#Isoptera

@insectessociaux.bsky.social

5 months ago

New review article! 📚

Caine et al. review studies and robotic models to analyze nest construction across social insects, revealing mechanisms regulating collective building and nest function.🚧
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #CollectiveBehavior #Eusocial #Hymenoptera #Isoptera #Robotics

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PhotographicRuss

@rus5.bsky.social

1 year ago

A resting Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) wings spread to the side

A resting Male Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) Wings back parallel to the body, head to the right

A resting Female Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) on a flowering grass head. Her head pointing to the right.

It feels like an insect Friday to me as such Some Odonata for company The Beautiful and large Golden-ringed dragonfly the smaller, more delicate Male Banded Demoiselle and his counterpart the Female Banded Demoiselle
#odonata #isoptera #zygoptera #dragonfly #damselfly #insect

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Entomemeology

@entomemeology.bsky.social

1 year ago

#entomemeology #entomology #termites #Isoptera #Blattodea

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Peter Thomas

@hakeafan.bsky.social

1 year ago

Termite mound
Herberton, North Queensland,
#Isoptera #Insecta #Termites #GroundMound #photography
australian.museum/learn/animal...

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IOCB Prague

@iocbprague.bsky.social

1 year ago

#research #Isoptera #longevity #TERT

Extended longevity of termite kings and queens is accompanied by extranuclear localization of telomerase in somatic organs and caste-specific expression of its isoforms (Hanus, Lukšan) - Insect_Science: doi.org/10.1111/1744...

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