Greg Sword
@theswordlab.bsky.social
Regents Professor & Charles R. Parencia Chair in Entomology. Affiliations: Dept. of Entomology & EEB PhD Program
Insects; ecology; evolution; population genomics; behavior; agricultural entomology; beneficial microbes; swarming!
Insects; ecology; evolution; population genomics; behavior; agricultural entomology; beneficial microbes; swarming!
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A good morning out with @theswordlab.bsky.social
exploring the Skunk Trail at the Soltis Center 🇨🇷. Always something that catches the eye.
exploring the Skunk Trail at the Soltis Center 🇨🇷. Always something that catches the eye.
July 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A good morning out with @theswordlab.bsky.social
exploring the Skunk Trail at the Soltis Center 🇨🇷. Always something that catches the eye.
exploring the Skunk Trail at the Soltis Center 🇨🇷. Always something that catches the eye.
Having a wonderful time in Costa Rica helping to teach ENTO455 Field Entomology in the Tropics at the Texas A&M Soltis Center! @stbehmer.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Having a wonderful time in Costa Rica helping to teach ENTO455 Field Entomology in the Tropics at the Texas A&M Soltis Center! @stbehmer.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social
Behold the world’s first off the grid Mormon cricket virtual reality system! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @sercansayin.bsky.social @1imurphy.bsky.social @vishwanathvarma @pvnkmrksk.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Behold the world’s first off the grid Mormon cricket virtual reality system! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @sercansayin.bsky.social @1imurphy.bsky.social @vishwanathvarma @pvnkmrksk.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social
Here' a really nice story about locusts that mentions our ongoing monitoring for the potential arrival of the Central American locust along the US-Mexico border. ambrook.com/research/cro...
Are You Ready for the Locusts? - Ambrook Research
As swarming grasshoppers move north from Mexico, researchers are scrambling to minimize crop damage.
ambrook.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here' a really nice story about locusts that mentions our ongoing monitoring for the potential arrival of the Central American locust along the US-Mexico border. ambrook.com/research/cro...
Reposted by Greg Sword
Scientists use VR + lab + field study to rewrite the rules of locust swarming 🦗🦗
Latest @science.org from first author @sercansayin.bsky.social and #Konstanz team ⬇️
@einatcouzin.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Latest @science.org from first author @sercansayin.bsky.social and #Konstanz team ⬇️
@einatcouzin.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts
Collective motion, which is ubiquitous in nature, has traditionally been explained by “self-propelled particle” models from theoretical physics. Here we show, through field, lab, and virtual reality e...
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Scientists use VR + lab + field study to rewrite the rules of locust swarming 🦗🦗
Latest @science.org from first author @sercansayin.bsky.social and #Konstanz team ⬇️
@einatcouzin.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Latest @science.org from first author @sercansayin.bsky.social and #Konstanz team ⬇️
@einatcouzin.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Greetings from the US-Mexico border with the legendary Dr. Koutaro Maeno looking for potentially invasive Central American locusts.
February 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Greetings from the US-Mexico border with the legendary Dr. Koutaro Maeno looking for potentially invasive Central American locusts.
Thrilled to be part of this new study that links the origin of the boll weevil as one of the most notorious agricultural pests to the domestication of Upland cotton by the Mayans thousands of years ago!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pangenomics Links Boll Weevil Divergence With Ancient Mesoamerican Cotton Cultivation
The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, and thurberia weevil, Anthonomus grandis thurberiae Pierce, together comprise a species complex that ranges throughout Mexico, the southwestern re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thrilled to be part of this new study that links the origin of the boll weevil as one of the most notorious agricultural pests to the domestication of Upland cotton by the Mayans thousands of years ago!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Greg Sword
As I have a few followers now I figure I could post about some recent papers: @henrylnorth.bsky.social analysed sequence data from @theswordlab.bsky.social for North American Helicoverpa zea - we found just two individuals from 400 with introgressed armigera allele for insecticide resistance
Rapid Adaptation and Interspecific Introgression in the North American Crop Pest Helicoverpa zea
Abstract. Insect crop pests threaten global food security. This threat is amplified through the spread of nonnative species and through adaptation of nativ
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December 10, 2024 at 6:49 PM
As I have a few followers now I figure I could post about some recent papers: @henrylnorth.bsky.social analysed sequence data from @theswordlab.bsky.social for North American Helicoverpa zea - we found just two individuals from 400 with introgressed armigera allele for insecticide resistance
🦗 The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) launches its docuseries on locusts! 🌍✨ Discover how science reveals the transformation of solitary locusts into swarming pests. Join the journey! 📺▶️
#nsfbpri #NSF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOy...
#nsfbpri #NSF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOy...
NSF BPRI Video Docuseries Part 1: "Why locusts require interdisciplinary research"
YouTube video by Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute
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December 12, 2024 at 9:18 PM
🦗 The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) launches its docuseries on locusts! 🌍✨ Discover how science reveals the transformation of solitary locusts into swarming pests. Join the journey! 📺▶️
#nsfbpri #NSF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOy...
#nsfbpri #NSF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOy...
Take a bite out of this: agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2024/12/04/e...
Exploring insects as food - AgriLife Today
Department of Entomology professor Greg Sword, Ph.D., cooked insect tacos and cookies for students on the last day of class.
agrilifetoday.tamu.edu
December 4, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Take a bite out of this: agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2024/12/04/e...
Kicking off the bluesky party with some tasty treats cooked up for the final lecture in my Insects in Human Society class. Ento-fortified street tacos and cookies! #entomphagy
November 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Kicking off the bluesky party with some tasty treats cooked up for the final lecture in my Insects in Human Society class. Ento-fortified street tacos and cookies! #entomphagy