Doing work on invasive Polistes species at the moment, and found a very worrying observation on iNaturalist. We don't want this kind of cruise passenger! It does show how sites like iNaturalist can be really helpful sometimes.
inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations...

I am finally on Christmas Island to do research on the native paper wasp species, Polistes balder.

Someone is trying to break into the crew cab of the train #wasps

Banded sugar ants (Camponotus consobrinus) are about to have their nuptial flight. I've found they usually wait until the week between Christmas and New Year's, but it's been hot and wet enough for them to start early this year.

@waspwoman.bsky.social Hi, I'm reading "Endless Forms" and loving it. I just have a question - did you work on a paper about this in a study in Brazil? You were mentioned in the link on the page as the principal researcher abroad: agencia.fapesp.br/wasps-that-s...

I am about to start an honours program based on the paper wasps of Christmas Island. I'd love to connect with students and entomologists on Bluesky 😊 #entomology