨ #PhD POSITION ✨ ✨ ✨
Insect microbiomes and their role in biocontrol: a journey from field collection to invasive weed management. @aimeeemac.bsky.social @cescomartons.bsky.social
Insect microbiomes and their role in biocontrol: a journey from field collection to invasive weed management. @aimeeemac.bsky.social @cescomartons.bsky.social
![Scholarship: $37,000 (tax free) (2025/26 rate) up to three and a half years.
Based at AgriBio, the Centre for AgriBiosciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Successful applicants must meet the La Trobe University entry requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Check your eligibility here: https://www]atrobe.edu.au/study/apply/research/doctor
For enquiries and to apply, please forward a covering letter, your curriculum vitae (please include evidence of research writing) and academic transcripts to: Kendra Whiteman Higher Education Manager Agriculture Victoria Research kendra.whiteman@agriculture.vic.gov.au
Closing date for applications: until filled
Title: Insect microbiomes and their role in biocontrol: a journey from field collection to invasive weed management
PhD Project Aims
• Explore the microbiome composition of biocontrol insect/s and host plants collected from the field in their native range
• Understand the impact of lab quarantine protocols, mass rearing, and release under conditions on insect microbiome and fecundity
• Develop methods to preserve or supplement beneficial microbes to cultured insects
The successful candidate will be supervised by A/Prof Paul Cunningham, Dr Aimee McKinnon and Dr Francesco Martoni and Dr Raelene Kwong. With potential opportunities to travel internationally and collaborate with experts at the Bioeconomy Science Institute, New Zealand, this PhD will shape the future of biocontrol programs in Australia and internationally.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5vyq6efzmwrwndy5udjm6c7w/bafkreidi7zq3zyzp7mjre7po3hxuh6of3ezorvlbox5ogpjvsnkvdpcoz4@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Please share with anyone interested in a PhD project! Come work with us!
Reposted by Francesco Martoni
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
📣 New paper! 📣
We summarise the outputs of last year's @sednasociety.bsky.social Airborne eDNA Workshop & chart a path for airborne eDNA as a transformative tool for #biodiversity, #biosecurity & #conservation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4a8vb6ja
#eDNA #airDNA #SeDNAS
We summarise the outputs of last year's @sednasociety.bsky.social Airborne eDNA Workshop & chart a path for airborne eDNA as a transformative tool for #biodiversity, #biosecurity & #conservation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4a8vb6ja
#eDNA #airDNA #SeDNAS
July 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Reposted by Francesco Martoni
A study of the psyllids on Norfolk Island reports a total of 14 species, including two new species and eight new records: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
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@cescomartons.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A study of the psyllids on Norfolk Island reports a total of 14 species, including two new species and eight new records: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@cescomartons.bsky.social
@cescomartons.bsky.social
Reposted by Francesco Martoni
Another shot from Dr. Beynon's Bug Farm in Pembrokeshire. Spittlebug nymphs #Cercopidae hide in foamy sap bubbles as they feed. What looks like spit is a clever shelter for these tiny sap-suckers. Many people walk right by these!
🪲🪳🌿 #Invert #Bugsky #macrophotography #hemiptera #entomology
🪲🪳🌿 #Invert #Bugsky #macrophotography #hemiptera #entomology
May 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Another shot from Dr. Beynon's Bug Farm in Pembrokeshire. Spittlebug nymphs #Cercopidae hide in foamy sap bubbles as they feed. What looks like spit is a clever shelter for these tiny sap-suckers. Many people walk right by these!
🪲🪳🌿 #Invert #Bugsky #macrophotography #hemiptera #entomology
🪲🪳🌿 #Invert #Bugsky #macrophotography #hemiptera #entomology
🧪NEW SPECIES🐝🐞🐛🦋🧪
An annotated checklist of the #psyllids of #Norfolk #Island with keys to #species, new records, and descriptions of two new endemic species
We described two new psyllid species, Acizzia aliceae & Pseudophacopteron ewagriini
And I have a great story🧵
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
An annotated checklist of the #psyllids of #Norfolk #Island with keys to #species, new records, and descriptions of two new endemic species
We described two new psyllid species, Acizzia aliceae & Pseudophacopteron ewagriini
And I have a great story🧵
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
May 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🧪NEW SPECIES🐝🐞🐛🦋🧪
An annotated checklist of the #psyllids of #Norfolk #Island with keys to #species, new records, and descriptions of two new endemic species
We described two new psyllid species, Acizzia aliceae & Pseudophacopteron ewagriini
And I have a great story🧵
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
An annotated checklist of the #psyllids of #Norfolk #Island with keys to #species, new records, and descriptions of two new endemic species
We described two new psyllid species, Acizzia aliceae & Pseudophacopteron ewagriini
And I have a great story🧵
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Meneristes australis (#Tenebrionidae), from Victoria, #Australia.
#WildOZ #ozinverts #entomology #insects 🧪
#WildOZ #ozinverts #entomology #insects 🧪
May 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Meneristes australis (#Tenebrionidae), from Victoria, #Australia.
#WildOZ #ozinverts #entomology #insects 🧪
#WildOZ #ozinverts #entomology #insects 🧪
Of all the #Australian #psyllids, Protyora sterculiae (Carsidaridae) is one of my favorites.
Nymphs exudate excess sugars in filaments that go in all directions, almost star-shaped. You can lick them, they're super sweet!
In the 📸: an adult, nymphs and even eggs!
#WildOZ #ozinvert 🧪
Nymphs exudate excess sugars in filaments that go in all directions, almost star-shaped. You can lick them, they're super sweet!
In the 📸: an adult, nymphs and even eggs!
#WildOZ #ozinvert 🧪
May 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Of all the #Australian #psyllids, Protyora sterculiae (Carsidaridae) is one of my favorites.
Nymphs exudate excess sugars in filaments that go in all directions, almost star-shaped. You can lick them, they're super sweet!
In the 📸: an adult, nymphs and even eggs!
#WildOZ #ozinvert 🧪
Nymphs exudate excess sugars in filaments that go in all directions, almost star-shaped. You can lick them, they're super sweet!
In the 📸: an adult, nymphs and even eggs!
#WildOZ #ozinvert 🧪
Today's #WeirdInsect award goes to the Australian Wingless Soldier #Fly (Boreoides subulatus).
I feel like we need more #Weird #Insects and cool #entomology finds, here on #BlueSky!
🧪🔬🐝🐞🐛🦋🐜
I feel like we need more #Weird #Insects and cool #entomology finds, here on #BlueSky!
🧪🔬🐝🐞🐛🦋🐜
May 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today's #WeirdInsect award goes to the Australian Wingless Soldier #Fly (Boreoides subulatus).
I feel like we need more #Weird #Insects and cool #entomology finds, here on #BlueSky!
🧪🔬🐝🐞🐛🦋🐜
I feel like we need more #Weird #Insects and cool #entomology finds, here on #BlueSky!
🧪🔬🐝🐞🐛🦋🐜
Yesterday I saw my first #Lycid-mimicking #moth, Snellenia lineata (left).. and it definitely fooled me!!
A nice Lycid #beetle on the right, for comparison.
#insects #entomology
#Biodiversity #Australia 🧪
A nice Lycid #beetle on the right, for comparison.
#insects #entomology
#Biodiversity #Australia 🧪
March 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Yesterday I saw my first #Lycid-mimicking #moth, Snellenia lineata (left).. and it definitely fooled me!!
A nice Lycid #beetle on the right, for comparison.
#insects #entomology
#Biodiversity #Australia 🧪
A nice Lycid #beetle on the right, for comparison.
#insects #entomology
#Biodiversity #Australia 🧪
Reposted by Francesco Martoni
We have a few fantastic #entomology PhD opportunities available in our team at Agriculture Victoria, in association with La Trobe University, Australia 🇦🇺 😄
Interested in doing a PhD on insects? La Trobe has some opportunities available:
March 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We have a few fantastic #entomology PhD opportunities available in our team at Agriculture Victoria, in association with La Trobe University, Australia 🇦🇺 😄
✨ #ENTOMOLOGY #PhD POSITION ✨
Optimising sampling for surveillance and diagnostics of grain #pests.
Working with us at #AgricultureVictoria, in Melbourne, Australia. On the beautiful campus of @latrobeuni.bsky.social.
Optimising sampling for surveillance and diagnostics of grain #pests.
Working with us at #AgricultureVictoria, in Melbourne, Australia. On the beautiful campus of @latrobeuni.bsky.social.
February 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
✨ #ENTOMOLOGY #PhD POSITION ✨
Optimising sampling for surveillance and diagnostics of grain #pests.
Working with us at #AgricultureVictoria, in Melbourne, Australia. On the beautiful campus of @latrobeuni.bsky.social.
Optimising sampling for surveillance and diagnostics of grain #pests.
Working with us at #AgricultureVictoria, in Melbourne, Australia. On the beautiful campus of @latrobeuni.bsky.social.
February 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
First day on here!
How do I get added to ento and science starter packs?
I offer a beautiful psyllid (Creiis longipennis) emerging from its lerp and nymph, I guess 😍
How do I get added to ento and science starter packs?
I offer a beautiful psyllid (Creiis longipennis) emerging from its lerp and nymph, I guess 😍
February 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
First day on here!
How do I get added to ento and science starter packs?
I offer a beautiful psyllid (Creiis longipennis) emerging from its lerp and nymph, I guess 😍
How do I get added to ento and science starter packs?
I offer a beautiful psyllid (Creiis longipennis) emerging from its lerp and nymph, I guess 😍