What an great find! It is amazing how much this specie's native range has decreased. fws.gov/midwest/endang…

#CitizenScientists record the #invasive giant Asian #mantis for the 1st time in France using a mobile app (INPN Espèces). See more: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.… #CitizenScience #Mantids #Mantis #Entomology

Reducing mowing of public grasslands & sidewalks to #SaveTheBees 🐝 (see paper OA with us👉doi.org/10.3897/JHR.49…) is one way to optimise urban environments for the sake of #biodiversity & #sustainability. Cool piece by Viktor Weber on World Economic Forum ⬇️ weforum.org/agenda/2020/01…

Lots of flooding today. Watch out for fire ants rafting in the waters. They believe in teamwork!

As the only insect parasitoids of woodlice, Rhinophoridae have evolved in splendid isolation.

Just think. Up these nostrils of these wonderful camels live the most amazing of bot flies - Cephalopina titillator - look at the lovely maggots #MuseumNerdsAbroad #HetNatuurHitorisch

“A new study shows that infested tomato plants, in their efforts to fight off caterpillars, don't adapt well to rising temperatures. This double-edged sword worsens their productivity.” eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…

Yes, flies have complicated brains. You'd need one too to do all the stuff flies like to do. And now one individual fly has had her brain studied in more detail than she probably expected. #flies #diptera #brains Dr Erica McAlister hhmi.org/news/unveiling…

According to a Tufts University-led team of biologists associated with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, habitat loss, pesticide use and artificial light are the most serious threats endangering fireflies across the globe. tuft.su/2GPir6p

Our favorite (and craziest) scientific photo of the day, courtesy of NMNH_Entomology curator @TDikow.

All the specimens online now are now also #openaccess - we capture, you create. #weshotthat #SmithsonianOpenAccess #OpenGLAM #MuseTech #MuseSocial #digitization #naturalhistory