Dr. Jessica L Ware

Raman Signature of the Wings of the Globe Skimmer Dragonfly: Pantala flavescens Raman spectroscopy is used to confirm the presence of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and related derivatives including aldehydes, halides, alcohols, acids, esters, and phenols on the wings of Pa...

Excited to have collaborated with this team on this 🇬🇭 #dragonfly project led by Dr. Kofi Adu! #Pantala #wings #Raman analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

YouTube video by American Museum of Natural History The Most Successful Animals You've Never Seen (Spoiler: It's Trilobites)

#DYK? Trilobites ruled the Earth longer than the dinosaurs! It took three major mass extinctions to end trilobites’ more than 250-milion year evolutionary lifespan. Join Museum Curator Melanie Hopkins to explore these arthropods through the Museum’s extensive collection of trilobite specimens.

Check out our review/perspective piece on phylogenetic diversification analysis, intended for the 75th anniversary of
@systbiol.bsky.social. I had the privilege of working with great coauthors, @fhenaodiaz.bsky.social, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social and @roszenil.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

Atlas Introduction — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

🪱🐜 Happy #WorldSoilDay!! 🕷️🪲

Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet.

Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home!

www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...

CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.

🚨The CDC panel just recommended delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.
Newborns are the MOST vulnerable to chronic Hep B, and delaying vaccination will increase lifelong infections, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...

Longevity
John Rombough ~ Dene
n.d.

YouTube video by PBS Terra Why Dragonflies Are Even More Magical Than You Think

This popped up on our smart tv YouTube this am, so my husband and I watched & were enthralled.

So awesome to not only grow my appreciation for pronates, but also gain this insight into why they are so interesting to my colleague, @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social.

youtube.com/watch?v=neEF...

Thank you!!!

A QR code for the survey

What are the most pressing questions
about the status of #insects? Our survey is available here in multiple languages: bit.ly/insectquestions! #insect #entomology #biodiversity

The ramones!

Gabba gabba hey!

If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!

Memberships for @odonataamericas.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social WDA (dragonflies), SOL (dragonflies), The lepidopterist society @canentomologist.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @hymenopterists.org.web.brid.gy @arachnology.bsky.social

Fossils reveal anacondas have been giants for over 12 million years Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and have remained giants ever since.

Fantastic work by #HeadLab PhD student Andrés Alfonso Rojas!

Anacondas have been (resiliently) giant since at least the middle Mioncene.

www.cam.ac.uk/stories/twel...

Interactive AIDS Quilt The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.

📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)

Person wearing a blue Remill hoodie with a large bee and honeycomb design standing on a beach with waves and cliffs in the background.

How to be a Ladybird book cover

Insectarium Activity Book cover

How to be a Dragonfly book cover

🎁 This #GivingTuesday, give the gift of #InsectScience 🪲

Explore our #GiftGuide for sustainably made products, inspiring books and items crafted to last.

Spread the love this season of giving & support #entomology🔽

🔗 buff.ly/yVVHXEU

#SustainableGifts #GiftIdeas

Sometimes life doesn't turn out the way we planned,
but even so, it still surprises us. Read this story written
by John Abbott, when the weather
wasn't on his side, but luck was.

🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

#dragonfly
#speciesofthemonth

Today is World AIDS Day, a day that reminds me of the decades-long fight for dignity, science, and compassion. We’ve come so far because activists, researchers, and communities refused to be ignored.

What does representation in natural history look like? Mark your calendars for Giving Tuesday (Dec 2) — we’re excited to share how you can support #BlackinNHMs.” #GivingTuesday
Donation link: www.blackinnhms.org/donate

Time slots for lightning talks and seats in workshops will start being assigned tomorrow (Dec. 1st).

@systbiol.bsky.social

A quick reminder for everyone registered for SSB2026: please take a moment to complete the survey to submit lightning talks, sign up for workshops, and indicate your interest in other meeting activities.

If you haven’t filled it out yet, today’s the day!

We're excited to see you all in January!

🚨 Talk slots and workshops will start being assigned tomorrow 🚨

If you’re attending #ssb2026 and have not filled out your survey, please do ASAP

A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology The burgeoning field of phylogenetic paleoecology combines paleoecological data with hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships to tease apart the roles that ecology and relatedness both play in the evo...

Out late for #FossilFriday, it's our invited @annualreviews.bsky.social paper with @sarahlsheffield.bsky.social and @bigfacecats.bsky.social on why Phylogenetic Paleoecology is useful and how to do it.

doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Aquatic Insects SIG 2026 - Royal Entomological Society Last chance to get involved with the Aquatic Insects SIG 2026 programme

🚨 FINAL DAY to submit your 10-minute talk abstract for #AquaticInsects SIG!

If you’re working on freshwater #biodiversity, #eDNA, #AquaticMonitoring or data-driven #ecology, we want to hear from you 🌊🪲

📅 Deadline: 30 Nov 🔽

🔗 buff.ly/Dy9mPG1

#AquaticsSIG26

Gift Guide Need a gift for an insect enthusiast? Shop our organic and sustainable clothing range inspired by the little things that run the world.

Happy #Thanksgiving to our friends and members across the pond 🌍

Celebrate with us by making sustainable choices - our Teemill products are eco-friendly with reusable packaging ♻️🎁

Thank you for supporting #InsectScience and making thoughtful choices for the Earth 💚

The secrets of the extreme durability of odonata wings Abstract. Essential properties considered in the design, fabrication, and application of contemporary bio/nanomaterials have been modeled on adaptations of

Terrific new paper by @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social and others on dragonfly wings, in particular the hydrocarbons which act in multiple ways - structurally, pheromonally and in terms of water resistance. Wish I were still teaching, I'd use this as a great example. of multiple adaptations.

Thank you!!

Ahhh happy Sunday night everyone. The wonderful @nhcooper123.bsky.social and @joshlukedavis.com thought it wise to ask me to talk about my fav specimens…

Enjoy. @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social

Outreach, Culture & Education SIG meeting 2025

It's tomorrow! 🪲

We're looking forward to welcoming everyone to our Outreach, Culture & Education SIG meeting - See you there!

📅 22 Nov | 📍 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

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*ps I was OVER the rainbow to hang out with M!