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PhD student @UniGoettingen (TreeDi) | MSc @PhylMuseum, FSU Jena '19-21 π©πͺ Moth fanatic| Interested in deciphering the behaviour, ecology & bizarre morphology of ππ¦
Hedylid butterflies π¦ are unique in being primarily nocturnal - visual #genes are highly conserved in the #genome, however, hedylid opsins are more similar to nocturnal moths than their diurnal congeners www.nature.com/articles/s42...
30.12.2024 07:17 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Many examples of the diversity in morphology of insect induced galls from hairy to colorful to spiky.
Why do insect galls have such varied shapes even among closely related species?? The Enemy Hypothesis, posits that pressure from parasitoids drives the dynamic evolution of external gall traits. We have a new paper in @rsocpublishing.bsky.social on this hypothesis see more in this π§΅! π§ͺ #galls
17.12.2024 05:00 β π 49 π 21 π¬ 3 π 1
This year I always had my camera and a small photo box to hand when I was gardening. My children are always finding caterpillars outside, and I wanted to document that a bit this year. With the exception of the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja), they all came from my garden.
09.12.2024 20:21 β π 673 π 144 π¬ 26 π 5
π£ π£ π£ Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
26.11.2024 13:48 β π 233 π 188 π¬ 2 π 6
Kick off of project #DIVERSA in which we are involved with some biodiv research, funded as a Lower Saxony Climate Future Lab. Here's an interview with Jonas Hagge, the consortium spokesperson based at NW German Forest Research Institute:
zkfn.de/en/learning-...
Hearty congratulations π
All the best for the next big steps π
#Butterfly people - do any of you know any references for the ways in which butterflies fly around flowers when feeding? ππ» I canβt much but I find it hard to believe some diligent flutterologist hasnβt sketched this outβ¦
26.11.2024 10:15 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Sometimes it pays off to store samples from experiment for 15+ years!
#Trait analysis shows #evolutionary change in flight-to-light response in #urban #moths comes with changes in #wing #morphology.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #UrbanEvolution #LightPollution
Can you add me please? www.researchgate.net/profile/Rach...
Thank you! π§ͺ
I'm searching for a good meta-analysis summarizing the extent to which parasites (broadly defined) are specialist vs generalist (e.g., small vs wide host range). Would welcome suggestions!
06.01.2024 13:57 β π 4 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0Oh, that's great!
09.11.2023 15:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Glad you liked it and recognized the area. I have done two, two week visits in the landscape for lepidoptera surveys. Really amazing and pristine forests with humble and welcoming people. Lots of cool stuff to be reported from there soon!
Have you also travelled/worked in that area? π
Hey, Monica. Thank you! π
09.11.2023 12:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Image shows a moth screen with 100s of Moths of different species and sizes, attracted using a Mercury vapor lamp
A huge Chinese Moon Moth (female) and a tiny Grass moth sitting together
#HiSciSky and #BlueSky folks! It's nice to see a high signal/noise ratio here so far, compared to the caged π¦
Here's a lovely pair of Western Chinese Moon MothβοΈ & a Grass moth sitting together, next to the very busy screen. The diversity and sheer numbers were mind-boggling. (Siang Valley,India)
