Latest posts tagged with #SocialInsects on Bluesky
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 🪰
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#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. 🌳
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#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 🐝
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#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
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🐜 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
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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🐝
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#SocialInsects #HoneyBeeGenetics #Pollination #ApisMellifera #PopulationGenetics
Pesticides damage bee parenting — and their larvae pay the price 🐝
In this blog, Leeah explains how, although not highly lethal to adults, some pesticides can harm bumblebees in indirect ways.
insectessociaux.com/2025/10/02/p...
#SocialInsects #Pollinators #Pesticides #BeeConservation #Bees
New research article! 📰
Kamiyama et al. showed that caregiver identity during the first instar is a critical socioenvironmental cue determining nymph versus worker fate. 🔬
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#SocialInsects #TermiteCaste #CasteDetermination #Epigenetics #Parthenogenesis #Totipotency
Insect architects: How termites, ants, and bees build without blueprints 🏯
In this blog, Paige explains how termites, ants, or bees, collectively manage to build complex nests.
insectessociaux.com/2025/09/27/i...
#SocialInsects #CollectiveBehavior #InsectSocieties #Robophysics #InsectBehavior
Dorymyrmex bicolor engage in more social interactions than D. insanus. (A) Schematic of behavior method with pairs of ants filmed in a glass petri dish for 3 min and interactions coded in BORIS (Friard and Gamba, 2016). (B) Stills from recordings showing D. bicolor engaging in biting (left) and grooming (right) behaviors. In comparisons of nestmate interactions or non-nestmate interactions between species, D. bicolor interact more often than D. insanus (C). In comparisons of nestmate and non-nestmate behavior within species, D. bicolor non-nestmates display significantly more aggressive interactions (D) and significantly fewer affiliative interactions (E) than nestmates, an effect not detected in D. insanus. D. bicolor nestmates participate in antennation for longer duration bouts (F) and a greater amount of total time than non-nestmates (G); D. insanus nestmates and non-nestmates show comparable antennation bout duration and total time. (H) Dorymyrmex insanus display few trophallaxis events with no differences among nestmate or non-nestmate pairs, whereas D. bicolor nestmates engage in trophallaxis more frequently than non-nestmates. Statistical comparisons in (A–E,H) were made using a generalized linear model with a Poisson distribution followed by ANOVA and post hoc comparisons using Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference. Statistical comparisons in F and G were made using pairwise Mann-Whitney U-test between non-nestmate and nestmate pairs of a species. *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001; Color code for data point in (C–H): D. insanus cyan; D. bicolor blue.
🐜✨Did you know #colony size may shape how #ants sense and recognize each other? Godfrey et al show ant senses evolve in colonies. Check out their dataset and article at doi.org/10.25422/azu... and doi.org/10.3389/fevo.... Image: Godfrey et al. (2021). CC BY 4.0. #OpenData #OpenScience #SocialInsects
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.🚧
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#SocialInsects #CollectiveBehavior #Eusocial #Hymenoptera #Isoptera #Robotics
New research article! 📰
Timmermans et al. analyzed segregation between two species sharing the same nest, finding that they occupy distinct areas and feed on different resources. 🏠
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#SocialInsects #Termite #Niche #Constrictotermes #Inquilinitermes #Ecology #Inquilinism
