Emma Van Reempts
@emmavanreempts.bsky.social
Interested in the genetic mechanisms behind host-endosymbiont interactions in arthropods 🧬🦠🦂 PhD-FWO fellow @WybouwLab @GhentUniversity 🇧🇪
An amazing example of background matching by the European garden spider I saw in London last week!
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
An amazing example of background matching by the European garden spider I saw in London last week!
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November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Imagine being the first scientist to notice that some of the ants being studied had two butts & that one of them was a beetle that had latched on for a free ride.
See the mandibles of the beetle (yellow arrow)? Latched on to the ant's 'waist', blending seamlessly.
Ants with detachable butts.
See the mandibles of the beetle (yellow arrow)? Latched on to the ant's 'waist', blending seamlessly.
Ants with detachable butts.
September 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Imagine being the first scientist to notice that some of the ants being studied had two butts & that one of them was a beetle that had latched on for a free ride.
See the mandibles of the beetle (yellow arrow)? Latched on to the ant's 'waist', blending seamlessly.
Ants with detachable butts.
See the mandibles of the beetle (yellow arrow)? Latched on to the ant's 'waist', blending seamlessly.
Ants with detachable butts.
Truly had the most amazing time exploring the diversity of gall wasps (Cynipidae) today! Found 11 species on one oak 🤔 I unfortunately also spotted some larvae of the invasive Rhagoletis completa (walnut husk fly) in our walnut tree. These guys have some very cool Wolbachia though!
September 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Truly had the most amazing time exploring the diversity of gall wasps (Cynipidae) today! Found 11 species on one oak 🤔 I unfortunately also spotted some larvae of the invasive Rhagoletis completa (walnut husk fly) in our walnut tree. These guys have some very cool Wolbachia though!
Big congrats to one of the most inspiring people I've ever met, eDNA for the win!
Voortaan dr. Charlotte Van Driessche verdedigde vrijdag met succes haar doctoraat ‘Implementation of eDNA metabarcoding as an innovative tool for biomonitoring fish communities in lotic waters’, met @universiteitgent.bsky.social en @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social.
Beluister 📻 bit.ly/PhDCharlotte
Beluister 📻 bit.ly/PhDCharlotte
September 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Big congrats to one of the most inspiring people I've ever met, eDNA for the win!
Reposted by Emma Van Reempts
“Just when you think you’ve seen it all, social insects reveal another surprise.” https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
scim.ag
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Just when you think you’ve seen it all, social insects reveal another surprise.” https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
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A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
go.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
Reposted by Emma Van Reempts
Fascinating talk by @emmavanreempts.bsky.social & Fien Van Reempts at #Nerdland Festival 🥼 Wolbachia to stop mosquito-borne diseases 🦟 With amazing illustrations by Ward Dermaut
June 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fascinating talk by @emmavanreempts.bsky.social & Fien Van Reempts at #Nerdland Festival 🥼 Wolbachia to stop mosquito-borne diseases 🦟 With amazing illustrations by Ward Dermaut