Insect Migration and Phylodiversity Lab's Avatar

Insect Migration and Phylodiversity Lab

@phylomigrationlab.bsky.social

Research group studying ecology and evolution of butterflies and migratory insects www.phylomigrationlab.com @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @CSIC.es

125 Followers  |  132 Following  |  3 Posts  |  Joined: 08.12.2024  |  1.3208

Latest posts by phylomigrationlab.bsky.social on Bluesky


@phylomigrationlab.bsky.social @evobiouppsala.bsky.social @rogervilalab.bsky.social @mczharvard.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social

03.01.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

A migratory divide in insects! πŸ¦‹ Vanessa cardui butterflies migrate in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres 🌍, a pattern driven by a chromosomal inversion 🧬

Paper @natcomms.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#butterflymigration #insectmigration #migratorydivide #evolution

03.01.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

1/6) New paper out in Molecular Ecology! We uncover the intriguing biogeographic history behind the Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies. @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
#biogeography #insectmigration #butterflymigration #butterflies #evolution
shorturl.at/UFrrU

12.05.2025 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Post image

New paper! We uncover the intriguing biogeographic history behind the Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies.

#butterflymigration #biogeography #evolution #PhyloMigrationLab @aleixpalahi.bsky.social
@ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csic.es

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

12.05.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

It’s not the head, it’s the butt!
Meet a completely unknown organism: a blow fly (Calliphoridae) that evolved social integration in termite nests using a false termite head in the posterior part of the body.
@CurrentBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...

10.02.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6
Preview
Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated Abstract. The painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui is renowned for its virtually cosmopolitan distribution and the remarkable long-distance migrations as

Check out our new paper, "Isotope geolocation and population genomics
in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants
are genetically undifferentiated," out in PNAS Nexus!

doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

07.02.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration Chemistry; Nature conservation; Ecology; Entomology

Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! πŸ¦‹πŸœοΈ

www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

03.12.2024 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

@phylomigrationlab is following 20 prominent accounts