Today marks the start of the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz! The Blitz invites people across North America to look for #milkweed plants and survey them for #monarch eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, & butterflies. Learn more here - buff.ly/2Gf5XoN

New Citizen-Science Project Explores Little-Known Behavior in Monarch Butterflies entomologytoday.org/2021/07/27/cit… via Entomological Society of America

I am recruiting 3-4 students (MS or PhD) & postdocs to work across several newly funded projects focusing on ecosystem services (pollination, biocontrol), chemical ecology, and crop diversity. Start dates Jan-Aug 2022. If interested, contact me for further details. Please RT!

Large milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) are “piercing and sucking” #insects. This means they eat with a mouthpart sort of like a straw. As #milkweed seed pods grow and mature, so do masses of these beautiful insects, who are capitalizing on this nutritious resource.

In a recent article, scientists established how #monarch populations respond to temperature and moisture. The findings indicated that changes in the climate, particularly increasing temperatures, were likely to reduce monarch numbers. farmersformonarchs.org/research-point…

Prepping for #EntSoc21 and wanted to remind early-career pollinat* researchers: - Consider joining our Slack workspace "Young Pistils" to support each other (DM me for link) - Add or update your info to the Early Career Pollinat* Ecologist Database: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

The The Xerces Society reports early counts of western monarchs are signaling a rebound in #'s compared to last year's historic lows. bit.ly/3C7yrfc #westernmonarchs #monarchs

Close up of a monarch butterfly’s wings.

I am thankful to be chosen as a graduate student policy award recipient this year! Very excited to talk with legislators and aides in a couple of weeks to advocate for science research funding.

A big thank you to Andrew Fisher from the offices of Senator Senator Roy Blunt for meeting with us to discuss U.S. National Science Foundation science research funding on behalf of Ecological Society

Excited to share PhD student Thor Hansen's 1st lead author publication🎉🥳 - Host Plant Species Influences the Composition of Milkweed and Monarch Microbiomes frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

Monarchs are arriving in Sargent Texas! #SpringMigration is here. Hopefully the milkweeds will sprout soon #butterflies

Join us for this month's free Monarch Conservation Webinar: Roadsides as Habitat for Monarchs: A Great Opportunity or a Salty Death Trap? Join us for this hot topic. Link to register: buff.ly/3hBi4Pv #monarchbutterfly #pollinators #webinars #onlinelearning

We're looking for someone to help us to run @NEbumblebees and @MO_BumbleBees this summer. Please spread the word, this is a great opportunity to get involved in bumble bee conservation The Xerces Society ! recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Job…

We're seeking a Pollinator Habitat Specialist to support Xerces' private-sector partners in designing and implementing cutting-edge conservation systems for bees and beneficial insects on farms across the Pacific Northwest. Full details at buff.ly/36R839E

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BREAKING NEWS: Migratory monarch butterfly now Endangered - IUCN Red List bit.ly/3okopSI

.WWF México has released reports on overwintering eastern monarchs this year. In just a year, the presence of monarchs in their wintering grounds dropped 22%, from 7 acres to nearly 5.5 acres. Wintering monarchs once covered more than 45 acres of forest. xerces.org/press/troublin…

Bug friends! Can anyone help with this insect vacuum sampling question? 🪲🐛