Latest posts tagged with #SocialInsects on Bluesky
New short communication! 📰
Florindo et al. (ecomol.bsky.social) shows multiple mating boosts queen productivity in savanna trap-jaw ants 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #Polyandry #ReproductiveSharing #ColonyStructure #QueenFitness
Research article! 📰
Wesener revisits a long-forgotten termite-associated millipede family and describes a new species from Malaysia 🪱
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #Termites #Millipedes #Biodiversity #Taxonomy
New research article! 📰
Kosaka reveals the ecology of a nematode that sterilizes queen of 5 hornet species 🪱
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #Nematode #HornetParasites #BiologicalControl #InsectEcology
New research article! 📰
Nonacs tracks how Argentine ants spread from a single nest into a multi‑nest network 🧩
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #InvasionBiology #CollectiveForaging #SpatialNetworks #BehaviouralEcology
New short communication! 📄
Gomes et al. document the first observation of O. banana fire bee workers tending treehopper A. reticulatum aggregations on Schinus molle🍯
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#SocialInsects #NeotropicalEcology #HoneydewHarvesting #Meliponini
New research article! 📰
Bona et al. synthesised 26 years of work on ants and diaspores, showing how diaspore size and lipid content shape these interactions across a threatened biome 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #BiodiversityHotspots #Tropics #RestorationPlanning #CommunityEcology
New interview! 🎙️
@jmeunierearwig.bsky.social explains the recent partnership between Insectes Sociaux and Peer Community In, which promotes transparency and supports open science. ✍️
insectessociaux.com/2026/03/10/i...
#SocialInsects #OpenScience #PeerReview #Preprints #InsectScience
New research article! 📰
@filipegudin.bsky.social et al. show that flies in wasp nests are better interpreted as carrion‑feeding scavengers on dead brood than as true parasitoids of living larvae 🪰
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #TrophicWebs #NestEcology #Interactions #ForensicEntomology
New research article! 📰
Tschinkel reveals that the tiny ant P. adrianoi lines its multi‑chambered nests with sclerotia from pine ectomycorrhizal fungi, whose sprouting mycelium binds the surrounding sand 🍄
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#SocialInsects #SoilEngineering #DesertAdaptations #Behaviour
🐜🔍 Our researchers — Dr. Magdalena Witek, Dr. Gema Trigos‑Peral and Dr. Filip Turza — spent a wonderful morning at Monet International School, where students explored live ant colonies up close. ✨ Curiosity was buzzing everywhere! #Education #ScienceCommunication #Ants #SocialInsects
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When are hitchhikers useful and when are they a hinderance? 🍃
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SocialInsects #LeafCuttingAnts #Entomology #AnimalBehaviour #FungusFarming
The surprising vulnerability of a termite’s secret roomate 🪲
In this blog, Igor explores the lives of termite-associated beetles and reveals how forest edges can affect insect societies.
🔗 insectessociaux.com/2026/01/28/t...
#SocialInsects #Biodiversity #InsectEcology #Symbiosis #Entomology
New research article! 📰
Siqueira-Rocha et al. show, among other things, that termite-loving beetles living in Constrictotermes cyphergaster termite nests are less abundant near forest edges. 🌳
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #Crypticdiversity #TropicalForest #Symbiose #LandscapeEcology
New short communication! 📄
Raime & Pereira sequenced the mitochondrial COI–COII region of 156 honey bees and show that Estonia’s honey bee population is now dominated by commercial subspecies 🐝
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #ApisMellifera #GeneticDiversity #BeeConservation
We organized a workshop on the link between social complexity and invasiveness in arthropods. Lots of interesting discussion. In 2026, we'll review what we've understood and what we've discovered! 🐝🐜🐛
#SocialInsects #Invasiveness #Eusociality #SocialComplexity #Stellenbosch #LifeCycle
New short communication article! 📄
Teixeira et al. mined Illumina genomes to show that A. octospinosus and its parasite share nine satellite DNA families with lineage-specific amplification–degeneration patterns 📊
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#SocialInsects #Acromyrmex #Genomics #SocialParasitism
The Department of Zoology at Cambridge is a great spot to work, in the center of a bikeable town, full of interesting folks.
Apply now! Deadline is a mere month away Feb 9th. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging
(4/n)
🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
New short communication! 📄
Rahman et al. combining field surveys, morphology, and barcoding to document the first record of the termite family Stylotermitidae in Pakistan 🌳
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#SocialInsects #Termites #Stylotermitidae #DNAbarcoding #ForestBiodiversity #Biogeography
New research article! 📰
Kitade et al. experimentally mixed offspring from R. speratus colonies and showed that simple colony fusion accelerates early colony growth in termites 🌱
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#SocialInsects #Termites #Fusion #GeneticDiversity #Colony #Reticulitermes #Eusociality
New research article! 📰
Kajiwara and Yamauchi observed O. cremieri wasps hovering near Lasius capitatus ant nests, documenting female pushing competition over ant larvae 🐜
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#SocialInsects #EvolutionaryInteractions #Competition #Hybrizontinae #LasiusCapitatus #Parasitoid
@irbi-tours.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @royentsoc.bsky.social @collemyria.bsky.social @insect-science.bsky.social @insectessociaux.bsky.social
#entomology#ants #ecology #evolution #SocialInsects #evobio #globalchange #ECE2026Tours #UniversitéTours
New interview with a social insect scientist! 🎙
Stefano Stefano has discovered a hidden layer of complexity in a familiar world... 🐜
insectessociaux.com/2025/11/14/i...
#SocialInsects #Interview #AnimalBehavior #SocialInsects #BehavioralEcology #Plasticity #AntResearch #InsectScience
Highlight Article 💫
The sweet link between bee guts and hygiene 🧫
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#SocialInsects #HoneyBees #Microbiome #BeeHealth #HygienicBehavior #PollinatorResearch
Digging on fast-forward: How heat shapes ant architecture 🏗
In this blog post, the authors talk about their research on the effects of environmental temperature on ant digging activity.
insectessociaux.com/2025/11/03/d...
#SocialInsects #Ants #Temperature #Climate #Warming #Nestbuilding #Ecology
New review article! 📚
Huisken & Rehan review how social network theory and gene networks can be integrated, proposing to link molecular mechanisms with social interactions🧬
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#SocialInsects #Sociogenomics #BehavioralGenetics #Superorganism #EvolutionaryBiology #Cooperation
New research article! 📰
Cavallo & @patdettorre.bsky.social examined behavioral traits, showing consistency over time, with no correlation between exploration and aggression 🐜
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#SocialInsects #AntBehavior #ExploratoryActivity #Aggression #Colony #Personality #EvoEco #Ants
New research article! 📰
Schumacher et al. studied ant communities using bait experiments, finding that forest layer affects ant activity and competition more than time 🌳
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#SocialInsects #AntEcology #InvasiveSpecies #CommunityStructure #Competition #Formicidae #Ants
New research article! 📰
Utaipanon et al. analyzed genetic diversity in an Australian honey bee breeding program, revealing that genetic structure is shaped by geographical and mating factors🐝
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #HoneyBeeGenetics #Pollination #ApisMellifera #PopulationGenetics
