Kristin Robinson

#socialinsects #stinglessbees #bulletants #insectbehavior #naturalhistory #abejasangelitas #jataí

02.09.2025 02:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bullet ant on a leaf with three stingless bees attacking

Bullet ant investigating stingless bee nest entrance tube while the head of a guard bee peaks out to monitor the intruder from inside

Bullet ant fending off one stingless bee while two hover nearby ready to attack

Stingless bee biting bullet ant antennae

Hot off the press natural history note!
"Novel Description of Stingless Bee (Tetragonisca angustula) Mobbing Defense Against Newly Observed Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) Predation"
Read it here for free: rdcu.be/eC8es

02.09.2025 02:45 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

New short communication! 📄

Robinson et al. (@bug-biologist.bsky.social) found that this beetle reduce movement in response to disturbance stridulation, suggesting it functions as a social warning signal 🔊

🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Communication #SocialBehavior

07.03.2025 15:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What should we do about science funding and the other very bad government stuff? If you’re paying attention to the news in the United States about the situation with funding for NSF, NIH, and other orgs, then I would imagine that like me, you’re furious, worried, feeling in the da...

If you're perennially on here trying to figure out what's happening with the federal grant funding situation, this might not have much new in it, but here I'm trying to contextualize what we need do to immediately, and as this drags on.

scienceforeveryone.science/p/what-shoul... 🧪

29.01.2025 01:33 — 👍 43    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 0

The 1st Round of Microgrants 2025 is NOW OPEN! Applications close on February 24th. More info on requirements at https://linktr.ee/animalbehaviourcollective

We’re excited to open the first round of microgrants for the year! More info on requirements at
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linktr.ee/animalbehavi...

28.01.2025 12:16 — 👍 16    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 0

You followed the office held, not the person. I unfollowed all of those before the inauguration and had no surprises like a lot of people are having.

22.01.2025 13:36 — 👍 137    🔁 7    💬 9    📌 0

Never was super active on the app formerly known as Twitter, but I've finally jumped ship after tonight. No reason to even remotely support that fascist behavior. Maybe now I'll be more active on social media purely out of spite 🤭

21.01.2025 05:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0