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BHL Transition Update #6: Fundraising Campaign – Support the Future of Open Biodiversity Knowledge The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is launching a new public fundraising campaign to help us navigate our transition to independence. This is our first major campaign since the announcement th…

🚀 Big news from BHL! 🌱
We’ve launched our Transition Fundraising Campaign to help BHL navigate the move to independence and secure a sustainable, global future for open biodiversity knowledge. #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess

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Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is looking for a Curator of Plants and Sustainability #academicjobs #iamabotanist royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...

🚨🪲 COOL JOB ALERT 🪲🚨
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...

On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) The name Bombus flavifrons has been applied to two different bumble bee species in North America, one described by Ezra Cresson in 1863, the other by Frederick Smith in 1866. Bombus flavifrons Cresson...

Our new paper “On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)” @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social jhr.pensoft.net/article/1632...

It’s great to be in Calgary, Alberta for the Entomological Society of Canada’s Annual Meeting. I will be talking about my research on one of my favourite groups of #bees @canentomologist.bsky.social

🧪 This is pretty amazing!

🧪 Looking forward to going through this beautiful #book on #insect #architecture @princetonupress.bsky.social

A male Colletes on Sphaeralcea coccinea at roadside #beesofcanada #scarletglobemallow #saskachewan

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

🧪 Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills

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This cool new #graphicnovel is a great introduction to the importance of #insects. I am about 1/2 way through and am enjoying the #artwork, and the to the point way it is communicating important information about my favourite group of animals! #entomology #books #sciArt

The abundance of male Bombus bimaculatus is providing a lot of opportunities for crab spiders in our garden. It is only in the last decade we have found this #bumblebee species in SK and it is spreading quickly, now as far north as Nipawin, and now maybe our most common in the south. #beesofcanada

No, just using a macro lens with flash and a diffuser

🧪 This is Stenotritus taylor Houston, 2025, only the 12th species in the genus, and one of only 22 species in the bee family Stenotritidae. No new species of Stenotritus has been described since 1935! This photo by Gary Taylor, from Terry Houston’s recent paper: search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...

I love this figure in our review of sawflies of eastern North America. Shout out to @flydrocarbon.bsky.social for leading the charge and the @catherinelinnen.bsky.social lab! Check out the paper in the @entsocamerica.bsky.social Journal of Integrated Pest Management: academic.oup.com/jipm/article...

Animals as beautiful as these greenbottle flies (Lucilia sp.) are likely in your back yard at this moment! #diptera #insects #macrophotography #backyardbugs

What a beautiful bee the female of Megachile pugnata Say is. #bees #leafcutterbees #Hymenoptera #beesofcanada

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera!

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A sleeping male Coelioxys bitting on a milkweed leave #beesofcanada #cuckoobees #sleepingbees

This male Megachile inermis Provancher is staying put for the night, so it allowed me to get a few more photos #beesofcanada #bees #leafcutterbee #macrophotography

This male Megachile inermis Provancher has been busy patrolling our raspberry flowers, and knocking other bees out of the way. #beesofcanada #leafcutterbee #macrophotograpy

This beautiful chalcid wasp belongs to the genus Conura. The genus contains about 300 species, and are parasitoids/hyperparasitoids of a number of arthropod groups. This beautiful specimen was collected on gumweed flowers in Eastend, Saskatchewan. #wasps #hymenoptera #parasitoid #macrophotography

Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Careers At Field Museum Position Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology FLSA Status Exempt Department Negaunee Integrative Research Center Our Mission Since the 1893 World Columbian Exposition our organization has aimed...

A rare job opportunity for Invertebrate Zoology: fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...

Today while it was raining, I was sitting in our screen room and was looking at the #biodiversity on the underside of the leaves of Virginia Creeper, and noticed the #larva of a green lacewing, and lucky for you, I took photos of these formidable little predators! Enjoy! #macrophotography #insects

Shifts in bee diet breadths are associated with gene gains and losses and positive selection across olfactory receptors Abstract. Bees are palynivorous insects that vary widely in the number of plant families from which they collect pollen. Their evolutionary history has bee

🧬 Shift between specialized & generalized diets in #bees is associated with evolutionary changes in their sensory genes. Generalists lose odorant receptors (ORs) and gain gustatory receptors (GRs), while specialists diversify existing genes 🌸🐝 #genomics #pollinators
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Strepsiptera systematics: past, present, and future Abstract. The twisted-wing parasites (Strepsiptera Kirby) are among the most obscure and enigmatic orders in the Insecta. Strepsipterans are endoparasites

Our big review paper on strepsipteran systematics for Insect Systematics and Diversity is out! Hoping it's a helpful resource for anyone who needs it.

Assistant Curator (Entomology) position at National Museums Scotland #jobs #entomology careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783?f...

🧪 How many bee species are there? A quantitative global estimate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...