A friend & colleague asked for help using #phytools phylo.to.map to project a phylogeny onto a geographic map. This is what we came up with. (Shared with permission.) 1/2

Join the CINAT Insectario to learn about insects, their history, applications, and importance in agroecological systems and ecosystems through talks and practical sessions. Today, we had Prof. Dimitri Forero | dimitriforero.bsky.social presenting his research on resin bugs! 🪲🌱 #InsectScience #OrgulloUNAL

So happy and proud of the research we did this summer and fall in the Chicagoland area! dm me ur bugs Sage DeLong

This is an old one from the #phytools blog archive -- but here's how to use phytools::phylo.to.map with a custom (e.g., high-resolution) shape file base map: blog.phytools.org/2016/07/update….

Arkys furcatus (male) - Woy Woy Bay NSW Australia

For those of you that are also present elsewhere 👇🏻 We intend to remain here on X / Twitter as well, at least whilst there remains interest in arachnids and our posts

Arthropod Photo of the Week: December 18, 2024 Bee fly Lordotus zona Diptera: Bombyliidae By Mason Salem, Arizona, USA #arthropodPOTW

Con gente del MACN, CEPAVE y Uruguay, recién describimos la araña Pikelinia schiapelliae (Filistatidae), hallada en arenales de Argentina y Uruguay. Muy simpática! (foto 1 por Damián Hagopián)

Found my second Arkys enigma, Narara NSW Australia

A new species of cicada is described from China's Huboliao National Nature Reserve in Fujian, representing a new national record for the genus: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #cicada #newspecies #taxonomy

Four new jumping spider species are diagnosed, described, and illustrated. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #newspecies #taxonomy #spiders

A Pagel '94 type correlation test with one binary trait and a second continuous character via the discretized diffusion approximation using #phytools: blog.phytools.org/2025/07/a-page….

Wildfire disasters worldwide are growing notably in frequency and cost, according to a new Science study, with nearly half of the most damaging events over the last 44 years occurring in just the past decade. scim.ag/48bVrfP

Who's the new guy? He seems kinda stiff.

Weevils aren't known for being noisy, but some do indeed chirp like some of their insect cousins. A new study examines the acoustic signals of soybean weevils to shed light on how they signal each other for mating or emitting distress calls. entomologytoday.org/2025/10/07/soy…

Using an integrative approach, researchers investigated the Corfu populations of two land snail species in the genus Monacha. See what they found here: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #snails #taxonomy Università di Siena NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Center UAM Poznań

Beauty of the Bee Nikon Z9 and Z105mm macro SS1/3200 F10 ISO2000

Enjoy! researchgate.net/profile/Arumug…