Invasive ants evade poisoned baits!

Somehow, Argentine ants sense that a bait is poisoned, and reduce traffic to it by 80% within a few hours. This probably helps invasive ants evade or resist control efforts.

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!!Funded PhD available (start 2024)!! Do you want to study #collectivebehaviour in weaver ants (in particular how they build their ultra-cool and totally unstudied silk nests), and develop #bioinspired #3Dprinting #swarmrobotics ? Let me know! And please RT!

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences.
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Hey Invertebrate Twitter, can anyone shed light on this cute little weirdo? I mistook it for a tiny isopod until I saw it’s underside which looks Collembolan-y. I’m guessing Pseudachorutinae but that’s as far as I’ve gotten. Found: Tallaganda State Forest (NSW)
Nick Porch

Now out in Nature Ecology & Evolution: The same 20 insect families make up over 50% of species and specimens in Malaise samples; regardless of continent, climate, or habitat. Yet, most are neglected dark taxa. Time for change! doi.org/10.1038/s41559…

Want to study cool ants in a beautiful part of the world? There's still time to apply!

Starting a PhD in 2023? Do you want to study #collectivebehaviour in weaver ants (in particular how they build their ultra-cool and totally unstudied silk nests), and develop #bioinspired #3Dprinting #swarmrobotics ? Let me know! And please RT!
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Join the Christmas Beetle Count
Post sightings via the app to help scientist Tanya Latty University of Sydney in her environmental #conservation work to protect this iconic, much-loved species

#CitizenScience

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'Modelling daily weight variation in honey bee hives', new pre-print with Karina Arias C. (Kari) Théotime Colin Tanya Latty Mary Myerscough

Mathematical modeling + inference to learn bee dynamics

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2211.02335
Code: github.com/Karina-AriasCa…

Funded by ARC

'Maggot therapy surges in Britain as antibiotics fail' - Did you know we've got our own maggot therapy program here at Westmead Hospital? smh.com.au/world/europe/m…

Congratulations Karine Aigner, Wildlife Photographer of the Year! 🏆 In her bee-level close-up, all except one are males and they are intent on mating with the single female at the centre. Like most bees, they are threatened by habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change. #WPY58

Look, I found Wenona Jane Clarke from The Hate Race! I feel bad for how I treated her, but also…I wonder what she would be worth now.

📢Calling all Australian taxonomists!Have your say in our taxonomy survey to help us better support the community.

Please think of the less cute and cuddly (🐨😮‍💨) animals that need our protection this Threatened Species Day, like these endangered soldier flies Opaluma opulens (L) & Antissella purprasina (R) 🪰🔥 #ozinverts #ThreatenedSpeciesDay2022

Stay fly today on #wearitpurpleday as we work towards safer and more inclusive workplaces 💜 wearitpurple.org

I’ve always been concerned about how the media spread misinformation about spiders, so it was really fantastic to be able to contribute to this paper led by
Stefano Mammola
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

Critically Endangered and deadly. The Kangaroo Island assassin #spider (Zephyrarchaea austini) with her 8-legged prey. Bizarre looking, masterful hunters of other spiders #conservation #ausinvertebrates #endangeredspecies

How goth chic is this Clitellaria soldier fly! You don't usually see many red metallic flies. One of 2700 soldier fly species that are important nutrient recyclers. 🪰👀

Our #invertebrates of the week are #amphipods ! Ready to learn a little about them?

#wildoz #ausinverts #ozinverts #amphipoda
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📷 red sea flea, Amaryllis philatelica, from near Montague Island, NSW. © Ray Vran (CC-BY-NC).